DeWanda Wise

DeWanda Wise

Nascimento : 1984-05-30, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

História

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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DeWanda Wise

Filmes

Imaginary
Executive Producer
Uma mulher retorna à casa onde cresceu para descobrir que o amigo imaginário que ela deixou para trás é muito real e infeliz por ter sido abandonado.
Imaginary
Jessica
Uma mulher retorna à casa onde cresceu para descobrir que o amigo imaginário que ela deixou para trás é muito real e infeliz por ter sido abandonado.
Poolman
The film centers on an eccentric pool cleaner who stumbles upon an investigation by a dirty city council.
Jurassic Greatest Moments: Jurassic Park to Jurassic World
Self
Join the cast of "Jurassic World Dominion" as they relive their favorite unforgettable, action-packed and epic moments from the "Jurassic World" franchise.
Jurassic World: Domínio
Kayla Watts
Quatro anos após a destruição da Ilha Nublar, os dinossauros agora vivem – e caçam – ao lado de humanos em todo o mundo. Esse frágil equilíbrio remodelará o futuro e determinará, de uma vez por todas, se os seres humanos continuarão sendo os principais predadores em um planeta que agora compartilham com as criaturas mais temíveis da história.
Vingança & Castigo
Eleanor Love
Em Harder They Fall, quando o fora da lei Nat Love (Jonathan Majors) descobre que seu maior inimigo, Rufus Buck (Idris Elba), será libertado da prisão, ele reúne seu bando em uma busca incessante por vingança. Aqueles que cavalgam com ele incluem o seu antigo amor Stagecoach Mary, seus homens de temperamento forte Bill Pickett e Jack Beckwourth. Rufus ainda conta com a ajuda do "Traiçoeiro" Trudy Smith e Cherokee Bill. É de se tomar cuidado, pois esse não é um grupo que costuma a perder qualquer luta.
Paternidade
Lizzie aka Swan
Neste filme inspirado em uma história real, um pai viúvo lida com dúvidas, medos, decepções e mamadeiras ao assumir a tarefa de criar sua filha sozinho.
O Fim de Semana
Margo Johnson
Uma comediante amarga se envolve romanticamente com seu ex, sua nova namorada e outro convidado durante um rolê de fim de semana.
Alguém Especial
Erin Kennedy
Após o fim de um relacionamento, a jornalista musical Jenny se prepara para recomeçar — e para uma última aventura com as melhores amigas. Gina Rodriguez (Jane the Virgin) vive um fim de namoro e uma noite de loucuras com as amigas nesta comédia romântica.
How To Tell You're A Douchebag
Rochelle Marseilles
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.
Knucklehead
Charlotte
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.
Prova de Fogo
Terry Easle
DJ é o encarregado de um centro de detenção para jovens criminosas. Determinado a reintegrá-las na sociedade, encoraja uma nova prisioneira, Caroline, a se envolver em um programa de formação de bombeiros. Uma história de força de vontade e redenção por parte de um grupo de mulheres que, ao arriscarem as vidas para salvar outras, acabaram por se salvar a si próprias.
Black Swan Theory
Sonya
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.
Train
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.
African Booty Scratcher
Isatu
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.
War Unfolding
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