DeWanda Wise

DeWanda Wise

Born: May 30, 1984
in Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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.

Movies for DeWanda Wise...

Poolman
Title: Poolman
Character: June Del Rey
Released: May 9, 2024
Type: Movie
Follows a hapless dreamer and would-be philosopher who spends his days looking after the pool of the Tahitian Tiki apartment block in sunny LA. When he uncovers the greatest water heist, he does what he can to protect his precious LA.
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Imaginary
Title: Imaginary
Character: Jessica
Released: March 6, 2024
Type: Movie
When Jessica moves back into her childhood home with her family, her youngest stepdaughter Alice develops an eerie attachment to a stuffed bear named Chauncey she finds in the basement. Alice starts playing games with Chauncey that begin playful and become increasingly sinister. As Alice’s behavior becomes more and more concerning, Jessica intervenes only to realize Chauncey is much more than the stuffed toy bear she believed him to be.
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Title: Three Women
Character: Sloane
Released: December 13, 2023
Type: TV
The true story of three American women who suffered private and/or public backlash for their sexual desires. The protagonists are a mother in her 30s who rekindles a flame with her high school sweetheart when her husband refuses physical affection, a 23-year-old woman who reports her former teacher for pursuing a sexual relationship with her when she was 17, and a restaurant owner whose husband and business partner picks out her experimental sexual partners — the series will take a multigenerational approach. It will revolve around women in their 20s, 30s and 40s.
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Jurassic Greatest Moments: Jurassic Park to Jurassic World
Title: Jurassic Greatest Moments: Jurassic Park to Jurassic World
Character: Self
Released: June 4, 2022
Type: Movie
Join the cast of "Jurassic World Dominion" as they relive their favorite unforgettable, action-packed and epic moments from the "Jurassic World" franchise.
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Jurassic World Dominion
Title: Jurassic World Dominion
Character: Kayla Watts
Released: June 1, 2022
Type: Movie
Four years after Isla Nublar was destroyed, dinosaurs now live—and hunt—alongside humans all over the world. This fragile balance will reshape the future and determine, once and for all, whether human beings are to remain the apex predators ona planet they now share with history's most fearsome creatures.
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The Harder They Fall
Title: The Harder They Fall
Character: Eleanor Love
Released: October 22, 2021
Type: Movie
Gunning for revenge, outlaw Nat Love saddles up with his gang to take down enemy Rufus Buck, a ruthless crime boss who just got sprung from prison.
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Title: Invasion
Character: Deputy Grady
Released: October 21, 2021
Type: TV
Earth is visited by an alien species that threatens humanity's existence. Events unfold in real time through the eyes of five ordinary people across the globe as they struggle to make sense of the chaos unraveling around them.
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Fatherhood
Title: Fatherhood
Character: Lizzie aka Swan
Released: June 18, 2021
Type: Movie
A widowed new dad copes with doubts, fears, heartache and dirty diapers as he sets out to raise his daughter on his own. Inspired by a true story.
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The Weekend
Title: The Weekend
Character: Margo Johnson
Released: September 13, 2019
Type: Movie
A comedian goes away for the weekend with an ex-boyfriend and his new girlfriend.
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Title: The Kelly Clarkson Show
Character: Self
Released: September 9, 2019
Type: TV
Kelly Clarkson presents the biggest newsmakers and names in film, television and music; as well as emerging new talent and everyday people who are beacons of hope in their communities.
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Someone Great
Title: Someone Great
Character: Erin Kennedy
Released: April 19, 2019
Type: Movie
An aspiring music journalist lands her dream job and is about to move to San Francisco when her boyfriend of nine years decides to call it quits. To nurse her broken heart, she and her two best friends spend one outrageous last adventure in New York City.
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Title: The Twilight Zone
Character: Alexa Brandt
Released: April 1, 2019
Type: TV
Tales of science fiction, fantasy and the occult, exploring humanity's hopes, despairs, prides and prejudices in metaphoric ways. Next stop ahead The Twilight Zone.
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Title: She's Gotta Have It
Character: Nola Darling
Released: November 23, 2017
Type: TV
Nola Darling struggles to define herself and divide her time among her friends, job and three lovers. A new take on Spike Lee's film, in 10 episodes.
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Title: Shots Fired
Character: Shameeka Campbell
Released: March 22, 2017
Type: TV
A media storm sets off when an African-American cop kills a white teenager in a small North Carolina town.
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How To Tell You're A Douchebag
Title: How To Tell You're A Douchebag
Character: Rochelle Marseilles
Released: January 25, 2016
Type: Movie
Ray Livingston is a relationship-blogging hack (“freelance writer, actually”) responsible for Brooklyn’s infamous blog, “Occasionally Dating Black Women.” The well-written, if not controversial, blog has generated some notoriety, but Ray is chafing from an overextended stay in New York, romantic ennui, and a stagnating writing career. After a particularly crappy week, he goes off on a tirade and harasses a gorgeous random passerby, only to discover that it’s Rochelle Marseille, one of New York’s up-and-coming authors. Moving to make amends in an effort to preserve his media clout, Ray is stunned when Rochelle gives him more than he ever thought she would.
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Knucklehead
Title: Knucklehead
Character: Charlotte
Released: February 1, 2015
Type: Movie
When his brother disappears, mentally disabled Langston Bellows (Gbenga Akinnagbe) is left without a protector in Brooklyn's housing projects. Now under the control of his abusive mother (Alfre Woodard) Langston must take his future into his own hands. He sets out to find the one doctor he believes can cure him, a celebrity magazine columnist who touts questionable prescription drug cocktails. If Langston can become "mentally excellent", it will mean moving into an apartment of his own with his girlfriend, who may herself be a creation of his wishful thinking. Landing in the unscrupulous world of pharmaceutical marketing, the search for his mysterious doctor and hero leads to some unwanted discoveries. Langston strives for independence from his prior life; from his mother, from his neighborhood and from his fractured mind - while all around him people are not who they seem.
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Firelight
Title: Firelight
Character: Terry Easle
Released: April 22, 2012
Type: Movie
Incarcerated women join a band of volunteers who battle forest fires and assist during natural disasters.
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Black Swan Theory
Title: Black Swan Theory
Character: Sonya
Released: February 21, 2011
Type: Movie
A psychiatric casualty of war recently returned to the US, Sonya's imagined sense of normalcy crumbles around her; she must hunt or become the hunted.
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Train
Title: Train
Released: January 6, 2010
Type: Movie
Late night in New York, Carl takes the Brooklyn bound F train home and runs into trouble in this thought provoking short film about fear and guilt.
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Title: The Mentalist
Character: Tanya Dean
Released: September 23, 2008
Type: TV
Patrick Jane, a former celebrity psychic medium, uses his razor sharp skills of observation and expertise at "reading" people to solve serious crimes with the California Bureau of Investigation.
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African Booty Scratcher
Title: African Booty Scratcher
Character: Isatu
Released: October 18, 2007
Type: Movie
Prom nears and things seem to be spiraling out of control for the typically composed Isatu. In this coming of age story, West African tradition conflicts with American idealism as Isatu is forced to reassess her idea of the perfect dress.
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Pariah
Title: Pariah
Character: Mika
Released: April 19, 2007
Type: Movie
A lesbian teenager unsuccessfully juggles multiple identities to avoid rejection from her friends and family. Mounting pressure from home, school, and within wears the line between her personas thin with explosive consequences.
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Title: Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Character: Angela
Released: September 30, 2001
Type: TV
The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its criminals while following the intense psychological approaches the Major Case Squad uses to solve its crimes.
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Title: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Character: Lakeisha Watkins
Released: September 20, 1999
Type: TV
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
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Killing Faith
Title: Killing Faith
Character: Sarah
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
In the summer of 1859, a widowed physician reluctantly agrees to take a recently freed slave and her mysterious Caucasian daughter on a five-day journey through the bloody West to find a distant town's Faith Healer. The woman believes her daughter is possessed. The doctor believes she simply carries The Sickness. Either way the fact remains that every living thing the girl touches mysteriously dies.
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War Unfolding
Title: War Unfolding
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Documentary based on three New York Times bestselling books by historian Andrew Carroll and inspired by the stage play If All the Sky Were Paper, the film tells the story of Carroll, who travels the world to seek out the greatest war letters ever written