Diona Reasonover

Diona Reasonover is an American actress. She starred as Charmaine Eskowitz in the television show Clipped.

Early years

Born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, Reasonover attended Renaissance High School. While in high school, she was a member of Mosaic Youth Theatre, a group of over 100 teenagers who performed in Detroit and internationally.

Reasonover attended Oberlin College and graduated with a bachelor's degree in theater and dance. She also earned a Master of Fine Arts in acting from the California Institute of the Arts. She worked as a barista while in school.

Career

In 2010, Reasonover starred in HYPEBOLE: origins at [Inside] the Ford as a part of the Los Angeles-based art collective Rogue Artists Ensemble.

Reasonover acted in Lydia R. Diamond's play Stick Fly with Mo'olelo Performing Arts at San Diego's 10th Avenue Theatre in 2011. Reasonover played Cheryl, the daughter of a family's maid whose life has been dramatically changed by an all-expense-paid prep school education. Calling her performance "superb", a theater reviewer for the North County Times said she was "brainy, proud, and easily wounded, and she offers much of the show's comic relief". A reviewer for the San Diego Examiner called Reasonover "a formidable force to be reckoned with." A reviewer for the San Diego Union-Tribune called her performance "quietly fiery". Reasonover received an award at the Tenth Annual Craig Noel Awards for Theatrical Excellence.

At Upright Citizens Brigade, Reasonover is a member of improvisation group Ham Radio, which performs around Los Angeles. She is also a member of the long-form improvisation group Essence.

Reasonover starred as Charmaine Eskowitz in the television series Clipped. She patterned the character on her sister Elisa.

Reasonover played Becky White on an episode of 2 Broke Girls, aired on February 3, 2016.