Jasika Nicole

Jasika Nicole Pruitt (born April 10, 1980), 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.

Jasika Nicole
Jasika Nicole at the San Diego Comic-Con International in July 2012.
Born
Jasika Nicole Pruitt

(1980-04-10) April 10, 1980
Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
Alma materCatawba College
OccupationActress
Years active2005–present
Spouse(s)
Claire Savage
(
m. 2013)
Websitewww.jasikanicole.com

Career

Nicole studied theatre, dance, voice and studio art at Catawba College in Salisbury, North Carolina.[1]

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.[2][3][4]

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

Nicole is biracial, and has said that while growing up as biracial, there were very few TV characters with whom she could identify.[5] Nicole is queer.[6] She 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.[7] She married her long-time partner, Claire J. Savage, on October 5, 2013.[8]

Filmography

Film
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
Year Title Role Notes
2005 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Gisella Episode "Scared Crazy"
2007 The Mastersons of Manhattan Penny TV film
2008 The Return of Jezebel James Dora 2 episodes
2008–13 Fringe Astrid Farnsworth Main cast
2013–16 Scandal Kim Muñoz 7 episodes
2015 Key & Peele Girlfriend Episode"Hollywood Sequel Doctor"
2015 Major Crimes Dolly Bowen Episode "Thick as Thieves"
2015–2016 Disengaged Jess 2 episodes, web series produced by Super Deluxe
2016 Send Me Woman / Lila 4 episodes, web series
2017 Hell's Kitchen Herself Episode "Fusion/Confusion"
2017 Adventure Time Frieda (voice) Episode "Islands"
2017 Underground Georgia 7 episodes
2017 Justice League Action Vixen (voice) 2 episodes
2017 Danger & Eggs Reina 3 episodes
2017–20 The Good Doctor Dr. Carly Lever Recurring role (seasons 1–2)
Main role (season 3)
2019 Station 19 Mila Episode "The Dark Night"

Other media
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 Main role
2018 The Bright Sessions Myra (voice) Podcast Bonus episode
2019 Alt-Frequencies Kaya (voice) Video game

References
  1. "Jasika Nicole Bio". Fox Broadcasting Company. Archived from the original on December 16, 2010. Retrieved 2011-05-15.
  2. 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.
  3. Guerrero, Desirée (November 21, 2017). "Wait, You Never Heard of Danger and Eggs?". The Advocate. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
  4. >Lodge, Daniel (July 27, 2017). "SDCC '17: Danger and Eggs represents LGBTQ community both on and off screen". comicsbeat. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
  5. Ryan, Maureen (March 28, 2017), "Jasika Nicole on 'Underground,' Representation and Rewriting History", Variety, retrieved August 22, 2017
  6. Navarro, Mireya (26 September 2008), "Out in Hollywood: Starring Roles Are Rare", New York Times, retrieved 20 January 2009
  7. "16th Annual OUT 100", OUT Magazine, 11 November 2010
  8. "Instagram". Retrieved 4 October 2015.


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