Portrait of DeWanda Wise

DeWanda Wise

Acting

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.

Born: May 30, 1984

Place of Birth: Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Filmography

2025
2025
2025
Murderbot

as Navigation Unit

2024
Three Women

as Sloane

2024
Poolman

as June Del Rey

2024
Imaginary

as Jessica

2022
Sherri

as Self - Guest

2022
2021
The Harder They Fall

as Eleanor Love

2021
Invasion

as Deputy Grady

2021
Fatherhood

as Lizzie aka Swan

2019
The Weekend

as Margo Johnson

2019
Someone Great

as Erin Kennedy

2019
The Twilight Zone

as Alexa Brandt

2017
She's Gotta Have It

as Nola Darling

2017
Shots Fired

as Shameeka Campbell

2016
How To Tell You're A Douchebag

as Rochelle Marseilles

2015
Knucklehead

as Charlotte

2012
Firelight

as Terry Easle

2011
2010
2009
The Good Wife

as Jenni Salerno

2008
The Mentalist

as Tanya Dean

2007
Pariah

as Mika

2007
Spinning Into Butter

as Claudia Thompson

1999
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