DeWanda Wise

DeWanda Wise Biography

DeWanda Wise (born May 30, 1984) is an American actress. She plays the lead role as Nola Darling in Spike Lee's 10-episode 2017 Netflix series She's Gotta Have It, a contemporary updating of his 1986 film.

Early life and education

Wise was born in Jessup, Maryland and raised in Woodlawn, Laurel, and Baltimore. In high school, Wise thought she wanted to be a therapist until she took AP Psychology and decided that was not the case. 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 2012, 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, Wise worked as a resident assistant and a stocker at Trader Joe's.

Personal life

Wise married fellow actor Alano Miller in 2009 after three months of dating. She resides in Pasadena, California. Wise is a vegan.

Filmography

Film roles
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Super Powers	Mrs. Elliot	Short
2006	Who's Calling	Val	Short
2007	Pariah	Mike	Short
	Spinning into Butter	Claudia Thompson
	Soul Mates	Psyche
	African Booty Scratcher	Isatu	Short
	Steam	Lynn
2009	Precious	Miriam	Uncredited
	Us: A Love Story	Scowling Woman	Short
	Beyond Words	Paige	Short
2010	Train		Short
2010	Pour aimer, encore	Syl	Short
2011	A Walk in the Park		Short
	Smoking/No Smoking	Reporter
	Black Swan Theory		Short
2012	Frisk	G	Short
2015	Knucklehead	Charlotte
2016	How to Tell You're a Douchebag	Rochelle Marseilles
2019	Captain Marvel	TBA

Television roles
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Angela	Episode: "World's Fair"
2008	One Life to Live	Julianna	Episode: "Jumpin' Jehosophat"
2009	The Unusuals	Nurse	Episode: "24"
2011	The Good Wife	Jenni Salerno	Episode: "Breaking Up"
	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Lakeisha Watkins	Episode: "Dirty"
	Tokens the Series	Keisha / Karen
	Boardwalk Empire	Henny Walker	Episode: "What Does the Bee Do?"
2012	Firelight	Terry Easle	TV Movie
2014	The Mentalist	Tanya Dean	Episode: "Blue Bird"
2015	Sorta My Thing	Andrea	2 episodes
2017	Underground	Clara	5 episodes
	Shots Fired	Shameeka Campbell	Main cast
	She's Gotta Have It	Nola Darling	Main cast

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