Skye P. Marshall

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Skye P. Marshall
Born
Skye P. Marshall

21 October 1981 (age 44)
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Education Northeastern Illinois University
OccupationActress
Spouse
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(m. 2024)​
Relatives Aldis Hodge (brother-in-law)

Skye P. Marshall (born 21 October 1981) is an American film and television actress. She is best known for playing Olympia Lawrence in the critically acclaimed CBS legal drama Matlock (2024-present) [1] , for which she was nominated for a Critics' Choice Award and a Gotham Award. Marshall previously played Kara Fowdy on Black Lightning (2018), Mambo Marie on the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (2020), and Dr Lex Trulie on the CBS medical drama Good Sam (2022) [2] .

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Early life

Marshall was born and raised in Chicago, and attended Northeastern Illinois University. She served in the United States Air Force and after completing her service, worked a corporate job in New York City while training at Stella Adler Studio of Acting and the Broadway Dance Center. She later moved to Los Angeles in pursuit of an acting career. [3] [4]

Career

Marshall appeared as Towanda Braxton in the 2016 musical biopic Toni Braxton: Unbreak My Heart . [5] That year she appeared alongside Josh Duhamel, Al Pacino and Sir Anthony Hopkins in the thriller Misconduct . [6] She had a recurring role on ABC series The Fix . [7]

She had roles in NCIS and Grey's Anatomy prior to appearing in the 2018 war drama film Indivisible . [3] Her television credits also include Black Lightning and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina . [8] In 2021, she joined the cast of family medical drama Good Sam alongside Jason Isaacs. [9]

In 2022, she shot the dark comedy film Coup! with Peter Sarsgaard, Billy Magnussen and Sarah Gadon. [10] In 2023, she appeared in Qasim Basir's semi autobiographical film To Live and Die and Live . [11] That year, she joined the cast of a pilot for legal drama series of Matlock , with Kathy Bates in the title role. [12] The project was commissioned for a series, broadcast on CBS from September 22, 2024. [13] She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series at the 30th Critics' Choice Awards in February 2025. [14]

Personal life

Marshall married fellow actor Edwin Hodge on June 29, 2024 at Carondelet House in Los Angeles. [15] Hodge’s brother, actor Aldis Hodge officiated at the ceremony.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2010ReservationTawanna Stewart
The Haunting of Katie MaloneSorority Girl
2011 Detention News Reporter
2012A Broken CodeTrixxy Robinson
Paranormal AdoptionNurse Crystal
Note to SelfMary Dexter
2013The AdvocatesLucy LaraTV Movie
2014For Love or MoneySapphire
Let's be Cops DEA Agent
2016 Misconduct Hatty
9 Rides Abused Woman
Toni Braxton: Unbreak My Heart Towanda BraxtonTV Movie
2018 Indivisible Sgt. Shonda Peterson
2020 A Nice Girl Like You Dr. Becker
2022 A Lot of Nothing Marley
To Her, with LoveKayla Scott
MVPPatricia
2023 To Live and Die and Live Asia
Coup! Ruth Tidwell
2024Daft StateSakura
2025Park AvenueTina O'Neill

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2010 House Patient VisitorEpisode: "Office Politics"
2011 BlackBoxTV Sam PalmerEpisode: "More Than You Can Chew"
8 Days a WeekZoe Daniels10 episodes
2012 The Mentalist ShariceEpisode: "Cherry Picked"
2013 Dexter ReceptionistEpisode: "Remember the Monsters?"
2014Love HandlesJade7 episodes
2015Almost 30TiffanyEpisode: "Almost Dating"
In the Cut EllaEpisode: "Gold Diggers for Dummies"
Public Morals Tanya JohnsonEpisode: "Ladies Night"
Family Time BrendaEpisode: "Air RNB"
2016 Shameless June2 episodes
2017 Grey's Anatomy Mary HodgesEpisode: "Who Is He (And What Is He To You)?
Major Crimes Makisha SelbyEpisode: "Conspiracy Theory: Part 3"
2018 NCIS Sara CarterEpisode: "One Step Forward"
Black Lightning Kara Fowdy10 episodes
The Rookie Kai De VeraEpisode: "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly"
2019 The Fix Angela3 episodes
9-1-1 Sonia MossEpisode: "Broken"
This Is Us Trish LawrenceEpisode: "The Dinner and the Date"
The Hypnotist's Love StoryRosieEpisode: "Pilot"
2020 Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Mambo MarieRecurring role (Season 2)
2022 Good Sam Dr. Lex TrulieMain cast
2022-2023 East New York Nadia Nye2 Episodes
2024-present Matlock Olympia LawrenceMain cast

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominated workResult
2025 Critics' Choice Television Awards Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Matlock Nominated
Gotham Awards Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Drama SeriesNominated

References

  1. ↑ Holmes, Martin (2023-03-03). "Skye P. Marshall to Star Opposite Kathy Bates in 'Matlock' Revival". TV Insider. Retrieved 2025-10-30.
  2. ↑ Petski, Denise (2021-01-08). "Skye P. Marshall Joins CBS Drama Pilot 'Good Sam'". Deadline. Retrieved 2025-10-30.
  3. 1 2 Wood, Alikay (30 October 2018). "How Veteran Skye P. Marshall Brought Her Military Experience to the Set of 'Indivisible'". Guideposts . Retrieved 12 September 2024.
  4. ↑ Sanders, Danielle (March 1, 2022). "Let's Talk Excellence with Skye Marshall, Star of CBS' 'Good Sam'". The Chicago Defender . Retrieved 12 September 2024.
  5. ↑ Friedlander, Whitney (October 6, 2015). "Toni Braxton Lifetime Movie Sets Full Cast". Variety . Retrieved 12 September 2024.
  6. ↑ Schreffler, Laura (February 3, 2016). "Misconduct Star Skye P. Marshall's Haute Secrets To LA". Haute Living . Retrieved 12 September 2024.
  7. ↑ Petski, Denise (September 28, 2018). "'The Fix': Erik Palladino, Skye P. Marshall & Taylor Kalupa To Recur On ABC Drama Series". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved 12 September 2024.
  8. ↑ "Debbie Allen, Skye P. Marshall, Matt McGorry and More on Why They Protested". The Hollywood Reporter . 4 June 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
  9. ↑ Petski, Denise (January 8, 2021). "Skye P. Marshall Joins CBS Drama Pilot 'Good Sam'". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved 12 September 2024.
  10. ↑ Wiseman, Andreas (November 23, 2022). "'Coup!': Peter Sarsgaard, Billy Magnussen, Sarah Gadon & Skye P. Marshall Lead Comedic Thriller; Film Constellation Reps Sales". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved 12 September 2024.
  11. ↑ Guy, Zoe (23 January 2023). "To Live and Die and Live Star Skye P. Marshall Had to Scale Rocks in Heels". Vulture . Retrieved 12 September 2024.
  12. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (March 2, 2023). "'Matlock': Skye P. Marshall Joins Kathy Bates In CBS Pilot". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved 12 September 2024.
  13. ↑ Blake, Meredith; Braxton, Greg; Brennan, Matt; Brown, Tracy; Garcia, Maira; Kaufman, Amy; Lloyd, Robert; McNamara, Mary; Villarreal, Yvonne (September 5, 2024). "The 16 TV shows we're most excited about this fall" . Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 12 September 2024.
  14. ↑ Luther, Rebecca (February 7, 2025). "Critics Choice Awards 2025: The Penguin, Nobody Wants This and Matlock Among Winners". TV Line. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
  15. ↑ Clack, Erin; Strohm, Emily (1 July 2024). "Matlock Reboot Star Skye P. Marshall Marries FBI: Most Wanted Actor Edwin Hodge in 'Speakeasy Glam' Wedding! (Exclusive)". People . Retrieved 11 September 2024.
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