Nicki Micheaux

Micheaux was born in Detroit, Michigan to an army officer father.[1][2] She is married and has two children. However, Micheaux keeps the identity of her husband a secret. "My husband is a comic book creator and makes superheroes, so he could never reveal his secret identity."[3]

Micheaux began her career appearing in supporting film roles and playing guest-starring parts on television shows include ER, Any Day Now and City of Angels. From 2001 to 2002, she had the recurring role on the Showtime drama series Soul Food. She later had the recurring roles on HBO drama Six Feet Under as Karla Charles and FX crime drama The Shield as Trish George. In film, Micheaux has appeared in Sweet Jane, Ringmaster (1998), The Trials of Cate McCall (2013) and The Pact 2 (2014). She also co-starred opposite Halle Berry in the 2005 television film Their Eyes Were Watching God.

From 2007 to 2009, Micheaux played Jennifer 'Jenn' Sutton in the ABC Family drama series Lincoln Heights. She received two NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series nominations for her role on series.[4] She also guest-starred on Brothers & Sisters, Castle and The Mentalist. In 2016, Micheaux was cast in a recurring role in the TNT drama series Animal Kingdom playing detective Sandra Yates.[5]

• In the Dark as Nia Bailey (2019-2020)
• Lowlife (2017)
• Animal Kingdom (6 episodes, 2016)
• The Pact 2[6][7] (2014)
• Castle as Michelle (2009)
• Lincoln Heights as Jen Sutton (42 episodes, 2007–2009)
• Brothers & Sisters as Michele Yearwood (2006)
• God's Waiting List as Teresa Corbin (2006)
• Their Eyes Were Watching God as Phoebe Watson (2005)
• Desperate Housewives as Detective Schroeder (2005)
• The Ranch as Velvet (2004)
• With or Without You as Rochelle (2003)
• The Shield as Detective Trish George (7 episodes, 2003–2004)
• JAG as Deputy Linda Foyo (2003)
• NYPD Blue as Andrea Miner & Marva (2 episodes, 1998; 2003)
• Presidio Med (2003)
• Six Feet Under as Karla Charles (5 episodes, 2002)
• The West Wing as Muriel (2002)
• Soul Food as Lila (6 episodes, 2001–2002)
• Felicity as Al-Anon Leader (3 episodes, 2000)
• Ringmaster as Leshawnette (1998)
• ER as Mrs. Williams (1997)

• Nicki Micheaux at IMDb