Mekia Cox
Biography
Mekia Cox is an actress, singer, and dancer born on November 18, 1981, in Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. With twenty-eight known credits listed on the Movie Database, she has built an extensive television and film career performing in both recurring and starring capacities across multiple network dramas and comedies.
Career overview
Mekia Cox began her professional career as a dancer, performing in the Michael Jackson concert series This Is It as well as the related documentary film Michael Jackson's This Is It. Transitioning to prominent television work, she has appeared in a wide array of recurring roles. Her television credits include appearances on the series 90210, Undercovers, Almost Human, Impastor, Secrets and Lies, and Chicago Med. She also portrayed Princess Tiana in the fantasy series Once Upon a Time. In addition to her recurring television work, Cox secured a starring role on the ABC police drama series The Rookie.
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- If Not Now, When (2020) as Suzanne
- The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019) as Self
- The Rookie (2018) as Nyla Harper
- Once Upon a Time: And They Lived Happily Ever After (2018) as Self
- Chicago Med (2015) as Dr. Robin Charles
- Chicago Med (2015) as Robin Charles
- Secrets and Lies (2015) as Amanda Warner
- Impastor (2015) as Jasmine Evans
- The Squeeze (2015) as Lana
- Gotham (2014) as Dr. Leslie Thompkins
- Gotham (2014) as Dr. Thawson
- Almost Human (2013) as Anna
- The Exchange (2013) as Lisa
- After Dark (2013) as Bree
- Key & Peele (2012) as French Restaurant Date
- Key & Peele (2012) as Girlfriend
- Key & Peele (2012) as Michelle Obama
- Common Law (2012) as Destiny
- Battlefield America (2012) as Sarah Miller
- I Kissed a Vampire (2012) as Nikki No
- Once Upon a Time (2011) as Sabine / Tiana
- Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011) as Hip Hairdresser aka Tiffany
- Undercovers (2010) as Lizzy Gilliam
- Modern Family (2009) as Angie
- This Is It (2009) as Self (dancer)
- The Mentalist (2008) as Tracy Zuniga
- 90210 (2008) as Sasha
- Grey's Anatomy (2005) as Blair Vinson
- Bones (2005) as Celeste Cutler
- CSI: NY (2004) as Kia Rowe
- One Tree Hill (2003) as Faith Banks
- Half & Half (2002) as Alicia