Royana is a Native American with her heritage ½ Mohawk Indian and ½ Paugussett Indian. |
She began her acting career at the age of 9 when she appeared in “Neil Simon’s” Broadway production of “Brighton Beach Memoirs” along with a young “Matthew Broderick”. |
“Adam: His Song Continues” was part 2 of the abduction and murder of little “Adam Walsh” the son of “John Walsh” who is the host of "America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back" on FOX TV. |
Due to the story of “Adam Walsh” a lot of Major Department stores around the national began the “Code Adam” alert systems throughout their stores. Target and Wal-Mart were the first 2 groups to jump on board and use this new alert system. |
Royana currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California and can be seen from time to time in a guest cast role for different TV series’. |
She continued to appear and perform in many Broadway and off-Broadway productions off and on over the next 9 or so years until she entered Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. |
She graduated from Yale University where she received her BA in English. |
Royana got her very first taste of National exposure when she played “Susan” in the Made for TV Drama film “Adam: His Song Continues” in 1986 that aired on NBC TV as a follow-up to “Adam” in 1983. |