Felicia Pearson

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Felicia Pearson (born May 18, 1980 in Baltimore , Maryland ) is an American actress and author , best known for her role as Felicia "Snoop" Pearson in the television series The Wire .

Life

Pearson was raised and adopted by foster parents because her birth parents were addicted to drugs. After her foster father died, she began trafficking drugs when she was twelve. On April 27, 1995, in an argument, she shot a girl who later succumbed to her injuries. Felicia Pearson was sentenced to eight years in prison for this. She caught up on her GED in prison and was released after five years for good conduct. She got her nickname "Snoop " from a friend who helped her during her imprisonment and who reminded her of Snoopy from the Peanuts comics.

Pearson came to The Wire through actor Michael K. Williams , whom she had met in a bar. In the series she plays an androgynous killer for a drug gang. Unlike all of the other characters in the series, her real name is Felicia "Snoop" Pearson. Stephen King referred to her portrayal as

'perhaps the most terrifying female villain to ever appear in a television series

"Possibly the most terrifying female criminal to ever appear on a television series."

- Stephen King

In March 2011, she was arrested in a drug trafficking raid. The day before her trial in August 2011, Pearson pleaded guilty to heroin trafficking. She was sentenced to seven years probation , three of which are on probation.

Filmography (selection)

  • 2004–2008: The Wire (TV series, 25 episodes)

book

Felicia Pearson, David Ritz: Grace After Midnight: A Memoir , Grand Central Publishing, 2007, ISBN 978-0446195188 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Legal troubles nothing new for 'Wire' actress
  2. ^ Walter Dawkins: An Actress's Hard Life Feeds 'Wire' Character . In: The New York Times . October 21, 2006, ISSN  0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed April 18, 2020]).
  3. ↑ Felicia's Journey
  4. ↑ Stephen King : Setting Off a 'Wire' Alarm. Entertainment Weekly.com, February 1, 2007, accessed January 27, 2012 .
  5. ↑ Justin Fenton: More than 60 people, including 'Snoop' of 'The Wire,' arrested in drug raids. In: The Baltimore Sun. March 10, 2011, Retrieved April 18, 2020 (American English).
  6. ↑ 'Wire' actress 'Snoop' pleads guilty in drug case
personal data
SURNAME Pearson, Felicia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actress and writer
DATE OF BIRTH May 18, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Baltimore , Maryland, United States