Tanya Trotter (née Blount) is an American actress, musician and author. She is one half of the Grammy-nominated duo The War and Treaty.
Blount was born to an Afro-Panamanian mother and African-American father. She attended Baptist services on Sundays and attended Catholic school, singing in choirs in both contexts. She was educated at Morgan State University, where she majored in psychology and sang in the university choir.
Trotter is married to her bandmate Michael Trotter and has a son named... plus