
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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as Lakeisha Watkins
1999

as Tanya Dean
2008

as Self
2019

as Angela
2001

as Jenni Salerno
2009

as Self - Guest
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as Deputy Grady
2021

as Kayla Watts
2022

as Alexa Brandt
2019

as Self
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2025
as June Del Rey
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as Sarah
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as Nicole
2025

as June Del Rey
2024

as Jessica
2024

as Self
2022

as Kayla Watts
2022

as Eleanor Love
2021

as Lizzie aka Swan
2021

as Margo Johnson
2019

as Erin Kennedy
2019

as Rochelle Marseilles
2016

as Charlotte
2015

as Terry Easle
2012

as Sonya
2011

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as Claudia Thompson
2009

as Lynn
2007

as Isatu
2007

as Mika
2007

as Self
as Self
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as Lakeisha Watkins
1 episodes

as Tanya Dean
1 episodes

as Self
3 episodes

as Angela
1 episodes

as Jenni Salerno
1 episodes

as Self - Guest
1 episodes

as Deputy Grady
1 episodes

as Alexa Brandt
1 episodes

as Self
1 episodes

as Navigation Unit
4 episodes

as Sloane
10 episodes

as Nola Darling
19 episodes

as Shameeka Campbell
10 episodes
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