DeWanda Wise
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.
Acted in
Three Women
2024
as Sloane
Poolman
2024
as June Del Rey
Imaginary
2024
as Jessica
Jurassic Greatest Moments: Jurassic Park to Jurassic World
2022
as Self
Jurassic World Dominion
2022
as Kayla Watts
The Harder They Fall
2021
as Eleanor Love
Invasion
2021
as Deputy Grady
Fatherhood
2021
as Lizzie aka Swan
The Weekend
2019
as Margo Johnson
Someone Great
2019
as Erin Kennedy
The Twilight Zone
2019
as Alexa Brandt
She's Gotta Have It
2017
as Nola Darling
Shots Fired
2017
as Shameeka Campbell
How To Tell You're A Douchebag
2016
as Rochelle Marseilles
Knucklehead
2015
as Charlotte
Firelight
2012
as Terry Easle
Black Swan Theory
2011
as Sonya
Train
2010
The Good Wife
2009
as Jenni Salerno
The Mentalist
2008
as Tanya Dean
African Booty Scratcher
2007
as Isatu
Pariah
2007
as Mika
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Angela
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Lakeisha Watkins
Behind the Lines
as Self
Killing Faith
as Sarah