KATLYN NICHOL is a triple threat from North Carolina who stars as one of the leads in the BET series AMERICAN SOUL. Her success began in the music industry, where she had a record deal with Mary J. Blige's Matriarch/Island Def Jam label by the time she was 12. Not just a singer and songwriter, Katlyn studied acting at Cicely Tyson School of Performing and Fine Arts in New Jersey and with Ann Rattray in NYC. Her beauty, diversity, talent and tenacity make her an unstoppable force with a long and prosperous career ahead of her.