Jasika Nicole

Jasika Nicole
Jasika Nicole
	Jasika Nicole at the Calgary Expo in April 2012.
Born	Jasika Nicole Pruitt; April 10, 1980; Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
Alma mater	Catawba College
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2005–present
Spouse(s)	Claire Savage (m. 2013)
Website	www.jasikanicole.com

Jasika Nicole Pruitt (born April 10, 1980), is an American actress and illustrator from Birmingham, Alabama. She is known for her role as Agent Astrid Farnsworth on the Fox series Fringe. She has guest-starred in Scandal as Kim Munoz. She starred as Carly Lever, the head of pathology, in the ABC medical drama The Good Doctor.

Career

Nicole studied theatre, dance, voice and studio art at Catawba College in Salisbury, North Carolina.[1]

In 2017, she voiced a femme "brown-skinned energetic creative" named Reina, for the Amazon Video animated series Danger & Eggs, who likes to build with her hands, is empowered by the world around her, and is the best friend of one of the protagonists.[2][3][4]

She is currently the voice of Dana Cardinal on the podcast Welcome to Night Vale. She also plays Keisha, the protagonist and narrator on Alice Isn't Dead, a podcast by WTNV co-writer Joseph Fink.

Personal life

Nicole is biracial, and has said that while growing up, there were very few TV characters with whom she could identify.[5] Nicole is queer.[6] She was featured in the 2010 OUT 100 list in Out, and was photographed alongside Bruno Tonioli, Armistead Maupin, and Bill Silva for the issue.[7] She married her long-time partner, Claire J. Savage, on October 5, 2013.[8]

Nicole also designs and makes all of her own clothes, including shoes, pants, jackets, and undergarments.[9][10]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role
2006	Take the Lead	Egypt
2007	Get Faamous	Alicia
2010	She's Out of My League	Wendy
2015	Suicide Kale	Billie Steinberg
2016	A New York Christmas	Jasmine Taylor
2017	Secondhand Love	Mia

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Gisella	Episode: "Scared Crazy"
2007	The Mastersons of Manhattan	Penny	Television film
2008	The Return of Jezebel James	Dora	2 episodes
2008–2013	Fringe	Astrid Farnsworth	Main cast
2013–2016	Scandal	Kim Muñoz	7 episodes
2015	Key & Peele	Girlfriend	Episode: "Hollywood Sequel Doctor"
2015	Major Crimes	Dolly Bowen	Episode: "Thick as Thieves"
2015–2016	Disengaged	Jess	2 episodes; web series
2016	Send Me: An Original Web Series	Woman / Lila	4 episodes; web series
2017	Hell's Kitchen	Herself	Episode: "Fusion/Confusion"
2017	Adventure Time	Frieda (voice)	Episode: "Islands"
2017	Underground	Georgia	7 episodes
2017	Justice League Action	Vixen (voice)	2 episodes
2017	Danger & Eggs	Reina	3 episodes
2017–2020	The Good Doctor	Dr. Carly Lever	Recurring role (seasons 1–2) Main role (season 3)
2019	Station 19	Mila	Episode: "The Dark Night"
2020	Trash Truck	Usher	Episode: "Movie Theatre"

Other media

Year	Title	Role	Medium	Notes
2005	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Gisella (voice)	Video game
2013–present	Welcome to Night Vale	Dana Cardinal (voice)	Podcast	Recurring, 9 episodes
2016–2018	Alice Isn't Dead	Keisha (voice)	Podcast	Main role
2018	The Bright Sessions	Myra (voice)	Podcast	Bonus episode
2019	Alt-Frequencies	Kaya (voice)	Video game

References

"Jasika Nicole Bio". Fox Broadcasting Company. Archived from the original on December 16, 2010. Retrieved 2011-05-15.
Rude, Mey (July 24, 2017). "The Cast and Crew of "Danger & Eggs" Chat About Their Super Weird, Super Queer Kids Show". Autostraddle. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
Guerrero, Desirée (November 21, 2017). "Wait, You Never Heard of Danger and Eggs?". The Advocate. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
>Lodge, Daniel (July 27, 2017). "SDCC '17: Danger and Eggs represents LGBTQ community both on and off screen". comicsbeat. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
Ryan, Maureen (March 28, 2017), "Jasika Nicole on 'Underground,' Representation and Rewriting History", Variety, retrieved August 22, 2017
Navarro, Mireya (26 September 2008), "Out in Hollywood: Starring Roles Are Rare", New York Times, retrieved 20 January 2009
"16th Annual OUT 100", OUT Magazine, 11 November 2010
"Instagram". Retrieved 4 October 2015.
"Actress Jasika Nicole Talks Being Biracial and Queer in Hollywood". www.advocate.com. 2019-04-10. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
Network, Real Style. "Jasika Nicole Discusses The Good Doctor, Being An Artist, Designing Her Own Fashion And Facing Racism". Real Style Network. Retrieved 2020-10-04.

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[foxbio-1] "Jasika Nicole Bio". Fox Broadcasting Company. Archived from the original on December 16, 2010. Retrieved 2011-05-15.

[2] Rude, Mey (July 24, 2017). "The Cast and Crew of "Danger & Eggs" Chat About Their Super Weird, Super Queer Kids Show". Autostraddle. Retrieved February 12, 2020.

[3] Guerrero, Desirée (November 21, 2017). "Wait, You Never Heard of Danger and Eggs?". The Advocate. Retrieved February 12, 2020.

[4] >Lodge, Daniel (July 27, 2017). "SDCC '17: Danger and Eggs represents LGBTQ community both on and off screen". comicsbeat. Retrieved February 12, 2020.

[Variety-5] Ryan, Maureen (March 28, 2017), "Jasika Nicole on 'Underground,' Representation and Rewriting History", Variety, retrieved August 22, 2017

[nytimes-6] Navarro, Mireya (26 September 2008), "Out in Hollywood: Starring Roles Are Rare", New York Times, retrieved 20 January 2009

[out100-7] "16th Annual OUT 100", OUT Magazine, 11 November 2010

[8] "Instagram". Retrieved 4 October 2015.

[9] "Actress Jasika Nicole Talks Being Biracial and Queer in Hollywood". www.advocate.com. 2019-04-10. Retrieved 2020-10-04.

[10] Network, Real Style. "Jasika Nicole Discusses The Good Doctor, Being An Artist, Designing Her Own Fashion And Facing Racism". Real Style Network. Retrieved 2020-10-04.