Aisha Jamila Hinds (born November 13, 1975) is an American television and film actress. She began her career on television in 2003, on NYPD Blue. In 2004, she had a recurring role on The Shield as Annie Price, and later guest-starred in Crossing Jordan, Boston Legal, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Stargate SG-1, Cold Case, and Desperate Housewives.Hinds was a series regular in the two short-lived ABC series Invasion (2005-2006), and Detroit 1-8-7 (2010-2011). She had recurring roles on Dollhouse, HawthoRNe, True Blood, and Cult. In film, she appeared in Mr. Brooks, Madea Goes to Jail, Unstoppable, and Star Trek Into Darkness. In 2013, Hinds appeared on the CW series, Cult, as the evil Rosalind Sakelik. Right after Cult was canceled, she was cast as a series regular on the CBS television series Under the Dome based on Stephen King's book of the same title. In 2014, she had supporting roles in films If I Stay and Beyond the Lights. Also in that year, she had the recurring role of Chief Investigator Ava Wallace on the CBS police procedural, NCIS: Los Angeles.

Filmography

• 2024The American Society of Magical Negroes — Gabbard
• 2023The Perfect Find — Billie
• 9-1-1: Lone Star — Henrietta Wilson
• 2019Godzilla: King of the Monsters — Colonel Diane Foster
• 9-1-1 — Henrietta 'Hen' Wilson, Director
• 2018Family Feud — Foremother
• Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G. — Voletta Wallace
• Shots Fired — Pastor Janae James
• 2016All the Way — Fannie Lou Hamer
• 2015Breed — Captain Dennison
• 2015Runaway Island — Lara Cook-Nordholm
• 2014Beyond the Lights — J Stanley
• 2014If I Stay — Nurse Ramirez
• 2013Star Trek Into Darkness — Navigation Officer Darwin
• Under the Dome — Carolyn Hill
• 2011Five — Bernice
• Detroit 1-8-7 — Lt. Maureen Mason
• 2010The Next Three Days — Detective Collero
• 2010Unstoppable — Railway Safety Campaign Coordinator
• Dollhouse — Loomis
• Hawthorne — Isabel Walsh
• 2009Madea Goes to Jail — Fran
• NCIS: Los Angeles — Ava Wallace
• 2009Prison Break: The Final Break — Guard Cowler
• 2009Within — Dr. Kelly
• True Blood — Miss Jeanette
• 2007Mr. Brooks — Nancy Hart
• 2005Assault on Precinct 13 — Anna
• Bones — Officer Norma Randall
• 2005Hate — Paula
• Invasion — Mona Gomez
• It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia — Caseworker, Welfare Case Worker
• Medium — Maxine Harris
• Weeds — Latrice
• Boston Legal — Beah Toomy
• CSI: NY — Brett Stokes
• Desperate Housewives — Maid
• Lost — Nigerian Nun
• 2004Miracle in Toyland — Toy Woman (voice) (uncredited)
• CSI: Miami — Dr. Rachel Porter
• The Shield — Annie Price
• Crossing Jordan — Asmina Chol
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Jackie Blaine
• Stargate SG-1 — Thilana
• Blue's Clues
• ER — Administrator

Appearances as themselves (2)

• Behind Her Faith — Self
• Celebrity Family Feud — Self - Contestant