Afton Williamson

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Afton Williamson (born 1985 in Toledo , Ohio ) is an American actress .

life and career

Afton Williamson was born in Toledo, Ohio, USA. After finishing school, she attended Eastern Michigan University and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts . She also won an award at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival .

Williamson has been an actress since 2010. She initially made guest appearances on television series such as Good Wife and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit , before playing the character of Helen Walker in three episodes of the highly acclaimed first season of the series Homeland in 2011 . As a result, she was able to make other guest appearances, u. a. in The Following and Elementary , also get recurring roles, such as Makena in Nashville or from 2014 to 2015 as Alison Medding in the Cinemax series Banshee - Small Town. Big Secrets. In 2018 she took on the recurring role of Katie Myers in the series Shades of Blue and also a leading role as Talia Bishop in The Rookie .

In 2019, she announced her departure from The Rookie after those involved in the production expressed racist insults and a guest actor allegedly molested her. The responsible producers should not have adequately clarified the allegations.

Filmography (selection)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Afton Williamson leaves "The Rookie". spiegel.de, August 5, 2019, accessed on August 6, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Williamson, Afton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-american actress
DATE OF BIRTH 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH Toledo , Ohio , United States