---
name: "Gail Bean"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gail-bean"
fi1m_id: "gail-bean"
imdb_id: "nm4713993"
tmdb_id: 1389367
wikidata_id: "Q113099326"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "27 November 1992"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-24T02:28:15.976919+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."
---

# Gail Bean

## Identity

Gail Bean

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/gail-bean
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** gail-bean
- **IMDb ID:** nm4713993
- **TMDB ID:** 1389367
- **Wikidata ID:** Q113099326
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gail_Bean, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113099326, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4713993/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1389367

Actor. Born 27 November 1992 in Stone Mountain, Georgia, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 27 November 1992, Stone Mountain, Georgia, USA
- **Active:** 2016–present
- **Also known as:** Gail Mitchell
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 84 (2), 2020s 65 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 78 to 79 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 1 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Comedy 2
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gail_Bean, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113099326, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4713993/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1389367

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Drop: A Snowfall Saga*](https://film.one/tv/the-drop-a-snowfall-saga.md) (65)
- **Netflix:** [*The Piano Lesson*](https://film.one/film/the-piano-lesson.md) (65)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Gail Bean, also credited as Gail Mitchell, is an American actress. Born Gail Mitchell and raised in Stone Mountain, Georgia, she is the youngest of six siblings and the only daughter. Her father is NFL coach Stump Mitchell. She first took an interest in acting during a drama class at Stephenson High School and later earned a bachelor's degree from Valdosta State University, where she was a member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority.

Bean is known for her role as Wanda Bell in the FX series *Snowfall* (2018–2023), for which she received the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2024. She has appeared as Roulette in the Starz series *P-Valley*, and in guest roles in *Atlanta* (2016), *Insecure* (2016) and *Detroiters* (2017). Her film credits include *Unexpected* (2015), *The Belko Experiment* (2016) and *The Piano Lesson* (2024), in which she played Dolly.

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

## On Fi1m (4)

- *The Drop: A Snowfall Saga* (2026), Fi1m 65, as Wanda Bell — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-drop-a-snowfall-saga.md)
- *The Piano Lesson* (2024), Fi1m 65, as Dolly — [page](https://film.one/film/the-piano-lesson.md)
- *Atlanta* (2016), Fi1m 87, as Nadine — [page](https://film.one/tv/atlanta.md)
- *Insecure* (2016), Fi1m 81, as Rasheeda — [page](https://film.one/tv/insecure.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

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

- *The Drop: A Snowfall Saga* (2026), series, as Wanda Bell — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-drop-a-snowfall-saga.md)
- *Both Eyes Open* (2025), as Ally Fletcher · Executive Producer
- *The Piano Lesson* (2024), as Dolly — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/the-piano-lesson.md)
- *Test Pattern* (2021), as Amber
- *Outcast* (2020), as Imara
- *Love in the Time of Corona* (2020), series, as Adeah
- *P-Valley* (2020), series, as Roulette
- *Paradise Lost* (2020), series, as Gynnifer Green
- *Games People Play* (2019), series, as Quanisha
- *Skin in the Game* (2019), as Jasmine
- *Snowfall* (2017), series, as Wanda Bell
- *The Belko Experiment* (2017), as Leota Hynek
- *Detroiters* (2017), series, as Angel
- *Insecure* (2016), series, as Rasheeda — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/insecure.md)
- *Atlanta* (2016), series, as Nadine — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/tv/atlanta.md)
- *Bunnicula* (2016), series, as Tabitha (voice)
- *Unexpected* (2015), as Jasmine
- *Chicago P.D.* (2014), series, as Sienna
- *Grey's Anatomy* (2005), series, as Caitlin Freeman — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/greys-anatomy.md)

## Gallery

- ![Gail Bean](https://film.one/media/person/10443/gallery-47324e7c422a.jpg) Gail Bean — Cameron Woods, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Gail_Bean_speaks_at_Essence_Fest_2025_%283%29.jpg/1280px-Gail_Bean_speaks_at_Essence_Fest_2025_%283%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Gail Bean and Rome Flynn at Essence Fest 2025](https://film.one/media/person/10443/gallery-c8229bc3a364.jpg) Gail Bean and Rome Flynn at Essence Fest 2025 — Cameron Woods, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Gail_Bean_and_Rome_Flynn_at_Essence_Fest_2025.jpg/1280px-Gail_Bean_and_Rome_Flynn_at_Essence_Fest_2025.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Gail Bean, actor, at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for the movie The Piano Lesson.](https://film.one/media/person/10443/gallery-8453b16759a6.jpg) Gail Bean, actor, at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for the movie The Piano Lesson. — Adam Chitayat, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Gail_Bean_at_the_2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival_2.jpg/1280px-Gail_Bean_at_the_2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Gail Bean, actor, at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for the movie The Piano Lesson.](https://film.one/media/person/10443/gallery-727167c5aa00.jpg) Gail Bean, actor, at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for the movie The Piano Lesson. — Adam Chitayat, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Gail_Bean_at_the_2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival_3.jpg/1280px-Gail_Bean_at_the_2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival_3.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Gail Bean](https://film.one/media/person/10443/gallery-df7020dbfb1c.jpg) Gail Bean — Image via TMDB
- ![Gail Bean, actor, at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for the movie The Piano Lesson.](https://film.one/media/person/10443/gallery-169bb951b6da.jpg) Gail Bean, actor, at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for the movie The Piano Lesson. — Adam Chitayat, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Gail_Bean_at_the_2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival_4.jpg/1280px-Gail_Bean_at_the_2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival_4.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Gail Bean, actor, at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for the movie The Piano Lesson.](https://film.one/media/person/10443/gallery-68c065912723.jpg) Gail Bean, actor, at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for the movie The Piano Lesson. — Adam Chitayat, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Gail_Bean_at_the_2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival_5.jpg/1280px-Gail_Bean_at_the_2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival_5.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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