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Wesley was born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada. Her father, Ivery Wheeler, is a professional tap dancer, and her mother, Cassandra Wesley, was a showgirl. She attended high school at the Las Vegas Academy of International Studies, Performing and Visual Arts. She studied dance at Simba Studios and the West Las Vegas Arts Center.
Rutina Wesley. Actress: True Blood. Rutina Wesley is known for the character Tara Thorton, on the gritty Southern vampire drama, True Blood (2008). She was born in the city most renowned for glitz and glamour, Las Vegas, Nevada and was exposed to the arts at a very early age; in fact entertainment runs through her veins. Her father, Ivery Wheeler, is a noted tap dancer while her mother, Cassandra Wesley,...
Best Independent Audio Fiction RP @jns.jana I’m excited to share that we won! This is the speech I wrote sitting on the stoop of Lorraine Hansberry’s old apartment before the white lady who (presumably) lives there tried to subtly get me to leave I grew up COGIC.
Rutina Wesley. Actress: True Blood. Rutina Wesley is known for the character Tara Thorton, on the gritty Southern vampire drama, True Blood (2008). She was born in the city most renowned for glitz and glamour, Las Vegas, Nevada and was exposed to the arts at a very early age; in fact entertainment runs through her veins. Her father, Ivery Wheeler, is a noted tap dancer while her mother, Cassandra Wesley,...
Sep 1, 2016 · The opening shot of Queen Sugar is utterly cinematic: the camera glides over a sleeping Rutina Wesley, detailing her tattoos as she climbs out of bed, stretches, and puts her clothes back on next ...
Feb 19, 2023 · When Rutina Wesley auditioned for the role of True Blood’s quick-tempered Tara Thornton in 2007, creator Alan Ball locked onto a certain quality she brought: a vulnerability that cut through ...
Feb 20, 2023 · Rutina Wesley as Maria in 'The Last of Us'. Liane Hentscher/HBO. There are some notable differences to Maria and her settlement from the video games.
Apr 26, 2019 · If you need a steel-nerved badass for your TV show, then you better call Rutina Wesley. For six years, she played the nothing-but-truth-telling-human turned vampire Tara on HBO's True Blood. Then, in 2016, she took on the role of Nova in OWN's Queen Sugar, a journalist, activist, and herbal healer who has inherited the family's sugarcane farm along with her two siblings (played by Dawn Lyen-Gardner and Kofi Siriboe).The last time we saw her, Nova had just finished her manuscript for a book ...
Jan 9, 2023 · True Blood star Rutina Wesley's The Last of Us role confirmed in exclusive photo. The True Blood and Queen Sugar star takes the role of Maria, a part pulled directly from the video games.
Jan 9, 2023 · HBO‘s The Last of Us has tapped True Blood and Queen Sugar vet Rutina Wesley to bring to life a character directly from the video games.. Premiering Sunday, Jan. 15, at 9/8c, the series is set ...
