Ayesha Harris | |
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Born | Long Beach, California, U.S. |
Occupation | Actor |
Known for | Daisy Jones & the Six Glamorous |
Ayesha Harris is an American actor known for her role as Bernie in Daisy Jones & the Six . [1]
Harris was born and raised in the Long Beach and Inland Empire areas of southern California. [2] Her father is Muslim and a former Black Panther. [3]
Before becoming an actor, Harris owned and operated an all-female barbershop, Ninth Chapter Barbershop, [4] catering to the LGBT community in the Fairfax District in West Hollywood. [5] After running the shop for six years, the storefront closed in 2019 following a freak accident. In 2020, following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Harris decided to pursue acting full-time. [6]
Harris' first role was in 2017 in the series Two Sentence Horror Stories , [7] and she did commercial work as well while working part-time and running the barbershop. [5] Her other early roles included television spots in 2021 and 2022 on This Is Us , Abbott Elementary , Good Girls and The L Word: Generation Q . [8] In 2022, she made her feature film debut in Tell It Like a Woman . [9]
In 2023, Harris starred as Bernie, the love interest of Nabiyah Be's character Simone Jackson, [10] in Daisy Jones & the Six . [11] She is due to star in Code 3, helmed by Christopher Leone, [12] and also appears in the Netflix comedy-drama series Glamorous . [13]
Harris identifies as queer. [6]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2017 | Two Sentence Horror Stories | Eria | |
2021 | Good Girls | Bartender | |
2021 | The L Word: Generation Q | Jade | |
2021 | Abbott Elementary | ||
2021 | This Is Us | ||
2022 | Tell It Like a Woman | Phyllis | |
2023 | Daisy Jones & the Six | Bernie | |
2023 | Glamorous | Britt | |
TBD | Code 3 [6] | In production |
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