What is Charlotte Ayanna's Net Worth?
Charlotte Ayanna is a Puerto Rican-American actress and former beauty queen who has a net worth of $3 million. Charlotte (Lopez) Ayanna was born September 25, 1976 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She is best known for being Miss Teen USA in 1993, when she first came to the attention of the nation. Charlotte moved to Vermont, United States at an early age. She had a troubled childhood, spending sixteen years in foster homes after her mother was deemed mentally unfit. She has since become a spokeswoman for foster children.
Charlotte also co-authored a book titled Lost in the System, published in 1996, detailing her childhood and subsequent rise to Miss Teen USA. She later changed her last name to Ayanna, meaning "blessed" in Cherokee. She made guest appearances on television shows including Weird Science and Entourage and also appeared in the music video for fellow Puerto Rican Ricky Martín's hit She's All I Ever Had. She starred opposite Martin Freeman from The Office in the Parisian band Ilya's music video, Bellissima. Her film roles include Jawbreaker (1999), The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999), Dancing at the Blue Iguana (2000), Kate & Leopold (2001), Training Day (as Ethan Hawke's wife) and Love the Hard Way (2003) with Adrien Brody. She also starred with Sean Patrick Flanery as the sexy vampiress in the horror-made-for-DVD movie The Insatiable (2007).In 2002 she landed the Best Actress award at the Valenciennes International Festival of Action and Adventure Films for Love the Hard Way (2001) (tied with Kajol for Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham).Charlotte Ayanna won best actress of the season at The Equity Dorset Summer Theater Festival for her role as Brook Ashton in the farce, Noises Off.
