Jasika Nicole
Jasika Nicole | |
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 Jasika Nicole at the San Diego Comic-Con International in July 2012. | |
| Born | Jasika Nicole Pruitt April 10, 1980 Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Catawba College |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Spouse(s) | Claire Savage (m. 2013) |
| Website | www |
Jasika Nicole Pruitt (born April 10, 1980), known professionally as Jasika Nicole, is an American actress and illustrator from Birmingham, Alabama. She is known for her role as Agent Astrid Farnsworth on the Fox series Fringe She has guest-starred in Scandal as Kim Munoz. Currently, she stars as Carly Lever, the head of pathology, in the ABC medical drama The Good Doctor.
Career[edit]
In 2017, she voiced a femme "brown-skinned energetic creative" named Reina, for the Amazon Video animated series Danger & Eggs, who likes to build with her hands, is empowered by the world around her, and is the best friend of one of the protagonists.[1][2][3]
She is currently the voice of Dana Cardinal on the podcast Welcome to Night Vale. She also plays Keisha, the protagonist and narrator on Alice Isn't Dead, a podcast by WTNV co-writer Joseph Fink.
Personal life[edit]
Jasika Nicole grew up in Birmingham, AL. She studied musical theatre, dance and studio art at Catawba College in Salisbury, North Carolina before moving to NYC to work in theatre. In her younger days, she spent time in show choir. She sang a piece from "A Chorus Line" in Fringe's Season 2 episode "Brown Betty." When she moved to New York she performed in Broadway musicals and plays before starting her career in TV and film. Identifying as a queer, biracial, and black woman, Nicole was featured in the 2010 OUT 100 list in Out magazine, and was photographed alongside Bruno Tonioli, Armistead Maupin, and Bill Silva for the issue. She married her long-time partner, Claire J. Savage, on October 5, 2013 and has been with her wife since 2006. This overlaps in her career as she has most recently voiced the role of the queer, WOC narrator, Keisha Taylor, in the cult favorite Night Vale Presents podcast 'Alice Isn't Dead'. Most people know her from her acting but she first started with her own website sharing her artwork. Outside of TV and film, Nicole is an avid craftsperson, penning essays and blog posts about intersectional feminism in the crafting world. She sews her own clothes, makes shoes, builds and reupholsters furniture, and draws and writes her own web comics. She's studying the production of graphic novels as she creates her own series, called "High Yella Magic." Before her time in television she also sold her original hand drawn art prints. Some prints that are now sewn on eco-conscious tote bags.
Filmography[edit]
Film[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Take the Lead | Egypt | |
| 2007 | Get Faamous | Alicia | |
| 2010 | She's Out of My League | Wendy | |
| 2015 | Suicide Kale | Billie Steinberg | |
| 2016 | A New York Christmas | Jasmine Taylor |
Television[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Gisella | "Scared Crazy" |
| 2007 | The Mastersons of Manhattan | Penny | TV film |
| 2008 | The Return of Jezebel James | Dora | Recurring "Sarah Takes a Bullet", "Paragraph Two, Section Three" |
| 2008–13 | Fringe | Astrid Farnsworth | Main |
| 2013–16 | Scandal | Kim Muñoz | Recurring |
| 2015 | Key & Peele | Girlfriend | "Hollywood Sequel Doctor" |
| 2015 | Major Crimes | Dolly Bowen | "Thick as Thieves" |
| 2015–2016 | Disengaged | Jess | Recurring Web series produced by Super Deluxe Episodes: "Marriage for All", "Food and Wine", "Bachelorette" |
| 2016 | Send Me | Woman / Lila | Recurring Web series Episodes: "Know Me", "Help Me", "Tell Me", "Trust Me" |
| 2017 | Hell's Kitchen | Herself | "Fusion/Confusion" |
| 2017 | Adventure Time | Frieda (voice) | "Islands" |
| 2017 | Underground | Georgia | Recurring |
| 2017 | Justice League Action | Vixen (voice) | Recurring 2 episodes |
| 2017 | Danger & Eggs | Reina | Recurring 3 episodes |
| 2017–present | The Good Doctor | Dr. Carly Lever | Main Season 3, Recurring seasons 1-2 |
| 2019 | Station 19 | Mila | 1 episode |
Other media[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Medium | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Gisella (voice) | Video game | |
| 2013–present | Welcome to Night Vale | Dana Cardinal (voice) | Podcast | Recurring 9 episodes |
| 2016–2018 | Alice Isn't Dead | Keisha (voice) | Podcast | Starring Role |
| 2018 | The Bright Sessions | Myra (voice) | Podcast | Bonus episode |
| 2019 | Alt-Frequencies | Kaya (voice) | Video game |
References[edit]
- ^ Rude, Mey (July 24, 2017). "The Cast and Crew of "Danger & Eggs" Chat About Their Super Weird, Super Queer Kids Show". Autostraddle. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
- ^ Guerrero, Desirée (November 21, 2017). "Wait, You Never Heard of Danger and Eggs?". The Advocate. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
- ^ >Lodge, Daniel (July 27, 2017). "SDCC '17: Danger and Eggs represents LGBTQ community both on and off screen". comicsbeat. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
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