Haneefah Wood

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Haneefah Wood
OccupationActress
Years active2002present

Haneefah Wood is an American actress. She is known for her role as Candace De La Brix on Nurse Jackie , Vickie/Rafik's Sister in Freedomland , Blanche on Grease Live! , and Wilma Howell on Schooled and The Goldbergs .

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Career

Wood made her debut in an episode of the TV show Strong Medicine . She played Raleena in the episode "The Philadelphia Chromosome". In 2005, she played Ellie Graham on the episode "Prisoner" of Law and Order: Criminal Intent .

In 2006, she played Vickie/Rafik's Sister in Freedomland . In 2011, she played Candace De La Brix on 2 episodes of Nurse Jackie . In 2012, Wood played Layla Mislap on an episode of NYC 22 . In 2013 and 2014, she had guest roles on White Collar and The Millers , respectively. [1]

In 2015, Wood had a starring role as Pearl in the short-lived Zoe Ever After . [1] Also in 2015, she played Tanya on Life in Pieces . She was in Grease Live! (2016) playing Blanche. She also played a camp administrator on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend in that year.

From 2017-2020, she starred as Ivy in Baskets , Cydie Scoville in Truth be Told , Jill in One Day at a Time , and most notably, Wilma Howell in Schooled .

Filmography

Film

MovieRoleYearNotes
Freedomland Vickie/Rafik's Sister2006
Typecast Haneefah2014Short film
Grease Live! Blanche2016TV movie
Hook Man Odessa2015Short film
Art Prison Warden Parks2018TV movie

Television

SeriesRoleYear(s)Notes
Strong Medicine Raleena2002Episode: "The Philadelphia Chromosone"
Law and Order: Criminal Intent Ellie Graham2005Episode: "Prisoner"
Nurse Jackie Candace De La Brix20112 episodes
NYC 22 Layla Mislap2012Episode: "Schooled"
White Collar Wanda2013Episode: "Empire City"
King Bachelor's Pad Herself2014Episode: "Obamacare: Healthcare Livin'"
The Millers Vicky2014Episode: "Movin' Out: Carol's Song"
The League Teacher2014Episode: "Epi Sexy"
Life in Pieces Tanya2015Episode: "Burn Vasectomy Milkshake Pong"
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Camp Administrator2016Episode: "I'm Back at Camp with Josh!"
Zoe Ever After Pearl2016Main role
S.W.A.T Norah2017Episode: "Homecoming"
Baskets Ivy2017–20195 episodes
Truth Be Told Cydie Scoville2019–2020Main role
One Day at a Time Jill2017–202011 episodes
Schooled Wilma Howell2019–2020Joined main cast in season 2
The Goldbergs Professor Howell2021Episode: "Bevy's Big Murder Mystery Party"
Murderville Chief Rhonda Jenkins-Seattle20226 episodes
Hello Tomorrow! Shirley Stedman202310 episodes
Drag Me to Dinner Herself / Judge2023 Hulu original [2]
St. Denis Medical Megan2025Episode: "Anything to Push Zaluva"

References

  1. 1 2 "Haneefah Wood | TV Guide". TVGuide.com. Archived from the original on 2018-07-06. Retrieved 2020-05-13.
  2. Rice, Lynette (May 1, 2023). "'Drag Me To Dinner': Hulu Announces Premiere Date For Unscripted Series From Neil Patrick Harris, David Burtka". Deadline Hollywood . Archived from the original on May 20, 2023. Retrieved May 2, 2023.