Edwina Findley
Findley in 2014
Born
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Other namesEdwina Findley Dickerson
OccupationActress
Years active2003–present
Spouse
Kelvin Dickerson
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(m. 2012)​
Children2
Websiteedwinafindley.com

Edwina Findley, also known as Edwina Findley Dickerson (born October 30), is an American actress. Findley played the recurring roles in the HBO television dramas The Wire (2003–04) and Treme (2010–13), and from 2014 to 2020 starred as Kelly Isaacs, one of the lead characters in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series, If Loving You Is Wrong.

Findley received an Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female nomination for her performance in the 2015 drama film, Free in Deed.[1] She also appeared in films Middle of Nowhere (2012), Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013), Get Hard (2015) and Rogue Agent (2022).

Personal life

Findley was born in Washington, D.C., and attended Duke Ellington School of the Arts as a musical theater major. She graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in New York.[2] In 2012, Findley married Kelvin Dickerson.[3] She is a former roommate of actress Viola Davis.[3]

Career

She began her acting career in theatre appearing in plays Henry IV, Part 1 and Eclipsed.[4] In 2003, she made her television debut in the recurring role of HBO drama series The Wire. She later guest-starred on Law & Order, Law & Order: Trial by Jury, Conviction, New Amsterdam, and had a recurring role in the ABC daytime soap opera, One Life to Live in 2005. In 2011, she also appeared in the recurring role of ABC series, Brothers & Sisters. Findley had a recurring role of Davina Lambreaux in the HBO drama series, Treme, from 2010 to 2013. She co-starred opposite Emayatzy Corinealdi and Lorraine Toussaint in the 2012 independent film Middle of Nowhere written and directed by Ava DuVernay.[5] She also appeared in Sympathetic Details (2008), Red Tails (2012) and Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013).

Findley at the Middle of Nowhere (2012) premiere

In 2014, she was cast as one of leads in the Oprah Winfrey Network prime time soap opera, If Loving You Is Wrong alongside Zulay Henao, Heather Hemmens, April Parker Jones, and Amanda Clayton.[6][7] The series ended in 2020 after five seasons and 102 episodes.[8] In 2015, Findley played the lead in the independent film Free in Deed, and Kevin Hart's character wife in Get Hard, a comedy film directed by Etan Cohen.[9][10][11] In 2016, she was cast in the Fox event series Shots Fired starring Sanaa Lathan and created by Gina Prince-Bythewood.[12] In 2017, she was cast in AMC's Fear the Walking Dead[13] and The CW's superhero series Black Lightning playing Tori Whale.[14] In 2019, she had a recurring role in the NBC medical drama, Chicago Med.

In 2019, Findley appeared in the drama film Goldie directed by Sam de Jong and starring Slick Woods, and the independent film Same Difference starring Essence Atkins.[15] In 2020, she co-starred opposite Brian Geraghty in the crime drama film Blindfire.[16] In 2022, she appeared in the biographical mystery drama Rogue Agent starring James Norton.[17] In 2023, she starred in the Amazon Prime Video science fiction drama series, The Power.[18] In 2023, she was cast as the one of leads in the Netflix murder-mystery series, The Residence produced by Shondaland and starring Uzo Aduba.[19][20]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2008 Sympathetic Details Mona
2012 Red Tails CeCe Uncredited[21]
Middle of Nowhere Rosie Nominated – Black Reel Award for Best Ensemble
2013 Insidious: Chapter 2 Nurse Hillary
2015 Get Hard Rita Lewis
Free in Deed Melva Neddy Nominated – Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female
Where Children Play Gayle Mccain
2019 Goldie Janet
2019 Same Difference Janice
2020 Blindfire Rosie
2022 Rogue Agent Special Agent Sandy Harland

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2003–2004 The Wire Tosha Mitchell Recurring role (seasons 2-3), 4 episodes
2005 N.Y.-70 Reggie 3's Widow Unsold TV pilot[22]
One Life to Live Nurse Messner Recurring role, 4 episodes
Law & Order: Trial by Jury Kim Evans Episode: "The Line" (1.09)
Angel Rodriguez Charlene Television film
2006 Conviction Tina Brock Episode: "Denial" (1.02)
Law & Order Ali Hargis Episode: "Public Service Homicide" (17.05)
2008 New Amsterdam Tara Brown Episode: "Keep the Change" (1.05)
Blue Blood Rory's Girlfriend Unsold TV pilot
2009 Law & Order Detective Jasmine Burton Episode: "Anchors Away" (19.17)
2011 Brothers & Sisters Jill Recurring role (season 5), 4 episodes
2010–2013 Treme Davina Lambreaux Recurring role, 19 episodes
2014 Veep Dee Episode: "Alicia" (3.03)
2014–2020 If Loving You Is Wrong Kelly Series regular, 102 episodes
2016 Second Sight Donna Television film
2017 Shots Fired Shirlane Recurring role, 6 episodes
Fear the Walking Dead Diana Special guest (season 3), 2 episodes
2018 Black Lightning Tori Whale Recurring role, 3 episodes
2019 Chicago Med Sydney Hawkins Recurring role, 3 episodes
2023 The Power Helen Series regular, 8 episodes
TBA The Residence Sheila Cannon Series regular

References

  1. ^ "Independent Spirit Awards: 'Moonlight,' 'American Honey' Score Leading 6 Nominations Each". The Hollywood Reporter. 22 November 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  2. ^ "About Edwina". Edwinafindley.com. Archived from the original on 2014-07-26. Retrieved 2014-06-06.
  3. ^ a b Edwina Findley and Kelvin Dickerson, The New York Times
  4. ^ read, 10 THINGSFEATURES·5 min (March 29, 2015). "10 THINGS with Edwina Findley Dickerson".((cite web)): CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Amy Elisa Keith. "'Treme' & 'Middle of Nowhere' Actress Edwina Findley, "It's been an amazing year!"". Cocoa Media Group. Archived from the original on 26 July 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  6. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (2014-06-06). "OWN Sets Cast For New Tyler Perry Drama Series 'If Loving You Is Wrong'". Deadline.com. Retrieved 2014-06-06.
  7. ^ "OWN Announces Cast for New Drama Series 'If Loving You is Wrong' From Tyler Perry". Shadow and Act. Archived from the original on 2015-09-25. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
  8. ^ Thorne, Will (February 5, 2020). "Tyler Perry's 'If Loving You Is Wrong' to End With Season 5 on OWN".
  9. ^ "Isaiah Washington & Mo'Nique To Star In Indie 'We Are Family', David Harewood Toplines 'Free In Deed'". Deadline.com. 2014-02-13. Retrieved 2014-06-06.
  10. ^ "Edwina Findley Cast In 'Get Hard'; Olivia Luccardi Joins Untitled Gerardo Naranjo Pic". Deadline. 21 March 2014. Retrieved 2014-06-06.
  11. ^ "Edwina Findley Joins Cast of Kevin Hart/Will Ferrell Comedy 'Get Hard'". Shadow and Act. Retrieved 2014-06-06.
  12. ^ Denise Petski (6 April 2016). "'Shots Fired': Fox Event Series Rounds Out Recurring Cast". Deadline. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  13. ^ Dustin Rowles (2017-10-08). "Who Is The Awesome New 'Fear The Walking Dead' Character?". Uproxx. Retrieved 2017-10-09.
  14. ^ Denise Petsky (2017-10-12). "'Black Lightning': Edwina Findley Set To Recur In the CW Series". Deadline. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
  15. ^ McNary, Dave (April 24, 2018). "Film News Roundup: Demetrius Shipp, Essence Atkins to Star in 'Same Difference'".
  16. ^ "Blindfire - Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com. November 13, 2020.
  17. ^ "Rogue Agent - Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com. August 12, 2022.
  18. ^ Rosario, Alexandra Del (February 8, 2021). "'The Power': Rob Delaney, Alice Eve & Edwina Findley Among Cast Additions On Amazon Thriller".
  19. ^ Goldberg, Lesley (February 27, 2023). "Andre Braugher, Susan Kelechi Watson Among 11 Cast in Shondaland's 'The Residence'".
  20. ^ Otterson, Joe (February 27, 2023). "Shondaland Netflix Series 'The Residence' Adds 11 to Cast, Including Andre Braugher, Jason Lee, Bronson Pinchot, Susan Kelechi Watson".
  21. ^ "Two actors lead 'Red Tails' film fleet". The Hollywood Reporter. 6 April 2009.
  22. ^ "N.Y.-70 (TV)" – via www.allocine.fr.

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