DeWanda Wise
DeWanda Wise is an American actress. She has played the lead role as "Nola Darling" in Spike Lee's 2017 Netflix series (10-episodes) She's Gotta Have It- a contemporary update of his 1986 film. DeWanda was born in Jessup, Maryland and raised in Woodlawn, Laurel and Baltimore. She began acting her sophomore year of at Atholton High School when her high school theatre director, Nathan Rosen offered her a part in a production en lieu of detention. In 2006, she graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts with a bachelor's in fine arts in drama and urban studies. During her undergraduate years she worked as a resident assistant and a stocker at Trader Joe's.
Imaginary
as JessicaWhen Jessica moves back into her childhood home with her family, her youngest stepdaughter Alice...
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Four years after Isla Nublar was destroyed, dinosaurs now live—and hunt—alongside humans all...
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The Harder They Fall
as Eleanor LoveGunning for revenge, outlaw Nat Love saddles up with his gang to take down enemy Rufus Buck, a...
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Fatherhood
as Lizzie aka SwanA widowed new dad copes with doubts, fears, heartache and dirty diapers as he sets out to raise...
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Someone Great
as Erin KennedyAn aspiring music journalist lands her dream job and is about to move to San Francisco when her...
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Poolman
as June Del ReyFollows a hapless dreamer and would-be philosopher who spends his days looking after the pool of...
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Jurassic Greatest Moments: Jurassic Park to Jurassic World
as SelfJoin the cast of "Jurassic World Dominion" as they relive their favorite unforgettable,...
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The Weekend
as Margo JohnsonA comedian goes away for the weekend with an ex-boyfriend and his new girlfriend.
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Firelight
as Terry EasleIncarcerated women join a band of volunteers who battle forest fires and assist during natural...
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Knucklehead
as CharlotteWhen his brother disappears, mentally disabled Langston Bellows (Gbenga Akinnagbe) is left...
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How To Tell You're A Douchebag
as Rochelle MarseillesRay Livingston is a relationship-blogging hack (“freelance writer, actually”) responsible for...
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Pariah
as MikaA lesbian teenager unsuccessfully juggles multiple identities to avoid rejection from her...
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Killing Faith
as SarahIn the summer of 1859, a widowed physician reluctantly agrees to take a recently freed slave and...
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Train
as uncreditedLate night in New York, Carl takes the Brooklyn bound F train home and runs into trouble in this...
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African Booty Scratcher
as IsatuProm nears and things seem to be spiraling out of control for the typically composed Isatu. In...
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Black Swan Theory
as SonyaA psychiatric casualty of war recently returned to the US, Sonya's imagined sense of normalcy...
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Lakeisha WatkinsIn the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In...
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The Kelly Clarkson Show
as SelfKelly Clarkson presents the biggest newsmakers and names in film, television and music; as well...
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Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as AngelaThe third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its...
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The Mentalist
as Tanya DeanPatrick Jane, a former celebrity psychic medium, uses his razor sharp skills of observation and...
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Shots Fired
as Shameeka CampbellA media storm sets off when an African-American cop kills a white teenager in a small North...
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The Twilight Zone
as Alexa BrandtTales of science fiction, fantasy and the occult, exploring humanity's hopes, despairs, prides...
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Invasion
as Deputy GradyEarth is visited by an alien species that threatens humanity's existence. Events unfold in real...
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She's Gotta Have It
as Nola DarlingNola Darling struggles to define herself and divide her time among her friends, job and three...
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Three Women
as SloaneThe true story of three American women who suffered private and/or public backlash for their...
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