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Jasika Nicole

Highest Rated: 44% Take the Lead (2006)

Lowest Rated: 44% Take the Lead (2006)

Birthday: Not Available

Birthplace: Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Actress Jasika Nicole grew up in Alabama and studied acting in North Carolina before moving to Manhattan to pursue her career. After appearing in several stage musicals, most notably taking the title part in the medieval musical "Chasing Nicolette," she made her television debut in 2005 on the crime drama "Law & Order: Criminal Intent," a guest part she reprised in the show's computer game spinoff. The following year, she had her first film role in the inspirational drama "Take The Lead" as a troubled inner-city student transformed by the power of dance. During promotional interviews, Nicole was candid about her lesbian orientation, making her one of the relatively few openly gay African-American actresses in Hollywood. After several more television guest parts, including a recurring role on the short-lived Parker Posey sitcom "The Return of Jezebel Jones," Nicole landed a regular gig on the offbeat science-fiction crime show "Fringe" as Astrid Farnsworth, an FBI analyst proficient in Latin, computer hacking, and other esoteric skills. In 2010, she appeared in the romance comedy "She's Out of My League," which starred Jay Baruchel. Aside from her acting work, Nicole became a passionate comic book buff in 2006 and taught herself how to draw quirky narratives taken from her own life, working on stories about her autistic sister and other personal subjects while on set.

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Highest rated movies

44% 77% Take the Lead
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67% Suicide Kale
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A New York Christmas
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet A New York Christmas Jasmine Taylor (Character) - 2016
No Score Yet 67% Suicide Kale Billie Steinberg (Character),
Executive Producer
- 2015
44% 77% Take the Lead Egypt (Character) $34.7M 2006

TV

Credit
62% 66% Fantasy Island Andi Nevinson (Guest Star) 2023
No Score Yet 68% The Good Doctor Dr. Carly Lever (Character),
Carly (Guest Star)
2017 2019-2020
100% 94% Adventure Time Frieda (Guest Voice) 2017
No Score Yet 63% Hell's Kitchen Guest 2017
93% 72% Scandal Kim (Guest Star) 2013-2015
90% 80% Fringe Astrid Farnsworth (Character) 2008-2013
No Score Yet 76% Law & Order: Criminal Intent Unknown (Guest Star) 2005