EXCLUSIVE: Range Media Partners has signed actor and filmmaker DeWanda Wise for representation.
Breaking out with her starring role in Netflix’s series adaptation of Spike Lee’s She’s Gotta Have It, Wise has most recently been seen opposite Alexander Skarsgård on the Apple TV+ series Murderbot, which just ended its first season run with a second season renewal.
Last year, she starred opposite Shailene Woodley and Betty Gilpin in Starz’s series Three Women, based on the work of non-fiction by Lisa Taddeo. She also led and exec produced Blumhouse’s horror film, Imaginary, and played Femme Fatale June Del Rey in Chris Pine’s directorial debut Poolman alongside Pine, Danny Devito, and Annette Benning.
Other past credits for Wise include Jurassic World Dominion, Netflix’s The Harder They Fall, the comedy Someone Great from Jenn Kaytin Robinson, and the role of Swan opposite Kevin Hart in the Sony/Netflix film Fatherhood, to name just a few.
Additionally, Wise’s select stage credits include the Atlantic Theater Company’s Fireflies; originating the roles of Nina in Dominique Morisseau’s Sunset Baby and Mercy in Flight directed by Liesl Tommy; and David Mamet’s Race and In the Continuum.
Wise will next be seen in Love, Brooklyn, Rachael Abigail Holder’s directorial debut which is slated to release next month after debuting at Sundance, as well as Ned Crowley’s genre-bending western Killing Faith, where she stars opposite Guy Pearce. She’s also set to executive produce and star in Killer Bee, an adaptation of the upcoming graphic novel from David Crownson that Tommy Oliver’s Confluential Films will produce.
An ambassador for the National Alliance on Mental Illness, Wise is committed to reducing mental health stigma, and to helping spur systemic change towards accessible care for all. She continues to be repped by CAA and Del Shaw Moonves.
