User:Edwina Findley

Bursting onto the Hollywood scene as Omar's gun-toting sidekick, Tosha Mitchell, on HBO's The Wire, Actress Edwina Findley Dickerson recently completed her fourth season as Davina Lambreaux in HBO's Treme. On the big screen, Edwina recently appeared as the feisty sister "Rosie" in Ava DuVernay's Sundance-winning film, Middle of Nowhere, and in James Wan's thriller Insidious: Chapter 2. She is currently filming the comedy VEEP for HBO, and has three new movies slated for 2014. Additional film/tv credits include Red Tails, Brothers & Sisters, Law & Order, One Life to Live, and pilots for NBC and FOX.

Honored by NYU's Tisch School of the Arts with the prestigious 'Outstanding Artist and Scholar' award, Edwina has been nominated for the Barrymore Award and NAACP Theatre Award for her work in theatre. A native of Washington, DC, with family roots in Liberia, West Africa, Edwina has traveled around the world as a singer, dancer, and actor, and has performed on stage at Juilliard, The Kennedy Center, Atlantic Theatre Company, Shakespeare Theatre, Baltimore Center Stage, Cleveland Playhouse, Center Theatre Group, and many other notable theaters.

In addition to her work in entertainment, Edwina is a nationally sought after inspirational speaker, writer, and Co-Founder of AbundantLifeU(TM), an organization where thousands of young adults and artists from around the country receive personal and professional mentorship, arts training, and inspiration to help thrust them into new levels of living their purpose and pursuing their dreams. Edwina has been featured in In Style Magazine, The New York Times, The Hollywood Reporter, Essence.com, and others, and is married to business executive Kelvin Dickerson.