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Occupation
  
Actress

Years active
  
2004–present


Name
  
Shareeka Epps

Role
  
Actress

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Born
  
July 11, 1989 (age 35) (
1989-07-11
)
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

Awards
  
Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead, Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Actor

Nominations
  
National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress

Movies
  
Half Nelson, American Milkshake, My Soul to Take, Mother and Child, The Winning Season

Similar People
  
Ryan Fleck, David Andalman, Anna Boden, James C Strouse, Victoria Mahoney

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Shareeka Epps (born July 11, 1989) is an American actress. She starred in the 2006 film Half Nelson, alongside Ryan Gosling and Anthony Mackie.

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Life and career

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After being discovered in junior high school, Epps starred in the low budget, short film Gowanus, Brooklyn alongside Matt Kerr, playing the role of "Drey", a high school student. The short film won the Short Filmmaking Award at "Sundance Film Festival" in 2004.

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The success of Gowanus, Brooklyn led to a full-length feature film, Half Nelson. Released August 11, 2006 the story concerns an inner city middle-school teacher who forms a friendship with one of his students after she discovers that he has a drug habit. Epps reprised her role as "Drey" and the role of the teacher was replaced by Ryan Gosling. The film also starred rising star Anthony Mackie.

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For Half Nelson, Epps won the Gotham Award for Breakthrough Performance (2006); was named Best Supporting Actress by the Boston Society of Film Critics Awards (2006); won the WFCC Award for Female Rights To Male Roles in Movies at the Women Film Critics Circle Awards (2006); and Best Female lead by the Independent Spirit Awards (2007).

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Epps also received nominations from the Broadcast Film Critics Association; Alliance of Women Film Journalists; Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards; Chicago Film Critics Association Awards;, Online Film Critics Society Awards; St. Louis Film Critics Association, US and two Black Reel Awards nominations.

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In 2007, Epps appeared in the Noah Buschel film Neal Cassady about Neal Cassady and his alter ego Dean Moriarty, playing the role Annie Gibson.

In 2007 Epps also acted in Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem although her portrayal of Kendra was completely omitted from the theatrical as well as the DVD release.

Epps made her first TV appearance in an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit airing on April 15, 2008, titled "Undercover" as Ashley Tyler. In 2013 she starred in American Milkshake alongside Tyler Ross and Georgia Ford.

Epps currently resides in New York.

Awards and nominations

  • Black Reel Awards
  • 2007, Best Supporting Actress: Half Nelson (Nominated)
  • 2007, Best Breakthrough Performance: Half Nelson (Nominated)
  • Boston Society of Film Critics
  • 2007, Best Supporting Actress: Half Nelson (Winner)
  • Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
  • 2007, Best Young Actress: Half Nelson (Nominated)
  • Chicago Film Critics
  • 2007, Most Promising Newcomer: Half Nelson (Nominated)
  • Independent Spirit Awards
  • 2006, Best Female Lead: Half Nelson (Winner)
  • Online Film Critics Society
  • 2007, Best Breakthrough Performance: Half Nelson (Nominated)
  • St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association
  • 2007, Best Supporting Actress: Half Nelson (Nominated)
  • Filmography

    Actress
    2021
    Crashing Together (TV Series short) as
    Daniela
    2020
    The Fugitive (TV Mini Series) as
    Ronnie Lawson
    - Changing Direction (2020) - Ronnie Lawson
    - Getting the Gang Back Together (2020) - Ronnie Lawson
    2013
    American Milkshake as
    Henrietta
    2011
    Yelling to the Sky as
    Fatima Harris
    2010
    My Soul to Take as
    Chandele
    2009
    Mother and Child as
    Ray
    2009
    The Winning Season as
    Lisa
    2008
    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series) as
    Ashley Tyler
    - Undercover (2008) - Ashley Tyler
    2007
    Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem as
    Kendra (uncredited)
    2007
    Neal Cassady as
    Annie Gibson
    2006
    Half Nelson as
    Drey
    2004
    Gowanus, Brooklyn (Short) as
    Drey
    Producer
    2021
    Crashing Together (TV Series short) (executive producer)
    Self
    2016
    Brett Gelman's Dinner in America (TV Movie) as
    Self
    2008
    2008 Film Independent's Spirit Awards (TV Special) as
    Self - Presenter
    2007
    Film Independent's 2007 Spirit Awards (TV Special) as
    Self - Winner

    References

    Shareeka Epps Wikipedia


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