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.

Filmography

• 2025Killing Faith — Sarah
• 2025Love, Brooklyn — Nicole
• Murderbot — Navigation Unit
• 2024Imaginary — Jessica, Executive Producer
• 2024Poolman — June Del Rey
• Three Women — Sloane
• 2022Jurassic World Dominion — Kayla Watts
• 2021Fatherhood — Lizzie aka Swan
• Invasion — Deputy Grady
• 2021The Harder They Fall — Eleanor Love
• 2019Someone Great — Erin Kennedy
• The Twilight Zone — Alexa Brandt
• 2019The Weekend — Margo Johnson
• She's Gotta Have It — Nola Darling
• Shots Fired — Shameeka Campbell
• 2016How To Tell You're A Douchebag — Rochelle Marseilles
• 2015Knucklehead — Charlotte
• 2012Firelight — Terry Easle
• 2011Black Swan Theory — Sonya
• 2010Train
• 2009Spinning Into Butter — Claudia Thompson
• The Good Wife — Jenni Salerno
• The Mentalist — Tanya Dean
• 2007African Booty Scratcher — Isatu
• 2007Pariah — Mika
• 2007Steam — Lynn
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent — Angela
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Lakeisha Watkins
• Killer Bee — Executive Producer
• Untitled Black Rodeo Drama — Anaya Clarke-Reagan

Appearances as themselves (5)

• 2024Behind the Lines — Self
• 2022Jurassic Greatest Moments: Jurassic Park to Jurassic World — Self
• Sherri — Self - Guest
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• Made in Hollywood — Self