De'Adre Aziza

De'Adre Imani Aziza is an African-American actress and singer.

Early life and education She is the daughter of Donna L. Avery, retired part-time assistant professor and textiles specialist at Parsons The New School for Design. She attended the Harlem School of the Arts for eleven years and the Dance Theater of Harlem for four years. She is studied at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University.

Career She received a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for Passing Strange, in which she played "teenage goddess" Edwina Williams, Dutch neo-hippie Marianna, and German revolutionary/filmmaker Sudabey. She appeared again on Broadway in Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown.

Filmography

Film +YearTitleRoleNotes 2002 Brown Sugar Wedding Patron 2004 L-o-v-e Star Short 2008 Miracle at St. Anna Bailiff 2011 Ronal the Barbarian Amazon Queen 2012 Red Hook Summer Colleen Royale Brutus Black Brutus's Girl Friend Short 2014 Da Sweet Blood of Jesus Alto In the Morning Zuri 2016 bwoy Marcia 2024 The Fire Inside Mickey

Television Year Title Role Notes 2003 Sex and the City Bachelorette #1 Episode: "The Post-It Always Sticks Twice" 2005 Starved Receptionist Episode: "3D" 2009 Great Performances Edwina/Marianna/Sudabey Episode: "Passing Strange" 2010 Ugly Americans (voice) Episode: "Pilot" 2012 30 Rock Trene Episode: "Aunt Phatso vs. Jack Donaghy" 2013 666 Park Avenue TV Reporter Episode: "Lazarus" 2014 Person of Interest Shari Episode: "A House Divided" 2015 Blue Bloods Sharon Parsons Episode: "The Poor Door" Madam Secretary Janice Dwyer Episode: "Whisper of the Ax" The Good Wife Tabitha Gray Episode: "Red Meat" Master of None President Episode: "Hot Ticket" 2016 Kevin Can Wait Danielle Episode: "Kevin and Donna's Book Club" Bull Wendy Episode: "Just Tell the Truth" The Breaks Tamika Grant TV movie 2017 The Breaks Tamika Grant Main cast 2017–19 She's Gotta Have It Raqueletta Moss Recurring cast (season 1), main cast (season 2) 2018 Instinct Ellen Episode: "I Heart New York" Elementary Krista Episode: "Sober Companions" 2019 The Code Nona Ferry Episode: "Don and Doff" & "Legit Bad Day" Evil Fiona Plemmons Episode: "3 Stars" 2020 The Sinner Mrs. Hughes Episode: "Part II" & "Part VI" 2020–23 Power Book II: Ghost Marshal Gwen Meredith Recurring cast (season 1), guest (season 3) 2021 Younger Azealia King Episode: "Inku-baited" & "Older" 2021–23 Run the World Donda Baptiste Recurring cast 2023 East New YorkBettina PowellEpisode: "There Goes the Neighborhood"