Who is Aisha Hinds from “True Blood”? Her Bio: Brother, Debut as Harriet Tubman, Gay, Single, Career
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Navigation Officer Darwin

Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
as Navigation Officer Darwin

Detective Collero

The Next Three Days (2010)
as Detective Collero

Nancy Hart

Mr. Brooks (2007)
as Nancy Hart

Nurse Ramirez

If I Stay (2014)
as Nurse Ramirez

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Fact Played a member of hotel cleaning staff in both Desperate Housewives and Weeds.



Who is Aisha Hinds?

Born Aisha Jamila Hinds on the 13th November 1975, in Brooklyn, New York City USA, she is a stage, television and film actress, best known to the world as Carolyn Hill in the TV sci-fi drama series “Under the Dome” (2013-2015), and as Miss Jeanette in the fantasy drama series “True Blood” from 2008 to 2010, among many other differing roles she has secured so far in her career.

Aisha Hinds Bio: Early Life, Brother, Parents, and Education

Aisha grew up in Brooklyn, but there is no information about the identity of her parents and her siblings. She was drawn to performing arts from an early age, starting with tap dancing in her junior high school, but once her teacher noticed her talents needed new ways of expression, Aisha received advice to study at the New York School for Performing Arts, which is exactly what she did. There, her first steps towards an acting career began, and once she graduated, Aisha was ready to pursue an acting career.

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Career Beginnings

Aisha’s on-screen career started in 2003 with a minor role in the TV series “NYPD Blue”, and then after few more minor roles, she had her first recurring role as Annie Price in the TV crime-drama series “The Shield”, which pushed her just enough to get the role of Anna in the highly-acclaimed action film “Assault on Precinct 13”, with Ethan Hawke, Laurence Fishburne and Gabriel Byrne in the lead roles. This was the first notable role for our Aisha and, encouraged by this success, she continued with film roles, while also securing the recurring part of Mona Gomez in the TV series “Invasion”, and two years later, she had a supporting role in the crime-drama thriller film “Mr. Brooks”, with Kevin Costner, Demi Moore and William Hurt.

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Rise to Prominence

After that, Aisha became more focused on television roles, and it turned out to be a smart career move since she earned a reputation for portraying a variety of characters in TV series. From 2008 to 2010 she was Miss Jeanette in the highly-acclaimed fantasy drama series “True Blood”, and though she featured in only 8 episodes, it became one of her most prominent roles. Then from 2010 to 2012, she played Lieutenant Maureen Mason in the drama series “Detroit 1-8-7”, after which she secured another notable role, as Carolyn Hill in the Steven Spielberg book-based series “Under the Dome” (2013-2015), which launched her to stardom.

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Debut As Harriet Tubman

Following the end of the first season of the extremely popular historical drama series “Underground”, Aisha was announced as the new Harriet Tubman, who had appeared in the last episode of the first season. Although played by a different actress, the producers didn’t have problems with replacing her with Aisha, and has since featured in seven episodes of the series, portraying Harriet who tries to free her family from slavery, after her own escape.

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Career In Recent Years

In addition, Aisha can be seen in other projects, including the TV crime drama series “Shots Fired”, as Pastor Janae James, then as a recurring character, Violetta Wallace in the new TV crime-drama series “Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G.”, with Marcc Rosse and Wavyy Jonez as the legendary rappers. Also, she became even more popular when she was chosen for the part of Henrietta ‘Hen’ Wilson in the TV drama series “9-1-1”.

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Stage Credits

Aside from her television work, Aisha has also showcased her talents on stage, appearing in the Jerry Herman Ring Theatre in “Anything Goes”, “Mame”, and “Tartuffe”, while at the American Theatre of Harlem, she appeared in “Fences”, and “Night, Mother”, among many other stage credits.

Aisha Hinds Net Worth

Since launching her career, Aisha has featured in over 60 film and TV titles, some of which increased her popularity and wealth to a large degree – she benefited considerably from her work on “Underground”, then “Under the Dome” and several other television series. So, have you ever wondered how rich Aisha Hinds is, as of mid- 2018? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that Aisha’s net worth is as high as $6 million. Pretty impressive don’t you think?

Do You Know About Aisha’s Personal Life, Affairs, Marriage, Dating

Aisha, living a life of secrecy, has managed to keep all major details about her personal life hidden from the publics eye. However, her secrecy and her frequent portrayal of lesbian characters on screen aroused rumors about her sexuality, rumors which went out once she was spotted holding hands with the opposite sex. However, there is no further information about her life behind the camera. Hopefully, she changes her mind in the near future and starts sharing details from her private life with the fans.

Internet Popularity

Since launching her career, Aisha has become popular on social media platforms as well, especially Instagram and Twitter. Her official Instagram page has over 90,000 followers, with whom she has shared pictures from sets, including from “9-1-1”, but also from her many photo sessions. Aisha can also be found on Twitter, on which she has 28,000 followers, with whom she has shared her personal opinions, ideas and interests, but also details from her career. Most recently, she used Twitter to announce the new season of the highly popular drama series “9-1-1”, which airs on Fox. So, if you aren’t already a fan of this prominent actress, then this is a fantastic opportunity for you to become one, just skip over to her official pages.

General Info

Full Name Aisha Hinds
Profession Actor
Nationality American

Accomplishments

Movies If I Stay, The Next Three Days, All the Way, Mr. Brooks, Assault on Precinct 13, Beyond the Lights, Unstoppable, Madea Goes to Jail, Runaway Island, Lost Dream, Five, And Then…
TV Shows Under the Dome, Hawthorne, Detroit 1-8-7, Invasion

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1 Played a member of hotel cleaning staff in both Desperate Housewives and Weeds.

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Actress

Title Year Status Character
Shots Fired 2017 TV Series post-production Pastor Janae James
Underground 2017 TV Series Harriet Tubman
#Trending 2016 Short Renee’s Mom (voice)
All the Way 2016 TV Movie Fannie Lou Hamer
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia 2006-2016 TV Series Welfare Case Worker / Caseworker
Untitled Lena Waithe Project 2016 TV Movie Jada
Breed 2015 TV Movie Captain Dennison
Under the Dome 2013-2015 TV Series Carolyn Hill
Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp 2015 TV Series Amelia
Runaway Island 2015 Lara Cook-Nordholm
G Code 2015 TV Series Deidra Gooding
Caught a Ghost: Get Your Life 2014 Video short
NCIS: Los Angeles 2014 TV Series Chief Investigator Ava Wallace
Beyond the Lights 2014 J Stanley
If I Stay 2014 Nurse Ramirez
Killer Women 2014 TV Series FBI Agent Clark
The Arrangement 2013 TV Movie Rosie
And Then… 2013 Short
Cult 2013 TV Series Det. Roslyn Sakelik
Star Trek Into Darkness 2013 Navigation Officer Darwin
Gun Hill 2011 TV Movie Arlene Carter
CSI: Miami 2011 TV Series Dr. Rachel Porter
Five 2011 TV Movie Bernice
Detroit 1-8-7 2010-2011 TV Series Lieutenant Maureen Mason
The Next Three Days 2010 Detective Collero
Unstoppable 2010 Railway Safety Campaign Coordinator
Weeds 2010 TV Series Latrice
True Blood 2008-2010 TV Series Miss Jeanette
Hawthorne 2009-2010 TV Series Isabel Walsh
Desperate Housewives 2009 TV Series Maid
Dollhouse 2009 TV Series Loomis
Within 2009/I Dr. Kelly
Prison Break 2009 TV Series Guard Cowler
Prison Break: The Final Break 2009 Video Guard Cowler
Lost Dream 2009 Professor Capello
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 2009 TV Series Jackie Blaine
Madea Goes to Jail 2009 Fran
Inseparable 2008 TV Movie Bitsi
Bones 2008 TV Series Officer Norma Randall
Conspiracy 2007 TV Series
Cold Case 2007 TV Series Lorraine Henderson ’07
Women’s Murder Club 2007 TV Series Melanie Topor
Lincoln Heights 2007 TV Series Agent Murietta
Mr. Brooks 2007 Nancy Hart
Stargate SG-1 2007 TV Series Thilana
Lost 2006 TV Series Nigerian Nun
Standoff 2006 TV Series Anne
Invasion 2005-2006 TV Series Mona Gomez
Neo Ned 2005 Woman Shopper
Judging Amy 2005 TV Series Lena Reynolds
Assault on Precinct 13 2005 Anna
CSI: NY 2005 TV Series Brett Stokes
Medium 2005 TV Series Maxine Harris
Hate 2005 TV Movie Paula
Boston Legal 2004 TV Series Beah Toomy
Crossing Jordan 2004 TV Series Asmina Chol
Love Aquarium 2004 Short Nina
The Shield 2004 TV Series Annie Price
ER 2004 TV Series Administrator
NYPD Blue 2003 TV Series Carla Howell
Miracle in Toyland 2000 Video Toy Woman (voice, uncredited)

Writer

Title Year Status Character
And Then… 2013 Short co-writer

Production Designer

Title Year Status Character
And Then… 2013 Short

Thanks

Title Year Status Character
Salvation Road 2010/I Short special thanks

Self

Title Year Status Character
42nd NAACP Image Awards 2011 TV Special Herself
The Mo’Nique Show 2010 TV Series Herself
HBO First Look 2005 TV Series documentary Herself

Awards

Nominated Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2015 Black Reel Black Reel Awards Outstanding Supporting Actress, TV Movie or Mini-Series Gun Hill (2011)

Source: IMDb, Wikipedia