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Nicole Beharie Born January 3, 1985[1]
West Palm Beach, Florida, USA[2]Occupation Actress Years active 2008–present Website Nicole Beharie on Myspace Nicole Beharie is an American actress, born in West Palm Beach Florida on January 3, 1985.
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Early life
She graduated from South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts & Humanities, where she received a scholarship. She was accepted into the Juilliard School performing arts conservatory.[3]
Career
She made her feature film debut in the 2008 film American Violet,[4] where she played the leading role. Also in the same year she played Sarah Ward in the American sports film, The Express opposite actor Rob Brown. In the Lifetime movie, Sins of the Mother (2010)[5] Beharie portrayed Shay Hunter, a struggling university student who goes on a journey to find her estranged mother Nona played by Jill Scott.
In 2011 she will play a singer-songwriter opposite German actor Ken Duken in the romantic comedy My Last Day Without You. In the Russell Leigh Sharman film adaptation of his play Small of Her Back, Behaire will play Piper a troubled young women, who never leaves her apartment.[6][7] Beharie will play Marianne in the Steve McQueen film Shame,[8] which is currently filming in New York. Shame is about a 30-something, sex addict played by Michael Fassbender, his myriad sexual escapades, and what happens when his wayward younger sister (Carey Mulligan) moves in with him.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes 2008 American Violet Dee Roberts Film Debut The Express Sarah Ward 2010 Sins of the Mother LaShay Glory "Shay" Hunter TV Movie 2011 My Last Day Without You Leticia Johnson 2011 Shame Marianne 2011 Small of Her Back Piper 2012 The Last Fall Faith Davis Post-production 2012 Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day Beth Hutchins (rumored) Post-production Television Year Title Role Notes 2009 Three Rivers Helen Reed TV Series Debut
Episode: "Win-loss"2011 The Good Wife Imani Stonehouse Episode: "Feeding the Rat" Theatre
Year Title Role Notes 2010-2011 A Free Man of Color (Broadway) Margery Jolicoeur Awards and nominations
Year Group Award Result Film/Show 2009 African-American Film Critics Best Actress Won American Violet Women's Film Critics Circle Best Actress Nominated 2010 Black Reel Awards Best Actress Nominated Best Breakthrough Performance Nominated Best Ensemble Nominated References
- ^ http://www.celebs101.com/biography-7929-Nicole+Beharie+Complete+Biography.html
- ^ http://www.celebs101.com/biography-7929-Nicole+Beharie+Complete+Biography.html
- ^ "Nicole Beharie talks about Julliard [sic] and 'American Violet'". TheLoop21.com. 2009-04-17. http://www.theloop21.com/news/nicole-beharie-talks-about-julliard-and-american-violet. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
- ^ http://www.bet.com/entertainment/News/NicoleBehaireinterview.htm
- ^ http://www.mylifetime.com/movies/sins-of-the-mother
- ^ http://www.smallofherback.com/
- ^ http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rls/small-of-her-back-post-production
- ^ http://www.bvnewswire.com/2010/12/13/20-questions-nicole-beharie/
External links
Categories:- African American actors
- African American film actors
- American actors
- American film actors
- American stage actors
- Living people
- 1985 births
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