Alisha Wainwright
Born
Alisha Ena Wainwright

(1989-07-14) July 14, 1989 (age 34)
Orlando, Florida, United States
OccupationActress
Years active2008–present

Alisha Ena Wainwright (born July 14, 1989) is an American actress. Following her film debut in Just Before I Go (2014), Wainwright had supporting roles in films such as Death of a Telemarketer (2020) and Palmer (2021), as well as a lead role in There's Something Wrong with the Children (2023). She is best known for her leading roles as Maia Roberts on the Freeform supernatural drama series Shadowhunters (2017–2019) and Nicole Warren on the Netflix superhero drama series Raising Dion (2019–2022).

Early life

Alisha Wainwright was born and raised in Orlando, Florida. Her mother is from Jamaica and her father is from Haiti.[1]

Career

After appearing in a web comedy sketch on the YouTube channel Smosh in 2012,[2] Wainwright guest-starred in several film and television productions including Criminal Minds and Lethal Weapon. In September 2016, her casting as the werewolf Maia Roberts on Freeform's fantasy series Shadowhunters, based on The Mortal Instruments book series by Cassandra Clare was announced.[3] After being a recurring character in season 2, she was promoted to series regular for season 3 of the show.[4][5] Wainwright currently stars in the Netflix series Raising Dion.[6]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2013 Second Rate Deal Nikki Short film
2014 Just Before I Go Sarah
2016 Save Her Casting Assistant #1 Short film
2017 The Hatred Betaine
2020 Death of a Telemarketer Christine
2021 Palmer Maggie Hayes
2023 There's Something Wrong with the Children Margaret Winslow

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2014 Criminal Minds Debbie Martin Episode "What Happens in Mecklinburg..."
2014 Married Alissa Episode "Uncool"
2014 Love is Relative Audrey TV movie
2014–2015 Perception Chantal Douglas / Timid Girl Episode "Possession" (Timid Girl - uncredited)

Episode "Romeo" (Chantal Douglas)

2015 Vanity Shelly Episode "Expression"
2015 Switched at Birth Darya Episode "To the Victor Belong the Spoils"
2015 Major Crimes Ainsley Reed Episode "Blackout"
2015 Axle Tramp Anna
2016 General Hospital Nurse Kelsey 2 episodes
2015–2016 Disney Star Darlings Leona (voice) 10 episodes
2016 Rosewood Cassie Hanson Episode "Forward Motion & Frat Life"
2018 Lethal Weapon Jess Bailey Episode "Double Shot of Baileys"
2018 The Wedding Do Over Taylor Tv Movie
2017–2019 Shadowhunters Maia Roberts Recurring role (Season 2), 13 episodes
Main role (Season 3), 16 episodes[7]
2019–2022 Raising Dion Nicole Reese Main role
2023- Platonic Audrey 2 episodes

Other

Year Title Role Notes
2012 Smosh Anthony's girlfriend
2016 NBA 2K17 Alanah Turner (voice) Video game

References

  1. ^ Arikoglu, Lale (September 19, 2019). "'Shadowhunters' Actress Alisha Wainwright on Why You Should Take a Few Risk When You Travel".
  2. ^ "LIFE HACKING!". YouTube. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  3. ^ Freeform. "Casting Update: Alisha Wainwright Is Playing Maia In Shadowhunters Season 2!". freeform.go.com. Freeform. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  4. ^ @ShadowhuntersTV (July 20, 2017). "Exciting news! @WainwrightAE is a series regular in Season 3! 🙌 #ShadowhuntersAtSDCC" (Tweet). Retrieved March 10, 2019 – via Twitter.
  5. ^ Petski, Denise (20 July 2017). "'Shadowhunters': Sarah Hyland Character Revealed, Alisha Wainwright Upped To Regular For Season 3 – Comic-Con". Deadline. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  6. ^ Petski, Denise (27 June 2018). "'Raising Dion': Alisha Wainwright & Newcomer Ja'Siah Young To Star; Seith Mann To Direct & Exec Produce". Deadline. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  7. ^ @ShadowhuntersTV (July 20, 2017). "Exciting news! @WainwrightAE is a series regular in Season 3! 🙌 #ShadowhuntersAtSDCC" (Tweet). Retrieved March 10, 2019 – via Twitter.

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