Aasha Davis
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Career
Davis is best known for playing the role of Waverly Grady on Friday Night Lights.[2] Davis was featured in Gnarls Barkley's music video in 2008 called "Who's Gonna Save My Soul". She has also appeared in Gilmore Girls,[2] Grey's Anatomy,[2] House,[2] ER,[2] Castle, and The Shield.[2]
In 2011, she played opposite Adepero Oduye in the film Pariah.[2]
In 2012, she guest-starred in the second season of the Jane Espenson-scripted romantic comedy web series Husbands.[3]
In 2013, Aasha is produced, starred in, and directed an episode of the web series featured on YouTube called The Unwritten Rules,[2] which is based on series creator Kim Williams's book 40 Hours and an Unwritten Rule: The Diary of an African-American Woman.
In 2019, Aasha starred as Bernadette in the rural Louisiana murder mystery The Long Shadow.[2]
Personal life
In 2002, Davis married Jesse Pforzheimer and they have one son, Ever, born in January, 2009.[1]
Davis's older sister, Lesley Herring, disappeared in Los Angeles on February 8, 2009, after a fight with her husband, Lyle Stanford Herring, Sr.[4] Davis reported her sister as missing when she failed to show up to work, her husband having neglected to do so. Lyle Herring was charged with his wife's murder and in April 2010 pleaded not guilty.[5] On April 8, 2013, he was convicted of the second-degree murder of his wife. To date, her body has not been found.[6] A 2011 episode of Nancy Grace and a June 7, 2013, episode of Dateline NBC[7] covered Davis's sister's case.[8]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Bittersweet Lies | Ally | |
| 2011 | Pariah | Bina | |
| 2014 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Nan | Pre-production |
| 2015 | Kindred Kill | Pansy Jones | Pre-production |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Scratch & Burn | Sheera | Episode: "X-Box" |
| 2003–2004 | Gilmore Girls | Susan | 2 episodes |
| 2005 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Lucy | Episode: "Grave" |
| 2005 | Over There | Michelle | Episode: "Roadblock Duty" |
| 2005 | ER | Maureen | Episode: "I Do" |
| 2005–2008 | South of Nowhere | Chelsea Lewis | (35 episodes) |
| 2006 | House | Leona | Episode: "Who's Your Daddy?" |
| 2006–2007 | Friday Night Lights | Waverly Grady | Recurring role (8 episodes) |
| 2007 | Grey's Anatomy | Rina | Episodes: "Testing 1-2-3", "Didn't We Almost Have It All?" |
| 2009 | Raising the Bar | Shauna Larkin | Episode: "Maybe, Baby" |
| 2011 | Castle | Alyssa Lofters | Episode: "Eye of the Beholder" |
| 2012–2014 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Racey Jones | Regular role (23 episodes) |
| 2013 | Cowgirl Up | Robbie | Regular role (6 episodes) |
| 2013 | Nikki & Nora: The N&N Files | Violet Craig | TV film |
| 2013 | Ctrl.Alt.Del | Marcy | Episodes: "Sista Sista", "Do You See What I See?" |
| 2014 | Criminal Minds | Daria Samsen | Episode: "The Edge of Winter" |
| 2014–2019 | Drunk History | Various | Regular role (22 episodes) |
| 2017 | Bones | Kate Dalton | Episode: "The Brain in the Bot" |
| 2021 | I Think You Should Leave | Lisa | Episode: “Everyone just needs to be more in the moment.” |
References
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- ↑ Sister of Grey's Anatomy Actress Missing CBS News, March 26, 2009.
- ↑ Lyle Herring Pleads Not Guilty to Wife's Murder; Actress Aasha Davis Reported Sister Missing CBS News, April 30, 2010.
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- ↑ Dateline NBC
- ↑ Lesley Herring, Hollywood Woman Missing for 2 Years, Gets Nancy Grace Treatment on CNN Tonight LA Weekly, March 31, 2011.
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