Marsha Stephanie Blake (born c. 3 May 1974) is an American actress.
She is best known for her role as Linda McCray in the Netflix
miniseries When They See Us, for which she was nominated for the
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited
Series or Movie.Blake was born in Jamaica and immigrated to US in late
1980s with her family. She attended Dartmouth College and graduated in
1996. She received an MFA from the graduate acting program at
UCSD.Blake has played many roles on Broadway and Off-Broadway
productions, include The Merchant of Venice, Come and Gone, The
Crucible, An Octoroon, and Hurt Village. On television, she
guest-starred in Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Third
Watch, Elementary, and The Good Wife.In 2015, Blake joined the cast of
Netflix comedy-drama series, Orange Is the New Black playing Berdie
Rogers. Along with cast, she received Screen Actors Guild Award for
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. She also
had a recurring roles on Happyish, Getting On and The Blacklist. In
2019, Blake played Linda McCray in the Netflix miniseries When They
See Us directed by Ava DuVernay. Later in 2019, Blake was cast as
Vivian Maddox in How to Get Away with Murder for the sixth and final
season, and in fourth season of This Is Us opposite her When They See
Us co-star, Asante Blackk.
She is best known for her role as Linda McCray in the Netflix
miniseries When They See Us, for which she was nominated for the
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited
Series or Movie.Blake was born in Jamaica and immigrated to US in late
1980s with her family. She attended Dartmouth College and graduated in
1996. She received an MFA from the graduate acting program at
UCSD.Blake has played many roles on Broadway and Off-Broadway
productions, include The Merchant of Venice, Come and Gone, The
Crucible, An Octoroon, and Hurt Village. On television, she
guest-starred in Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Third
Watch, Elementary, and The Good Wife.In 2015, Blake joined the cast of
Netflix comedy-drama series, Orange Is the New Black playing Berdie
Rogers. Along with cast, she received Screen Actors Guild Award for
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. She also
had a recurring roles on Happyish, Getting On and The Blacklist. In
2019, Blake played Linda McCray in the Netflix miniseries When They
See Us directed by Ava DuVernay. Later in 2019, Blake was cast as
Vivian Maddox in How to Get Away with Murder for the sixth and final
season, and in fourth season of This Is Us opposite her When They See
Us co-star, Asante Blackk.
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