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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as Sloane
2024
as June Del Rey
2024
as Jessica
2022
as Self
2022
as Kayla Watts
2021
as Eleanor Love
2021
as Deputy Grady
2021
as Lizzie aka Swan
2019
as Margo Johnson
2019
as Erin Kennedy
2019
as Alexa Brandt
2017
as Nola Darling
2017
as Shameeka Campbell
2016
as Rochelle Marseilles
2015
as Charlotte
2012
as Terry Easle
2011
as Sonya
2010
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as Jenni Salerno
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as Tanya Dean
2007
as Isatu
2007
as Mika
2001
as Angela
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as Lakeisha Watkins
as Self
as Sarah