Occupation Actress Years active 2003–present | Name Edwina Findley Role Actress | |
Spouse Kelvin Dickerson (m. 2012) Movies Get Hard, Free in Deed, Middle of Nowhere, Insidious: Chapter 2 Similar People Profiles | ||
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Edwina Findley is an American actress. In 2014 she began starring as one of lead characters in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series, If Loving You Is Wrong. Findley is also known for her recurring roles in the HBO television dramas The Wire and Treme, and for performance in the 2012 independent film Middle of Nowhere. In 2016, she received Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female nomination for her performance in Free in Deed.
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- Edwina findley dickerson so harlem or so hollywood
- Edwina findley dickerson s journey to stardom
- Life and career
- References
Edwina findley dickerson s journey to stardom
Life and career
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. She began her acting career in theatre. In 2003, she made her television debut in the recurring role of critically acclaimed 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. In 2012, Findley married Kelvin Dickerson. She is a former roommate of actress Viola Davis.
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 critically acclaimed independent film Middle of Nowhere written and directed by Ava DuVernay. She also appeared in Sympathetic Details (2008), Red Tails (2012) and Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013).
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. In same year, she was cast as one of leads in the Oprah Winfrey Network series If Loving You Is Wrong alongside Zulay Henao, Heather Hemmens, April Parker Jones and Amanda Clayton. In 2016, she was cast in the Fox event series Shots Fired starring Sanaa Lathan and created by Gina Prince-Bythewood.
