Adina Elizabeth Porter is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Lettie Mae Thornton on the HBO fantasy horror series True Blood (2008–2014), Kendra James on the HBO drama series The Newsroom (2012–2014), and Indra on the CW science fiction drama series The 100 (2014–2020). She received further recognition for her roles as Sally Freeman, Lee Harris, Beverly Hope, Dinah Stevens, and Chief Burleson on the first, sixth, seventh, eighth, and tenth seasons of the FX anthology series American Horror Story (2011–present).

Filmography

• Smoke — Brenda Cephus
• The Copenhagen Test — Marlowe
• The Perfect Couple — Enid Collins
• 2023Sitting in Bars with Cake — Tasha
• The Changeling — Lillian Kagwa
• Paper Girls — Prioress
• Outer Banks — Sheriff Peterkin
• 2019Miss Virginia — Annette Johnson
• The Morning Show — Sarah Gravele
• 2017The Last Word — Bree Wilson
• 2017Wig Shop — Tippy
• The 100 — Indra
• The Leftovers — G.R. Leader
• 2013Doubt — Stacie McNeil
• The Finder — Ms. Estelle
• The Newsroom — Kendra James
• American Horror Story — Sally Freeman, Chief Burleson, Beverly Hope, Dinah Stevens, Lee Harris
• Ringer — Principal Caruso
• 2011Think of Me — Cheryl
• 2010The Social Network — Gretchen's Associate (uncredited)
• Glee — Mrs. Delaney
• The Vampire Diaries — Nandi LaMarche
• True Blood — Lettie Mae Thornton
• 2007Katrina — Mary
• Private Practice — Stacy Hatcher
• Saving Grace — Tamara Cooley
• Grey's Anatomy — Dr. Ramsey
• 2005Lackawanna Blues — Ricky
• Prison Break — Leticia Barris
• 2005The Salon — Percy's Wife
• CSI: NY — Shannon Goodall
• House — Claudia
• Cold Case — Laticia Myers
• American Dreams — Gwen Walker
• 2002Pipe Dream — Lauren Gunther
• 2002The Women — A Nurse / Euphie / Miss Myrtle / Cigarette Girl
• Without a Trace — Harriet Lewis
• Crossing Jordan — Vicki Moran
• 2001The Fluffer — Silver
• The Guardian — Assistant D. A.
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Denise Devine
• Strong Medicine — Malia
• The District — Ella's Assistant
• 1999Body Shots — Detective Thompson
• Judging Amy
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Janelle Odami
• Snoops — Angela Jackson
• Brimstone — Rachel
• 1998Gia — Girl at Group Therapy
• Brooklyn South — Angela Withers
• 1997The Peacemaker — Police NYPD
• ER — Mrs. Hopkins
• 1993Geoffrey Beene 30
• 1992Swoon — Stenographer
• Law & Order — Woman Neighbor, Mary Byman, Sheryl Decker
• The Bard

Appearances as themselves (1)

• Drop the Mic — Self