Sandra Lynn Colton is an American dancer, singer and actress. Born in Des Moines, Iowa and raised in Millbrae, California and later in Las Vegas

Las Vegas, Nevada

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, Nevada

Nevada

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, she is the youngest of two sisters. First performing at age three, Sandra later became known as part of the tap dance duo, Colton and Colton with her sister, Christine Colton. The duo went on to win the 1992 Star Search

Star Search

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 Teen Dance Championship and performing as an opening act on the Las Vegas Strip. Colton and Colton opened for Bill Cosby

Bill Cosby

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 and Lou Rawls

Lou Rawls

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 and headlines at the Showboat Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Sandra went on to teach for Universal Cheerleading Association and attended the University of Oregon

University of Oregon

-Colleges and schools:The University of Oregon is organized into eight schools and colleges—six professional schools and colleges, an Arts and Sciences College and an Honors College.- School of Architecture and Allied Arts :...

 where she completed her Bachelor of Arts degree. She focused her studies away from dance and graduated with Honors from the Department of Sociology writing a thesis entitled, "Biracial Identity Development." Sandra went on to pursue dance and was part of the world famous Laker Girls

Laker Girls

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 2002-2003 team. In 2005, Sandra burst into the spotlight once again as part of the Top 16 of the Premier Season of FOX's So You Think You Can Dance

So You Think You Can Dance (U.S. TV series)

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Launching her own publishing company in 2004, Pinstriped Publishing, Sandra has also created and trademarked her own brand called O.G. which stands for Original Girl. Her brand includes Original Girl Magazine and O.G. Style. Sandra's released her debut album under Pink Pen Records in 2006, JUST DANCE, with the single "Sugar." She followed up this debut with an EP in 2008 with "I Can't Dance," with a music video premier on Yahoo! Music

Yahoo! Music

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Sandra went on to perform in music videos with musical artists Justin Timberlake

Justin Timberlake

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, Snoop Dogg

Snoop Dogg

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, Too Short, Katharine McPhee

Katharine McPhee

Katharine Hope McPhee is an American pop singer, songwriter, actress, model, and television personality. She gained fame as a contestant on the fifth season of the Fox reality show American Idol in 2006, eventually finishing as the runner-up.Her self-titled debut album was released on RCA Records...

, Raphael Saadiq

Raphael Saadiq

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, Chelo and toured with Rihanna

Rihanna

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 in 2007 and Katharine McPhee in 2008. She appeared in television shows Boston Legal

Boston Legal

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, Viva Laughlin

Viva Laughlin

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, MadTV

MADtv

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, Dancing with the Stars

Dancing with the Stars

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 (with Raphael Saadiq), The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (Singing Background for both Paulina Rubio

Paulina Rubio

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 and Katharine McPhee

Katharine McPhee

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 as well as movies Bring It On, All or Nothing and The Day The Earth Stood Still

The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008 film)

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Sandra launched Original Girl Magazine's first print issue in the Fall of 2008. O.G. is now distributed by Ingram Periodicals. Sandra is the author of BOOK ME! How To Become A Successful Working Dancer In Hollywood! with foreword by Brian Friedman and has a Dance Blog called Dance 365 in addition to the 2009 premier of DANCE TRACK Magazine under the Pinstriped umbrella.

Sandra is a member of SAG, ASCAP, The Recording Academy, and is an elected board member for the LA Chapter of AFTRA.