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name: "De'Adre Aziza"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/deadre-aziza"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "14 June 1977"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-19T08:39:19.870917+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# De'Adre Aziza

Actor. Born 14 June 1977 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 14 June 1977, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- **Also known as:** De’Adre Aziza
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De%27Adre_Aziza, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5243787, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2148025/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/91668

## Streaming the US now

- **Pluto TV:** [*Passing Strange*](https://film.one/film/passing-strange.md) (80)

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## Biography

De'Adre Aziza is an American actress and singer. She trained at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University after earlier study at the Harlem School of the Arts and the Dance Theater of Harlem.

She originated the roles of Edwina, Marianna and Sudabey in the Broadway musical *Passing Strange* (2008), for which she received a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Musical and a Theatre World Award. Spike Lee filmed the production as *Passing Strange* (2009). Aziza returned to Broadway in *Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown* (2010).

Her screen credits include the film *Miracle at St. Anna* (2008) and television series such as *30 Rock* (2012), *Person of Interest* (2014), *The Good Wife*, *Elementary*, *The Sinner*, *Evil* and *Power Book II: Ghost*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, ibdb.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Passing Strange* (2009), Fi1m 80, as Edwina / Marianna / Sudabey — [page](https://film.one/film/passing-strange.md)

## Complete filmography (22)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Fire Inside* (2024), as Mickey
- *East New York* (2022), series, as Bettina Powell
- *Run the World* (2021), series, as Donda Baptiste
- *Power Book II: Ghost* (2020), series, as Marshal Gwen Meredith
- *Evil* (2019), series, as Fiona Plemmons
- *She's Gotta Have It* (2017), series, as Raqueletta Moss
- *The Sinner* (2017), series, as Mrs. Hughes
- *Bwoy* (2016), as Marcia
- *The Breaks* (2016), as Tamika Grant
- *Master of None* (2015), series, as President
- *Younger* (2015), series, as Azealia King
- *Madam Secretary* (2014), series, as Janice Dwyer
- *In The Morning* (2014), as Zuri
- *Elementary* (2012), series, as Krista
- *Red Hook Summer* (2012), as Colleen Royale
- *Person of Interest* (2011), series, as Shari — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/person-of-interest.md)
- *Ugly Americans* (2010), series, as Additional Voices (voice)
- *The Good Wife* (2009), series, as Tabitha Gray — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-good-wife.md)
- *Passing Strange* (2009), as Edwina / Marianna / Sudabey — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/passing-strange.md)
- *Miracle at St. Anna* (2008), as Bailiff
- *30 Rock* (2006), series, as Trene — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/30-rock.md)
- *Starved* (2005), series, as Receptionist

## Gallery

- ![De'Adre Aziza](https://film.one/media/person/1069433/gallery-eac088153bae.jpg) De'Adre Aziza — Image via TMDB
- ![De'Adre Aziza](https://film.one/media/person/1069433/gallery-3bea9fd2842a.jpg) De'Adre Aziza — Image via TMDB
- ![De'Adre Aziza](https://film.one/media/person/1069433/gallery-473348afb4bc.jpg) De'Adre Aziza — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Theatre World Award 2008: Theatre World Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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