DeWanda Wise
May 30, 1984 (40 years old) in Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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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- 2025 · Love, Brooklyn as Nicole
- 2024 · Three Women as Sloane
- 2024 · Poolman as June Del Rey
- 2024 · Imaginary as Jessica
- 2022 · Jurassic Greatest Moments: Jurassic Park to Jurassic World as Self
- 2022 · Jurassic World Dominion as Kayla Watts
- 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 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- 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 · Black Swan Theory as Sonya
- 2010 · Train as
- 2009 · The Good Wife as Jenni Salerno
- 2008 · The Mentalist as Tanya Dean
- 2007 · African Booty Scratcher as Isatu
- 2007 · Pariah as Mika
- 2005 · Made in Hollywood as Self
- 2001 · Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Angela
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Lakeisha Watkins
- Future · Behind the Lines as Self
- Future · Killing Faith as Sarah