DeWanda Wise
Actor
Biography
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
Fatherhood
as Lizzie aka Swan 2021
Someone Great
as Erin Kennedy 2019
The Harder They Fall
as Eleanor Love 2021
Imaginary
as Jessica 2024
Poolman
as June Del Rey 2024
Killing Faith
as Sarah 2025
Firelight
as Terry Easle 2012
The Weekend
as Margo Johnson 2019
Jurassic Greatest Moments: Jurassic Park to Jurassic World
as Self 2022
How To Tell You're A Douchebag
as Rochelle Marseilles 2016
Train
2010
Spinning Into Butter
as Claudia Thompson 2009
Pariah
as Mika 2007
Knucklehead
as Charlotte 2015
Love, Brooklyn
as Nicole 2025
Behind the Lines
as Self TBA