Gisela Adisa

Gisela Adisa is an American actress born of Caribbean and West African immigrants. She played Sandra in the U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic award winner, 'Nanny', which premiered at Sundance '22. She also played the lead in the award winning indie film, 'Shield.' Recent projects include a role in the #1 Netflix hit heist series, 'Kaleidoscope' as well as the Starz Network hit, 'Power Book III: Raising Kanan,' under the direction of Mario Van Peebles. She will voice a recurring character in a yet-to-be-released Dreamworks animation in 2023. Gisela is a Broadway actress who has played the lead role of John Adams in Diane Paulus' Broadway tour of 1776; she has also performed at several critically acclaimed American theaters across the country, most notably at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles, Harvard's American Repertory Theater in Cambridge and the Kennedy Center in D.C.