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Shareeka Epps

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Shareeka Epps
In mid-90's America, bookish high-school student Jolie Johnson knows the only way to get in with the gangsta crowd is to make the varsity basketball team.  Making the team not only means approval from the inner-city crew of Maple Avenue, but also gets him a step closer to being the one thing he is not – black.
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Shareeka Epps was born on 11 July 1989 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Half Nelson (2006), Mother and Child (2009) and My Soul to Take (2010).
BornJuly 11, 1989
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Ryan Gosling and Shareeka Epps in Half Nelson (2006)
Tyler Ross and Shareeka Epps in American Milkshake (2013)
Sam Rockwell, Margo Martindale, Emma Roberts, Shareeka Epps, Rooney Mara, Emily Rios, Melanie Hinkle, Meaghan Witri, and Vanessa Gordillo in The Winning Season (2009)
Kerry Washington and Shareeka Epps in Mother and Child (2009)
Shareeka Epps in Half Nelson (2006)
Ryan Gosling and Shareeka Epps in Half Nelson (2006)
Anthony Mackie and Shareeka Epps in Half Nelson (2006)
Ryan Gosling and Shareeka Epps in Half Nelson (2006)
Shareeka Epps at an event for Mother and Child (2009)
Alan Arkin and Shareeka Epps
Shareeka Epps
Shareeka Epps

Known for

Ryan Gosling in Half Nelson (2006)
Half Nelson
7.1
  • Drey
  • 2006
Samuel L. Jackson, Annette Bening, Jimmy Smits, Kerry Washington, and Naomi Watts in Mother and Child (2009)
Mother and Child
7.2
  • Ray
  • 2009
My Soul to Take (2010)
My Soul to Take
4.7
  • Chandele
  • 2010
Gowanus, Brooklyn (2004)
Gowanus, Brooklyn
5.9
Short
  • Drey
  • 2004

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Actress

  • Jim St. Germain, Benjamin Lorr, Kaela Francesca Terreson, Tyler Ross, Shareeka Epps, Anna Friedman, David Andalman, Idan Raz, Laura Carswell, Kendrick Alan Reinsch, Stephen Cefalu, Eshan Bay, Jerod Haynes, Shannon Matesky, Chris Jarell, Carolyn Braver, and Nick Dabas in Crashing Together (2021)
    Crashing Together
  • Kiefer Sutherland and Boyd Holbrook in The Fugitive (2020)
    The Fugitive
  • American Milkshake (2013)
    American Milkshake
  • Yelling to the Sky (2011)
    Yelling to the Sky
  • My Soul to Take (2010)
    My Soul to Take
  • Samuel L. Jackson, Annette Bening, Jimmy Smits, Kerry Washington, and Naomi Watts in Mother and Child (2009)
    Mother and Child
  • Sam Rockwell, Emma Roberts, Rob Corddry, and Rooney Mara in The Winning Season (2009)
    The Winning Season
  • Mariska Hargitay in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
  • Tom Woodruff Jr. and Ian Whyte in Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007)
    Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem
    • (uncredited)
  • Neal Cassady (2007)
    Neal Cassady
  • Ryan Gosling in Half Nelson (2006)
    Half Nelson
  • Gowanus, Brooklyn (2004)
    Gowanus, Brooklyn

Producer

  • Jim St. Germain, Benjamin Lorr, Kaela Francesca Terreson, Tyler Ross, Shareeka Epps, Anna Friedman, David Andalman, Idan Raz, Laura Carswell, Kendrick Alan Reinsch, Stephen Cefalu, Eshan Bay, Jerod Haynes, Shannon Matesky, Chris Jarell, Carolyn Braver, and Nick Dabas in Crashing Together (2021)
    Crashing Together

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The Winning Season: Clip
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The Winning Season: Clip
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Theatrical Trailer
Half Nelson
Trailer 2:22
Half Nelson

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    • July 11, 1989
    • Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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    Was cast as the character of Kendra in Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007) though most of her scenes were deleted. She still has one scene left in the final cut, as an extra (along with her onscreen brother Meshach Peters) in the Gunnison Diner scene.

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