The "Oz the Great and Powerful" star wanted to change the spelling of her but her agent ruled against it because he felt it was too risque.
During her appearance at Jimmy Fallon show, she said, ""My agent said it seemed like an adult star name, so he didn't let me do it. But I actually think I would have had a much better career had I had that name. I feel that deep in my heart."
"(I did use) Kenya Campbell once. It was an homage to an English actor that passed away. His name was Ken Campbell, who I loved very much. So I was Kenya Campbell for a TV show that I didn't want to have my name on, because it was a really crappy TV show.
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