A native of Brooklyn, she is the daughter of jazz musician Stanley Wright a.k.a. Suleiman-Marim Wright (1949–2011). Her mother is a Psychologist with the New York City Board of Education.
In 1992, Wright played the recurring role of Claudia, a black civil rights Activist fighting for equal opportunities in education in the acclaimed but short-lived NBC television drama I'll Fly Away. She has made guest appearances on several other television series, including New York Undercover, Homicide: Life on the Street, Chappelle's Show and Third Watch.
