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DeWanda Wise (née Jackson) is an American actress. She starred in Spike Lee's Netflix comedy-drama series She's Gotta Have It (2017–19), a contemporary adaptation of his 1986 film.[1][2]

DeWanda Wise
Wise in 2019
Born	DeWanda Jackson Jessup, Maryland, U.S.
Alma mater	Tisch School of the Arts
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2006–present
Spouse	Alano Miller ​ (m. 2009)​

Early life and education

Wise was born in Jessup, Maryland and raised in Woodlawn, Laurel, and Baltimore.[1][3] In high school, she thought she wanted to be a therapist until she took AP Psychology and decided it was not for her.[4] She began acting during her sophomore year at Atholton High School when her high school theatre director, Nathan Rosen, offered her a part in a production in lieu of detention.[3] 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, where she befriended Gina Rodriguez.[3] During her undergraduate years, Wise worked as a resident assistant and a stocker at Trader Joe's.[5]

Career

Wise first appeared in episodes of television series including Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, The Good Wife and Boardwalk Empire. She made her film debut in the 2007 drama Spinning into Butter starring Sarah Jessica Parker, then had secondary roles in Steam (2007) and Precious (2009). In 2016, she starred in the independent romantic comedy film How to Tell You're a Douchebag that premiered at Sundance Film Festival.[6][7] The next year, she had a recurring role in the WGN period drama series Underground, and starred opposite Sanaa Lathan in the Fox miniseries Shots Fired.[8]

In 2017, she had a leading role in the Netflix comedy-drama series She's Gotta Have It, which was canceled after two seasons in 2019.[9] In 2018, she was cast in Disney's Captain Marvel, but left the project due scheduling conflicts with her Netflix series.[10] That year, she appeared in the comedy film The Weekend directed by Stella Meghie.[11] In 2019, she starred with Gina Rodriguez and Brittany Snow in the romantic comedy film Someone Great for Netflix, where she and a pantsless Rodriguez sung and danced to Lizzo's "Truth Hurts", ultimately making the song more popular and a #1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100.[12][13] She later appeared opposite Kevin Hart and Alfre Woodard in the comedy-drama Fatherhood (2021), and co-starred in the sequel Jurassic World Dominion.[14][15]

Personal life

Wise married actor Alano Miller in 2009 after three months of dating.[16][17][18][3] She is a vegan.[3][19] She lives in Pasadena, California.[20]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Super Powers	Mrs. Elliot	Short film
2006	Who's Calling	Val
2007	Pariah	Mike
2007	Spinning into Butter	Claudia Thompson
2007	Soul Mates	Psyche
2007	African Booty Scratcher	Isatu	Short film
2007	Steam	Lynn
2009	Precious	Miriam	Uncredited
2009	Us: A Love Story	Scowling Woman	Short film
2009	Beyond Words	Paige
2010	Train
2010	Pour aimer, encore	Syl
2011	A Walk in the Park
2011	Smoking Nonsmoking	Reporter
2011	Black Swan Theory		Short film
2012	Frisk	G
2015	Knucklehead	Charlotte
2016	How to Tell You're a Douchebag	Rochelle Marseilles
2018	The Weekend	Margo Johnson
2019	Someone Great	Erin Kennedy
2021	Fatherhood	Lizzie aka Swan
2021	The Harder They Fall	Eleanor Love
2022	Jurassic World Dominion	Kayla Watts
TBA	Poolman		Filming

Key

	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Angela	Episode: "World's Fair"
2008	One Life to Live	Julianna	Episode: "Jumpin' Jehosophat"
2009	The Unusuals	Nurse	Episode: "42" (S01E05)
2011	The Good Wife	Jenni Salerno	Episode: "Breaking Up"
2011	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Lakeisha Watkins	Episode: "Dirty"
2011	Tokens the Series	Keisha/Karen
2011	Boardwalk Empire	Henny Walker	Episode: "What Does the Bee Do?"
2012	Firelight	Terry Easle	TV movie
2014	The Mentalist	Tanya Dean	Episode: "Blue Bird"
2015	Sorta My Thing	Andrea	Two episodes
2017	Underground	Clara	5 episodes
2017	Shots Fired	Shameeka Campbell	Main cast, 10 episodes Nominated—Black Reel Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress, TV Movie or Limited Series
2017–2019	She's Gotta Have It	Nola Darling	Main cast, 19 episodes Nominated—Black Reel Award for Outstanding Actress, Comedy Series
2019	The Twilight Zone	Alexa Brandt	Episode: "Six Degrees of Freedom"
2021	Invasion	Deputy Grady	Episode: "Last Day"
TBA	Three Women	Sloane	Upcoming series

References

External links

• DeWanda Wise at IMDb

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DeWanda Wise (Jessup, 30 de mayo de 1984) es una actriz estadounidense, reconocida por protagonizar la serie de televisión de Spike Lee She's Gotta Have It (2017–2019), basada en la película del mismo nombre de 1986.[1][2][3] Ha participado en otras series de televisión como Law & Order, The Good Wife, The Mentalist y Twilight Zone.[4]

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