DeWanda Wise

About

Veteran television actress who started to break through in 2016-2017 with a recurring role in Underground before earning series regular parts as Shameeka Campbell and Nola Darling in Shots Fired and Netflix's She's Gotta Have It, respectively. She played the character Kayla Watts in the blockbuster Jurassic World: Dominion.

Before Fame

She graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. While there, she trained at the Atlantic Theatre Company Acting School and would star in award-winning shorts and independent features. 

Trivia

She originated the role of Nina in Dominique Morisseau's production of Sunset Baby. She has amassed over 40 credits throughout her recent acting career. 

Family Life

She married actor Alano Miller in 2009. 

Associated With

The show She's Got Have It in which she would star is a remake of the Spike Lee film of the same name. Lee would also direct the TV adaptation.