DeWanda Wise
- Acting
- May 30, 1984 · Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Biography
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Killing Faith · Sarah
- Love, Brooklyn · Nicole
- Murderbot · Navigation Unit
- Behind the Lines · Self
- Three Women · Sloane
- Poolman · June Del Rey
- Imaginary · Jessica, Executive producer
- Sherri · Self
- Jurassic Greatest Moments: Jurassic Park to Jurassic World · Self
- Jurassic World Dominion · Kayla Watts
- The Harder They Fall · Eleanor Love
- Invasion · Deputy Grady
- Fatherhood · Lizzie aka Swan
- The Weekend · Margo Johnson
- The Kelly Clarkson Show · Self
- Someone Great · Erin Kennedy
- The Twilight Zone · Alexa Brandt
- She's Gotta Have It · Nola Darling
- Shots Fired · Shameeka Campbell
- How To Tell You're A Douchebag · Rochelle Marseilles
- Knucklehead · Charlotte
- Firelight · Terry Easle
- Black Swan Theory · Sonya
- Train
- The Good Wife · Jenni Salerno
- Spinning Into Butter · Claudia Thompson
- The Mentalist · Tanya Dean
- Steam · Lynn
- African Booty Scratcher · Isatu
- Pariah · Mika
- Made in Hollywood · Self
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent · Angela
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit · Lakeisha Watkins
- Killer Bee · Executive producer
- Untitled Black Rodeo Drama · Anaya Clarke-Reagan