Portrait of DeWanda Wise

Acting

DeWanda Wise

Career

Active from 2007 to 2025, busiest in 2024 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles
12
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score54/100
Highest rated
Poster for Shots Fired
Shots Fired
GoodWatch score71/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 22 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
DeWanda Wise Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Nostalgia
    2.3, average 3.8
  • Historical
    1.1, average 2.6
  • Crime
    2.3, average 3.6
  • Violence
    3.0, average 4.1

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 4
  • Character-Driven 3
  • Emotional Journey 2
  • Contemporary Realism 2
  • Character Study 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

29
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

2 titles
Untitled Black Rodeo Drama
Untitled Black Rodeo Drama

TV show ยท as Anaya Clarke-Reagan

Killer Bee
Killer Bee

Executive Producer

2020s

10 titles ยท average score 53
Killing Faith
Killing Faith (2025)
GoodWatch score 43

as Sarah

Love, Brooklyn
Love, Brooklyn (2025)
GoodWatch score 58

as Nicole

Murderbot
Murderbot (2025)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show ยท as Navigation Unit

Imaginary
Imaginary (2024)
GoodWatch score 38

as Jessica

Three Women
Three Women (2024)
GoodWatch score 45

TV show ยท as Sloane

Poolman
Poolman (2024)
GoodWatch score 36

as June Del Rey

Jurassic World Dominion
Jurassic World Dominion (2022)
GoodWatch score 44

as Kayla Watts

Fatherhood
Fatherhood (2021)
GoodWatch score 63

as Lizzie aka Swan

Invasion
Invasion (2021)
GoodWatch score 55

TV show ยท as Deputy Grady

The Harder They Fall
The Harder They Fall (2021)
GoodWatch score 72

as Eleanor Love

2010s

9 titles ยท average score 61
Someone Great
Someone Great (2019)
GoodWatch score 67

as Erin Kennedy

The Weekend
The Weekend (2019)
GoodWatch score 51

as Margo Johnson

The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone (2019)
GoodWatch score 57

TV show ยท as Alexa Brandt

She's Gotta Have It
She's Gotta Have It (2017)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show ยท as Nola Darling

Shots Fired
Shots Fired (2017)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show ยท as Shameeka Campbell

How To Tell You're A Douchebag
How To Tell You're A Douchebag (2016)
GoodWatch score 51

as Rochelle Marseilles

Knucklehead
Knucklehead (2015)

as Charlotte

Firelight
Firelight (2012)
GoodWatch score 62

as Terry Easle

Black Swan Theory
Black Swan Theory (2011)

as Sonya

2000s

7 titles ยท average score 58
The Good Wife
The Good Wife (2009)
GoodWatch score 85

TV show ยท as Jenni Salerno

Spinning Into Butter
Spinning Into Butter (2009)
GoodWatch score 36

as Claudia Thompson

The Mentalist
The Mentalist (2008)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show ยท as Tanya Dean

African Booty Scratcher
African Booty Scratcher (2007)

as Isatu

Pariah
Pariah (2007)
GoodWatch score 64

as Mika

Steam
Steam (2007)
GoodWatch score 17

as Lynn

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show ยท as Angela

1990s

1 title ยท average score 73
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Lakeisha Watkins