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Eisa Davis

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Eisa Davis
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Eisa Davis is an award-winning actor, writer, and singer-songwriter working on stage and screen. She is known for her roles as Cynthia Driscoll on House of Cards (2015-16), and as Rae, Bubbles' sister on The Wire (2003, 2008). She also played Irma in the acclaimed rock musical Passing Strange (2009), captured on film by Spike Lee. For her extensive work in the theatre, she has received an Obie Award for Sustained Excellence in Performance. A Berkeley native and Harvard grad, she was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama for her play Bulrusher (2006), and wrote and starred in Angela's Mixtape (2009), named a best of the year by The New Yorker. She writes for the Netflix series She's Gotta Have It.
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    Known for

    Kate Winslet in Mare of Easttown (2021)
    Mare of Easttown
    8.4
    TV Mini Series
    • Gayle Graham
    House of Cards (2013)
    House of Cards
    8.6
    TV Series
    • Cynthia Driscoll
    Nola Darling n'en fait qu'à sa tête (2017)
    Nola Darling n'en fait qu'à sa tête
    6.9
    TV Series
    • Writer
    Passing Strange (2009)
    Passing Strange
    7.3
    • Mother
    • 2009

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    • Stella Everett and Briana Middleton in Ride or Die (2025)
      Ride or Die
      6.5
      • Sherri
      • 2025
    • Colman Domingo in The Madness (2024)
      The Madness
      6.4
      TV Mini Series
      • Renée Taylor
      • 2024
    • Relay (2024)
      Relay
      7.4
      • Wash
      • 2024
    • Tony Goldwyn, Maura Tierney, Hugh Dancy, Reid Scott, Mehcad Brooks, and Odelya Halevi in New York - Police judiciaire (1990)
      New York - Police judiciaire
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Virginia Hogan
      • Defense Attorney Danvers
      • A.D.A. ...
      • 2000–2024
    • Kurt Russell, Wyatt Russell, Ren Watabe, Anders Holm, Anna Sawai, Kiersey Clemons, and Mari Yamamoto in Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (2023)
      Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
      7.0
      TV Series
      • May's Mom
      • 2023
    • Men of Divorce (2023)
      Men of Divorce
      6.0
      • Eileen Link
      • 2023
    • Rosario Dawson in Ahsoka (2023)
      Ahsoka
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Captain Girard
      • 2023
    • Meryl Streep, Sienna Miller, Gemma Chan, Kit Harington, and Daveed Diggs in Extrapolations (2023)
      Extrapolations
      6.2
      TV Mini Series
      • Christina
      • 2023
    • Mallori Johnson in Kindred (2022)
      Kindred
      7.4
      TV Mini Series
      • Denise
      • 2022
    • Kit Harington and Noémie Merlant in Baby Ruby (2022)
      Baby Ruby
      4.7
      • Sarah
      • 2022
    • Andrew Garfield in tick, tick... Boom! (2021)
      tick, tick... Boom!
      7.5
      • Aspiring Composer and Lyricist #5
      • 2021
    • Betty (2020)
      Betty
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Jeanne
      • 2020–2021
    • Kate Winslet in Mare of Easttown (2021)
      Mare of Easttown
      8.4
      TV Mini Series
      • Gayle Graham
      • 2021
    • Pose (2018)
      Pose
      8.6
      TV Series
      • Angie
      • 2021
    • Jimmy Smits and Caitlin McGee in Bluff City Law (2019)
      Bluff City Law
      6.9
      TV Series
      • General Virginia Howe
      • 2019

    Producer



    • Timothy Olyphant in Justified: City Primeval (2023)
      Justified: City Primeval
      7.3
      TV Mini Series
      • producer
      • 2023

    Writer



    • Timothy Olyphant in Justified: City Primeval (2023)
      Justified: City Primeval
      7.3
      TV Mini Series
      • written for television by
      • 2023
    • Nola Darling n'en fait qu'à sa tête (2017)
      Nola Darling n'en fait qu'à sa tête
      6.9
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 2017–2019
    • The House on Coco Road (2016)
      The House on Coco Road
      7.5
      • Writer
      • 2016

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    Free Angela & All Political Prisoners
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    Free Angela & All Political Prisoners
    Free Angela & All Political Prisoners
    Trailer 1:42
    Free Angela & All Political Prisoners
    Free Angela & All Political Prisoners
    Trailer 1:42
    Free Angela & All Political Prisoners
    The Letter
    Trailer 1:35
    The Letter
    Passing Strange
    Trailer 2:33
    Passing Strange

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    • Alternative name
      • Elisa Davis
    • Height
      • 1.70 m
    • Born
      • May 5
      • Berkeley, California, USA
    • Relatives
        Londyn Carter(Cousin)
    • Other works
      Wrote the play "Bulrusher", which was a finalist for the 2007 Pulitzer Prize in Drama.
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      Graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University (BA, Class of 1992).

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