{{short description|American actress|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Infobox person | name = Aasha Davis | image = 2009 Voice Awards Aasha Davis (19731124293).jpg | alt = | caption = 2009 Voice Awards: Aasha Davis | birth_name = Aasha Mikela Telford Davis | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|08|17}} | birth_place = | spouse = Jesse Pforzheimer (m. 2002) | children = 1 | occupation = Actress | years_active = 2002–present | known_for = | notable_works = }} '''Aasha Mikela Telford Davis''' (born August 17, 1973)<ref name=FamlySearch-VtWed-2002>{{cite web|title=Aasha Mikela Telford Davis Vermont, Vital Records|url=https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KN9X-9FX|website=FamlySearch|accessdate=1 March 2015}}</ref> is an American actress known for her numerous roles on the Comedy Central educational comedy series ''Drunk History'' (2014–2019), as Waverly Grady on NBC sports drama ''Friday Night Lights'' (2006–2007), and as Chelsea Lewis on The N teen drama ''South of Nowhere'' (2005–2008). She also starred as Bina in the 2011 drama film ''Pariah''.
== Career == Davis is best known for playing the role of Waverly Grady on ''Friday Night Lights''.<ref name="tv">{{cite web|title= Aasha Davis Credits|url= https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/aasha-davis/credits/3030053134/ |website=tvguide.com |accessdate= 20 January 2025}}</ref> Davis was featured in Gnarls Barkley's music video in 2008 called "Who's Gonna Save My Soul". She has also appeared in ''Gilmore Girls'',<ref name="tv"/> ''Grey's Anatomy'',<ref name="tv"/> ''House'',<ref name="tv"/> ''ER'',<ref name="tv"/> ''Castle,'' and ''The Shield''.<ref name="tv"/>
In 2011, she played opposite Adepero Oduye in the film ''Pariah''.<ref name="tv"/>
In 2012, she guest-starred in the second season of the Jane Espenson-scripted romantic comedy web series ''Husbands''.<ref name=EW-Husbands-2012>{{cite magazine|url=http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/06/28/husbands-season-2-first-look/2/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120701210607/http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/06/28/husbands-season-2-first-look/2/|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 1, 2012|title='Husbands': EP and star on season 2 of their gay-marriage web series -- Exclusive Photos |magazine=Entertainment Weekly|last=Vary|first=Adam B|date=28 June 2012|accessdate=28 June 2012}}</ref>
In 2013, Aasha is produced, starred in, and directed an episode of the web series featured on YouTube called ''The Unwritten Rules'',<ref name="tv"/> which is based on series creator Kim Williams's book ''40 Hours and an Unwritten Rule: The Diary of an African-American Woman''.
In 2019, Aasha starred as Bernadette in the rural Louisiana murder mystery ''The Long Shadow''.<ref name="tv"/>
== Personal life == In 2002, Davis married Jesse Pforzheimer and they have one son, Ever, born in January, 2009.<ref name=FamlySearch-VtWed-2002/>
Davis's older sister, Lesley Herring, disappeared in Los Angeles on February 8, 2009, after a fight with her husband, Lyle Stanford Herring, Sr.<ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sister-of-greys-anatomy-actress-missing/ Sister of Grey's Anatomy Actress Missing] CBS News, March 26, 2009.</ref> Davis reported her sister as missing when she failed to show up to work, her husband having neglected to do so. Lyle Herring was charged with his wife's murder and in April 2010 pleaded not guilty.<ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lyle-herring-pleads-not-guilty-to-wifes-murder-actress-aasha-davis-reported-sister-missing/ Lyle Herring Pleads Not Guilty to Wife's Murder; Actress Aasha Davis Reported Sister Missing] CBS News, April 30, 2010.</ref> On April 8, 2013, he was convicted of the second-degree murder of his wife. To date, her body has not been found.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ex-Cal State recruiter convicted in wife's murder|url=https://abc7.com/archive/9059006/|publisher=KABC-TV, Los Angeles, CA, April 9, 2013|access-date=June 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515064746/http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news%2Flocal%2Flos_angeles&id=9059006|archive-date=May 15, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> A 2011 episode of ''Nancy Grace'' and a June 7, 2013, episode of Dateline NBC<ref>[http://insidedateline.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/06/07/18832839-do-you-have-information-that-might-help-detectives-find-lesley?lite Dateline NBC]</ref> covered Davis's sister's case.<ref>[http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2011/03/lesley_herring_nancy_grace.php Lesley Herring, Hollywood Woman Missing for 2 Years, Gets Nancy Grace Treatment on CNN Tonight] LA Weekly, March 31, 2011.</ref>
== Filmography ==
=== Film === {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |2002 |''Bittersweet Lies'' |Ally | |- |2011 |''Pariah'' |Bina | |- |2014 |''{{sortname|The|Last Beat|nolink=1}}'' |Nan |Pre-production |- |2015 |''Kindred Kill'' |Pansy Jones |Pre-production |}
=== Television === {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |2002 |''Scratch & Burn'' |Sheera |Episode: "X-Box" |- |2003–2004 |''Gilmore Girls'' |Susan |2 episodes |- |2005 |''{{sortname|The|Shield}}'' |Lucy |Episode: "Grave" |- |2005 |''Over There'' |Michelle |Episode: "Roadblock Duty" |- |2005 |''ER'' |Maureen |Episode: "I Do" |- |2005–2008 |''South of Nowhere'' |Chelsea Lewis |(35 episodes) |- |2006 |''House'' |Leona |Episode: "Who's Your Daddy?" |- |2006–2007 |''Friday Night Lights'' |Waverly Grady |Recurring role (8 episodes) |- |2007 |''Grey's Anatomy'' |Rina |Episodes: "Testing 1-2-3", "Didn't We Almost Have It All?" |- |2009 |''Raising the Bar'' |Shauna Larkin |Episode: "Maybe, Baby" |- |2011 |''Castle'' |Alyssa Lofters |Episode: "Eye of the Beholder" |- |2012–2014 |''{{sortname|The|Unwritten Rules|nolink=1}}'' |Racey Jones |Regular role (23 episodes) |- |2013 |''Cowgirl Up'' |Robbie |Regular role (6 episodes) |- |2013 |''Nikki & Nora: The N&N Files'' |Violet Craig |TV film |- |2013 |''Ctrl.Alt.Del'' |Marcy |Episodes: "Sista Sista", "Do You See What I See?" |- |2014 |''Criminal Minds'' |Daria Samsen |Episode: "The Edge of Winter" |- |2014–2019 |''Drunk History'' | Various |Regular role (22 episodes) |- |2017 |''Bones'' |Kate Dalton |Episode: "The Brain in the Bot" |- |2021 |''I Think You Should Leave'' |Lisa |Episode: “Everyone just needs to be more in the moment.” |}
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