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Aisha Hinds

Birth Name:
Aisha Hinds
Birth Place:
Brooklyn, New York, United States
Profession
Actress, Director, Soundtrack
Aisha Hinds

Fast Facts

  • Nomiated for Black Reel Award for Best Supporting Actress: Television Movie/Cable in 2015
  • Graduated from the University of Miami with honors and acclaim with her BFA in theater
  • As a member of a Brooklyn-based theater company called the Health Watch Players, she gave her early performances in schools, churches, prisons, group homes and on the streets of New York City
  • Her first break came when she won the role of Carla Howell on the drama "NYPD Blue," and other television credits followed
  • Her high school tap dance instructor encouraged her to enroll in the High School of Performing Arts in New York to pursue her creative abilities, and it was there that she began to study acting
  • Quote: "I've yet to crack the code on emotional scenes․․․[The ones that] work better for me are the ones where it's more of a full scene and it's not so much like 0 to 60․․․I try to just understand the circumstances and bring the character to life․"
  • Quote: "The mantra that I say for everyone who comes out here [to Hollywood] is that everybody's journey is completely absolutely individually different․"
  • Best known for her role as Nancy Hart in "Mr․ Brooks" and as Carolyn Hill in "Under the Dome․"
  • On the stage, she has appeared in "Fences" and "Night, Mother" at the American Theatre of Harlem, "Tartuffe," "Anything Goes" and "Mame" at the Jerry Herman Ring Theatre and other productions
  • In college, she won the title of Miss Black University and an award for Best Talent
  • She has played a member of a hotel's cleaning staff on two popular television shows, "Desperate Housewives" and "Weeds․"

Awards

  • 2015Black Reel - Outstanding Supporting Actress, TV Movie or Mini-Series:Nominated
  • 2017Black Reel - Outstanding Supporting Actress, Drama Series:Nominated
  • 2017Black Reel - Outstanding Supporting Actress, TV Movie/Limited Series:Nominated
  • 2024Black Reel - Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Drama Series:Nominated
  • 2026Image Award - Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series:Winner
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