DeWanda Wise
DeWanda Wise
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
Actor
as Self
as Sarah
as Nicole
as June Del Rey
as Jessica
as Sloane
as Kayla Watts
as Eleanor Love
as Lizzie aka Swan
as Deputy Grady
as Margo Johnson
as Erin Kennedy
as Self
as Alexa Brandt
as Nola Darling
as Shameeka Campbell
as Rochelle Marseilles
as Charlotte
as Terry Easle
as Sonya
as Jenni Salerno
as Tanya Dean
as Isatu
as Mika
as Self
as Angela
as Lakeisha Watkins
Producer
as Executive Producer