Nicole Beharie

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Nicole Beharie
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Beharie in 2014
Born
West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.
Other namesNikki Beharie
Education Juilliard School (BFA)
Occupations
  • Actress
  • singer
Years active2008–present

Nicole Beharie is an American actress. She is best known for her starring roles in films such as the drama American Violet (2008), the psychological drama Shame (2011), the biographical sports drama 42 (2013), and the independent drama Miss Juneteenth (2020).

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From 2013 to 2016, Beharie starred in the Fox supernatural drama series Sleepy Hollow . She went on to appear on the Netflix anthology series Black Mirror (2019). In 2023, she joined the cast of the Apple TV+ drama series The Morning Show , which earned her a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.

Early life

Beharie was born in West Palm Beach, Florida. [1] When Beharie was a child, her father was in the United States Foreign Service. So, she grew up in the United Kingdom, Jamaica, Nigeria and Panama. [2] She attended Orangeburg Wilkinson High School in Orangeburg, South Carolina, and is a 2003 graduate of the South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts & Humanities, [3] a public residential high school in Greenville. Beharie was then accepted into Juilliard School (Drama division Group 36: 2003–07). [4] She was awarded a Shakespeare scholarship and trained in England. [5]

Career

Beharie made her feature film debut in the 2008 film American Violet , [6] where she played the leading role. Also in the same year she played Sarah Ward in the American sports film The Express: The Ernie Davis Story opposite actor Rob Brown. In the Lifetime movie, Sins of the Mother (2010), [7] Beharie portrayed Shay Hunter, a struggling university student who goes on a journey to mend her fractured relationship with her mother Nona played by Jill Scott.

In 2011, Beharie performed five original songs as a singer-songwriter opposite German actor Ken Duken in the romantic drama My Last Day Without You . In the Russell Leigh Sharman film adaptation of his play Apartment 4E, she played Piper, a troubled young woman who never leaves her apartment. [8] Beharie played Marianne in the Steve McQueen film Shame , [9] portraying a love interest of Michael Fassbender. Wesley Morris of The Boston Globe praised her performance, calling her "a marvel of natural transparency". [10]

In 2013, Beharie starred as Rachel Robinson, wife of Jackie Robinson (played by Chadwick Boseman), in the historical baseball feature 42. The same year, she began portraying Abbie Mills on the Fox fantasy series Sleepy Hollow , which is based on the 1820 short story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving. [11] In early 2016, Beharie departed the series, with her character dying in the series' third-season finale, the episode entitled "Ragnarok", which was aired April 8, 2016. [12] She later stated that an autoimmune disease was one of the causes of her exit and also revealed that she struggled to find work and was labelled as problematic after her departure from the show. [13] [14]

In 2020, she starred in Miss Juneteenth , a film about a former pageant winner preparing her teenage daughter to assume her former crown. [14] In 2023, she joined the cast of season three of the Apple TV+ series The Morning Show . [15] Her performance in the series earned her a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. [16]

Personal life

In 2015, Beharie posed for the May issue of Allure magazine. [17]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2008 American Violet Dee Roberts
2008 The Express: The Ernie Davis Story Sarah Ward
2011 My Last Day Without You Leticia Johnson
2011 Shame Marianne
2012 Apartment 4E Piper
2012 The Last Fall Faith Davis
2012The Mirror Between UsZoraShort film
2012 Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day Beth Hutchins
2013 42 Rachel Robinson
2018 Monsters and Men Michelle
2019 Jacob's Ladder Samantha Singer
2020 Miss Juneteenth Turquoise Jones
2022 Breaking Estel Valerie
2022 Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. Shakura Sumpter
2025 Love, Brooklyn CaseyPost-production
TBAKilling CastroTBA

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2009 Three Rivers Helen ReedEpisode: "Win-loss"
2010Sins of the MotherShay Television film
2011 The Good Wife Imani Stonehouse2 episodes
2012 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Tracy HarrisonEpisode: "Child's Welfare"
2013–2016 Sleepy Hollow Abbie Mills / WitnessMain role (50 episodes)
2015 Bones Abbie MillsEpisode: "The Resurrection in the Remains"
2017AfroPop: The Ultimate Cultural ExchangeHost5 episodes
2019 Black Mirror TheoEpisode: "Striking Vipers"
Credited as Nikki Beharie
2020 Little Fires Everywhere Madeline RyanEpisode: "The Uncanny"
2020 Monsterland AnnieEpisode: "New Orleans, LA"
2021 Solos NeraAnthology series [18]
2021 Scenes from a Marriage Kate2 episodes
2023 The Morning Show Christina HunterMain role (Season 3) [19]

Theatre

YearTitleRoleVenue
2010–11 A Free Man of Color Margery Jolicoeur Vivian Beaumont Theatre (Broadway)

Soundtrack appearances

YearAlbumSongs
2013 My Last Day Without You "Two Hands", "Catch Me", "Morning Light", "Scars", "My Last Day Without You"

Awards and nominations

YearAssociationCategoryNominated workResult
2009 African-American Film Critics Best Actress [20] American VioletWon
2010 Black Reel Awards Best Actress Nominated
Best Breakthrough Performance Nominated
Best Ensemble Nominated
2012 Best Song My Last Day Without YouNominated
2014 NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series Sleepy HollowNominated
2015 Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series Nominated
Fangoria Chainsaw Awards Favorite Actress on Television [21] Nominated
2021 Gotham Independent Film Awards Best Actress Miss JuneteenthWon
Independent Spirit Awards Best Female Lead Nominated
2024 Black Reel Awards Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Drama SeriesThe Morning ShowWon
Critics' Choice Television Awards Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Nominated
Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Nominated
Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Nominated

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