Jasika Nicole


Jasika Nicole Pruitt, is an American actress and illustrator from Birmingham, Alabama. She is known for her role as Agent Astrid Farnsworth on the Fox series Fringe. She has guest-starred in Scandal as Kim Munoz. Currently, she stars as Carly Lever, the head of pathology, in the ABC medical drama The Good Doctor.

Career

Nicole studied theatre, dance, voice and studio art at Catawba College in Salisbury, North Carolina.
In 2017, she voiced a femme "brown-skinned energetic creative" named Reina, for the Amazon Video animated series Danger & Eggs, who likes to build with her hands, is empowered by the world around her, and is the best friend of one of the protagonists.
She is currently the voice of Dana Cardinal on the podcast Welcome to Night Vale. She also plays Keisha, the protagonist and narrator on Alice Isn't Dead, a podcast by WTNV co-writer Joseph Fink.

Personal life

Nicole is biracial, and has said that while growing up as biracial, there were very few TV characters with whom she could identify.
Nicole is queer. She was featured in the 2010 OUT 100 list in Out magazine, and was photographed alongside Bruno Tonioli, Armistead Maupin, and Bill Silva for the issue.
She married her long-time partner, Claire J. Savage, on October 5, 2013.

Filmography

Film

Television

Other media