Edwina Findley

Edwina Findley Biography

Edwina Findley is an American actress. In 2014 she began starring as one of lead characters in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series, If Loving You Is Wrong. Findley is also known for her recurring roles in the HBO television dramas The Wire and Treme, and for performance in the 2012 independent film Middle of Nowhere. In 2016, she received Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female nomination for her performance in Free in Deed.

Life and career

Findley was born in Washington, D.C. and attended Duke Ellington School of the Arts as a musical theater major.She graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in New York. She began her acting career in theatre. In 2003, she made her television debut in the recurring role of critically acclaimed HBO drama series, The Wire. She later guest-starred on Law & Order, Law & Order: Trial by Jury, Conviction, New Amsterdam, and had a recurring role in the ABC daytime soap opera, One Life to Live in 2005. In 2011, she also appeared in the recurring role of ABC series, Brothers & Sisters. In 2012, Findley married Kelvin Dickerson. She is a former roommate of actress Viola Davis.

Findley had a recurring role of Davina Lambreaux in the HBO drama series, Treme, from 2010 to 2013. She co-starred opposite Emayatzy Corinealdi and Lorraine Toussaint in the 2012 critically acclaimed independent film Middle of Nowhere written and directed by Ava DuVernay. She also appeared in Sympathetic Details (2008), Red Tails (2012) and Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013).

In 2015, Findley played the lead in the independent film Free in Deed, and Kevin Hart's character wife in Get Hard, a comedy film directed by Etan Cohen. In same year, she was cast as one of leads in the Oprah Winfrey Network series If Loving You Is Wrong alongside Zulay Henao, Heather Hemmens, April Parker Jones and Amanda Clayton. In 2016, she was cast in the Fox event series Shots Fired starring Sanaa Lathan and created by Gina Prince-Bythewood.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	Sympathetic Details	Mona
2012	Red Tails	CeCe	Uncredited
2012	Middle of Nowhere	Rosie	Nominated - Black Reel Award for Best Ensemble
2013	Insidious: Chapter 2	Nurse Hillary
2015	Free in Deed	Melva Neddy	Pending "? Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female
2015	Get Hard	Rita Lewis
2015	All the Children Are Insane	Genevieve Burdon

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003-04	The Wire	Tosha Mitchell	Recurring role, 4 episodes
2005	N.Y.-70	Reggie 3's Widow	Unsold TV pilot
2005	Law & Order: Trial by Jury	Kim Evans	Episode: "The Line"
2005	One Life to Live	Nurse Messner	Recurring role, 6 episodes
2005	Angel Rodriguez	Charlene	Television film
2006	Conviction	Tina Brock	Episode: "Denial"
2006	Law & Order	Ali Hargis	Episode: "Public Service Homicide"
2008	New Amsterdam	Tara Brown	Episode: "Keep the Change"
2008	Blue Blood	Rory's Girlfriend	Unsold TV pilot
2009	Law & Order	Detective Jasmine Burton	Episode: "Anchors Away"
2011	Brothers & Sisters	Jill	Recurring role, 4 episodes
2010-13	Treme	Davina Lambreaux	Recurring role, 19 episodes
2014	Veep	Dee	Episode: "Alicia"
2014-present	If Loving You Is Wrong	Kelly	Series regular
2016	Shots Fired	Shirlane	Recurring role

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