Acting credits
32
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
DeWanda Wise
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
1.0
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Movies: 19Series: 13Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 206425
IMDb ID: nm1986622
Known for: Acting
Born: May 30, 1984
Age: 41
Place of birth: Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1999 - 2025
Years active: 27
Average TMDB rating: 6.65
Wikidata: Q33026764
Also known as
DeWanda Jackson • ДеВанда Вайз • 德汪達·懷斯 • دیواندا وایز
Other jobs
Executive Producer (1)
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with DeWanda Wise.
4.6
Killing Faith
as Sarah
2025 Movie
10.0
Love, Brooklyn
as Nicole
2025 Movie
4.3
Poolman
as June Del Rey
2024 Movie
5.9
Imaginary
as Jessica
2024 Movie
7.0
Jurassic Greatest Moments: Jurassic Park to Jurassic World
as Self
2022 Movie
6.6
Jurassic World Dominion
as Kayla Watts
2022 Movie
6.6
The Harder They Fall
as Eleanor Love
2021 Movie
7.5
Fatherhood
as Lizzie aka Swan
2021 Movie
6.0
The Weekend
as Margo Johnson
2019 Movie
6.4
Someone Great
as Erin Kennedy
2019 Movie
3.4
How To Tell You're A Douchebag
as Rochelle Marseilles
2016 Movie
7.0
Knucklehead
as Charlotte
2015 Movie
6.1
Firelight
as Terry Easle
2012 Movie
Black Swan Theory
as Sonya
2011 Movie
5.4
Train
2010 Movie
5.4
Spinning Into Butter
as Claudia Thompson
2009 Movie
African Booty Scratcher
as Isatu
2007 Movie
2.7
Pariah
as Mika
2007 Movie
Behind the Lines
as Self
Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with DeWanda Wise.
7.3
Murderbot
as Navigation Unit • 4 eps
2025 Series
6.1
Three Women
as Sloane • 10 eps
2024 Series
2.7
Sherri
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2022 Series
7.2
Invasion
as Deputy Grady • 1 eps
2021 Series
6.4
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self • 3 eps
2019 Series
6.7
The Twilight Zone
as Alexa Brandt • 1 eps
2019 Series
6.3
She's Gotta Have It
as Nola Darling • 19 eps
2017 Series
5.8
Shots Fired
as Shameeka Campbell • 10 eps
2017 Series
7.6
The Good Wife
as Jenni Salerno • 1 eps
2009 Series
8.4
The Mentalist
as Tanya Dean • 1 eps
2008 Series
4.7
Made in Hollywood
as Self • 1 eps
2005 Series
7.6
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Angela • 1 eps
2001 Series
7.9
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Lakeisha Watkins • 1 eps
1999 Series