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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 30, 1984
Place of Birth
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Also Known As
- DeWanda Jackson
- ДеВанда Вайз
- 德汪達·懷斯
- دیواندا وایز
DeWanda Wise
1.3 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
4.7
Sarah
Killing Faith
2025
10.0
Nicole
Love, Brooklyn
2025
7.3
Navigation Unit
Murderbot
2025
6.1
Sloane
Three Women
2024
4.3
June Del Rey
Poolman
2024
5.9
Jessica
Imaginary
2024
3.0
Self - Guest
Sherri
2022
7.0
Self
Jurassic Greatest Moments: Jurassic Park to Jurassic World
2022
6.6
Kayla Watts
Jurassic World Dominion
2022
6.6
Eleanor Love
The Harder They Fall
2021
Credits
Killing Faith
as Sarah
2025
4.7
Love, Brooklyn
as Nicole
2025
10.0
Murderbot
as Navigation Unit
2025
7.3
Three Women
as Sloane
2024
6.1
Poolman
as June Del Rey
2024
4.3
Imaginary
as Jessica
2024
5.9
Sherri
as Self - Guest
2022
3.0
Jurassic Greatest Moments: Jurassic Park to Jurassic World
as Self
2022
7.0
Jurassic World Dominion
as Kayla Watts
2022
6.6
The Harder They Fall
as Eleanor Love
2021
6.6
Invasion
as Deputy Grady
2021
7.2
Fatherhood
as Lizzie aka Swan
2021
7.5
The Weekend
as Margo Johnson
2019
6.0
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2019
6.3
Someone Great
as Erin Kennedy
2019
6.4
The Twilight Zone
as Alexa Brandt
2019
6.7
She's Gotta Have It
as Nola Darling
2017
6.3
Shots Fired
as Shameeka Campbell
2017
5.8
How To Tell You're A Douchebag
as Rochelle Marseilles
2016
3.4
Knucklehead
as Charlotte
2015
7.0
Firelight
as Terry Easle
2012
6.1
Black Swan Theory
as Sonya
2011
0.0
Train
2010
5.4
The Good Wife
as Jenni Salerno
2009
7.6
The Mentalist
as Tanya Dean
2008
8.4
African Booty Scratcher
as Isatu
2007
0.0
Pariah
as Mika
2007
2.7
Spinning Into Butter
as Claudia Thompson
2007
5.4
Made in Hollywood
as Self
2005
4.7
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Angela
2001
7.6
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Lakeisha Watkins
1999
7.9
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Killer Bee
N/A
0.0
Behind the Lines
as Self
N/A
0.0