Actor

DeWanda
Wise

(she/her)

DeWanda is truly thrilled to be making her Geffen Playhouse debut with Furlough’s Paradise! Other stage credits include the world premiere of Fireflies at Atlantic Theater Company, originating the role of “Nina” in Dominique Morisseau’s Sunset Baby with LAByrinth Theater Company, Flight directed by Liesl Tommy at City Theatre, Race at the Kirk Douglas Theatre, In the Continuum at PlayMakers Repertory Company, Sundown Names and Night-Gone Things with Negro Ensemble Company, and As It Is In Heaven at the Cherry Lane Theatre. Recent film credits include the Sundance hit Love, Brooklyn, Blumhouse horror film Imaginary, and Chris Pine’s directorial debut Poolman. Previous credits include Jurassic World Dominion, Someone Great, The Harder They Fall, and Fatherhood, among others. TV: Three Women, The Twilight Zone, She’s Gotta Have It, Shots Fired, and Underground. Wise graduated with honors as the B.F.A. representative from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, a recipient of the Scholar Award and the Atlantic Achievement in Studio Award. My nearest… thank you for being my Utopia.