Nicole Beharie

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Nicole Beharie (2014)

Nicole Beharie (* 3. January 1985 in West Palm Beach , Florida as Nicole Browne ) is an American actress and singer . She is known for her roles in the films American Violet (2008) and Shame (2011) and for her role in the series Sleepy Hollow (2013-2016).

life and career

Nicole Beharie was established in January 1985 in West Palm Beach in the US state of Florida , the daughter of a Nigerian father and a Jamaican born mother. She attended Orangeburg-Wilkinson High School in Orangeburg and graduated from the South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts & Humanities in 2003, a public boarding school in Greenville ( South Carolina ), and then in 2007 from the New York Juilliard School in drama. She made her acting debut in 2008 in the drama American Violet in the leading role as Dee Roberts . This role earned her an African-American Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress in 2009 and two nominations for the Black Reel Award . In 2008 she starred as Sarah Ward in Gary Fleder's sports film The Express, alongside Rob Brown .

In 2010 she took over Lifetime - Television Movie Sins of the Mother starred as Shay Hunter , an unsuccessful student who embarks on a journey to the relationship with her mother Nona ( Jill Scott ) improve. In 2011 she starred alongside Ken Duken in the romantic indie comedy Never More Without You . For this film, Beharie recorded a total of five songs, which were later released on the accompanying soundtrack. Also in 2011 she played in Steve McQueen's Shame the work colleague and meanwhile friend Marianne of the sex addict main character Brandon ( Michael Fassbender ). Her performance was praised by Wesley Morris of the Boston Globe and Beharie called "a miracle of natural transparency". This was followed by appearances in the two television series Good Wife and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and as a piper in a film adaptation of the play Apartment 4E about a woman who never leaves her apartment.

In 2013, she played the role of Jackie's wife Rachel Isum Robinson in the biographical sports film 42 - The True Tale of a Sports Legend , which tells the life of baseball player Jackie Robinson . For this she was nominated for best leading actress at the NAACP Image Awards 2014. From 2013 to 2016 she portrayed in the Fox - Mystery series Sleepy Hollow - an adaptation of Washington Irving's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - the main character of Lt. Abbie Mills . In the same role, she was seen in the crossover with the crime series Bones in 2015 .

Filmography (selection)

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Nicole Beharie: Biography . In: TVGuide.com . Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  2. ↑ Three drama Alums on Broadway . In: SCGSAH.org . November 1, 2010. Archived from the original on February 11, 2012. Retrieved on January 29, 2014.
  3. ^ Wesley Morris: Movie review: Shame . In: Boston.com . December 9, 2011. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  4. ↑ Nellie Andreeva: Nicole Beharie Lands Female Lead In Fox's 'Sleepy Hollow' . In: Deadline.com . February 21, 2013. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Beharie, Nicole
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Browne, Nicole (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actress and singer
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd January 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH West Palm Beach , Florida , United States