Nicole Beharie
Nicole Beharie
Nicole Beharieis an American actress and singer. She is known for her roles in the drama film American Violet, the drama Shame, and the biographical sports drama 42. From September 2013 to April 2016, she starred in the Fox fantasy series Sleepy Hollow...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth3 January 1985
CityWest Palm Beach, FL
CountryUnited States of America
father littles london
When I was younger, my father was in the Foreign Service and we lived in Nigeria, Panama, and London, but for the most part I grew up in the South and D.C. I got the travel bug as a little person and I've bounced around a lot.
people black minorities
Everything about us black people is complicated, us being here, being a minority, being a woman, all those things are complicated.
laughing made
I was the jokester, the one who made the family laugh.
brother children kids
I was kind of a bully, even though I'm tiny, 5' 2". As a child, I'd boss other kids around and dress my little brother up, just putting on shows, singing and dressing up.
new-york fun artist
I went to Juilliard in New York and used to do cabarets just for fun. Occasionally, I would get together with a jazz musician and play at a restaurant for cash. And I've done some background vocals for recording artists.
artist careers people
I've been fortunate to work with Alfre Woodard and Jeffrey Wright; people who are artists, have careers, longevity and full lives. That looks good to me.
mom boots georgia
My mom has an English accent, so we always referred to the trunk as the 'boot.' And then, suddenly, we moved to Georgia and I would say things like 'open the boot' with a bit of an accent, and I quickly realized I had to adapt; that kind of thing will get you beat up!
able wake-up kind
I kind of feel like I have grown as just like a human being as a human being by being able to adapt and adjust and know that like you can't ever rest on your laurels, you have to sort of wake up; you actually have to be present.
mother ku-klux-klan car
Stone Mountain, Georgia, still had Ku Klux Klan marches, and I had a wild and courageous mother who'd put us in the car to watch them. She wanted us to know those things existed.
struggle character sassy
There are expectations in how you play your character as a black woman, to be sassy and the same kind of feel, as if there are no quirky black women. I struggle with those things constantly, trying to add dimension to my work, and that's the goal, too.
thinking color television
I think it's a great time to be a person of color and with talent. And actually, to be a woman as well. Our show is one of the most diverse television shows on television right now.