DeWanda Wise
Acting Born May 30, 1984 Baltimore, Maryland, USA 24 credits
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.
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Full filmography
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) as Lakeisha Watkins
- The Mentalist (2008) as Tanya Dean
- The Good Wife (2009) as Jenni Salerno
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001) as Angela
- The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019) as Self
- Sherri (2022) as Self - Guest
- Invasion (2021) as Deputy Grady
- Jurassic World Dominion (2022) as Kayla Watts
- The Twilight Zone (2019) as Alexa Brandt
- Murderbot (2025) as Navigation Unit
- Made in Hollywood (2005) as Self
- Three Women (2024) as Sloane
- Fatherhood (2021) as Lizzie aka Swan
- Shots Fired (2017) as Shameeka Campbell
- Killing Faith (2025) as Sarah
- She's Gotta Have It (2017) as Nola Darling
- Imaginary (2024) as Jessica
- The Harder They Fall (2021) as Eleanor Love
- Someone Great (2019) as Erin Kennedy
- Poolman (2024) as June Del Rey
- Love, Brooklyn (2025) as Nicole
- Spinning Into Butter (2009) as Claudia Thompson
- Steam (2007) as Lynn
- Behind the Lines as Self