Janora McDuffie

Janora, named after her father James and her mother Nora, was born and raised in Durham, North Carolina. She graduated from the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics and attended The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a Morehead-Cain Scholar. While at Carolina Janora was crowned Miss University of North Carolina and gave the commencement speech for her graduating class. She then joined the corporate ranks as a Consultant for Cap Gemini Ernst & Young in Atlanta, Georgia. It was there that Janora made the decision to leave her cubicle behind and pursue her childhood acting dreams. After taking the leap to Los Angeles, she's had appearances on "The Unit", "24", "Lie to Me", "The Fosters" and most notably recurring as 'Social Worker Janet' on seasons 7 & 8 of "Grey's Anatomy." Janora also works as a Voice Actor in commercials, animation, video games and various loop groups. She was most recently the Announcer for the 94th Academy Awards.