DeWanda Wise To Play Nola Darling In Spike Lee’s ‘She’s Gotta Have It’ Netflix SeriesPosted by Wilson Morales
October 14, 2016
Source: Deadline
Deadline is reporting that DeWanda Wise, who starred in the Sundance film ‘How To Tell You’re A Douchebag,’ has been cast to play the iconic role Nola Darling in Spike Lee’s Netflix series She’s Gotta Have It. In Lee’s 1986 movie, the role was played by Tracy Camilla Johns.
Already cast in the series is Hamilton’s Anthony Ramos Mars Blackmon, one of the male leads.
The series centers on Nola (Wise), a Brooklyn-based artist in her late 20s struggling to define herself and divide her time amongst her friends, her job and her three lovers: the cultured model Greer Childs; the protective investment banker Jamie Overstreet; and Da Original B-Boy Sneakerhead Mars Blackmon (Anthony Ramos), who still wears Jordans but now is a social-media phenomenon. Wise’s Nola Darling is a sexually liberated, free spirited painter/mixed media artist.
Lee will direct all 10 episodes of the series, which he created and executive produces with his producer wife Tonya Lewis Lee. Netflix is the studio.
Wise will next be seen Fox’s upcoming event series Shots Fired opposite Sanaa Lathan and also has a major recurring role on the second season of WGN America’s drama series Underground.
