{{short description|Jamaican-American actress and model}} {{Infobox person | image = | imagesize = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|7|22}} | birth_place = Kingston, Jamaica | birth_name = | occupation = Actress | years_active = 2006–present | spouse = | children = }} '''Parisa Fitz-Henley''' (born July 22, 1977) is a Jamaican-born American actress,<ref name="JamObs">{{cite news |title=Parisa's role of a Lifetime |url=http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/entertainment/parisa-8217-s-role-of-a-lifetime_124670 |accessdate=2 June 2020 |work=Jamaica Observer |publisher=Jamaica Observer |date=2018-02-08}}</ref> best known for her role as Reva Connors in ''Jessica Jones'' and ''Luke Cage''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/luke-cage-review-netflix/|title='Luke Cage' Review: Netflix Delivers the Hero We Need|last=Keene|first=Allison|publisher=Collider|date=September 7, 2016|accessdate=September 7, 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160908214404/http://collider.com/luke-cage-review-netflix/|url-status=live|archivedate=September 8, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://mcuexchange.com/luke-cage-cast-and-crew-throw-wrap-party-as-production-nears-end-on-season-one/|title=Luke Cage Cast And Crew Throw Wrap Party As Production Nears End On Season One|last=Kincaid|first=Rhiannon|publisher=MCU Exchange|date=March 14, 2016|accessdate=March 14, 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315040524/http://mcuexchange.com/luke-cage-cast-and-crew-throw-wrap-party-as-production-nears-end-on-season-one/|url-status=live|archivedate=March 15, 2016}}</ref> From 2017 to 2018, Fitz-Henley starred in the NBC drama ''Midnight, Texas''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/05/midnight-texas-pilot-picked-up-series-nbc-1201755506|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160514102428/http://deadline.com/2016/05/midnight-texas-pilot-picked-up-series-nbc-1201755506/|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 14, 2016|title='Midnight, Texas' Pilot Picked Up To Series By NBC - Deadline|author=Nellie Andreeva|work=Deadline|date=May 13, 2016|accessdate=July 18, 2017}}</ref>

==Early life==

Fitz-Henley was born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica, where she attended St Andrew High School.<ref name=JamObs /> She won the Fashion Model of the Year award in 1996 from the Pulse modeling agency.<ref name=JamObs /> Her mother is of English/German/Italian descent and her father's ethnicity is Jamaican.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Everything You need to Know About Parisa Fitz-Henley: Her Married Life, Dating Affairs and Family |url=https://liverampup.com/entertainment/parisa-fitz-henley-married-husband-partner-dating-family-parents.html |access-date=2022-07-21 |website=LIVERAMPUP |language=en}}</ref>

== Philanthropy == Fitz-Henley is on the advisory board of the Mona Foundation<ref>{{Cite web|title=About the Mona Foundation|url=https://monafoundation.org/about|access-date=2023-07-03 |website=MONAFOUNDATION}}</ref> which works "to improve the lives of women and children around the world by funding educational initiatives."<ref>{{Cite web|title=Actor and Seattle native Rainn Wilson comes home for the Mona Foundation's 20th anniversary|url=https://king5.com/article/news/actor-and-seattle-native-rainn-wilson-comes-home-for-the-mona-foundations-20th-anniversary/281-41715eff-c1de-42fd-8d36-f8ca03dee798|access-date=2023-07-03 |website=KING5NEWS}}</ref> She and fellow actor Rainn Wilson hosted their 2022 virtual gala <ref>{{Cite web|title=Virtual Gala Scaling Hope Together|url=https://monafoundation.org/mona-2022-virtual-gala-scaling-hope-together|access-date=2023-07-03 |website=MONAFOUNDATION}}</ref> and are set to host this year's gala as well.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mona 2023 Gala|url=https://monafoundation.org/Gala2023|access-date=2023-07-03 |website=MONAFOUNDATION}}</ref>

== Filmography ==

=== Film === {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |2006 |''Even Money'' |Caribbean Woman | |- |2006 |''Fist in the Eye'' |Megan | |- |2007 |''The Jane Austen Book Club'' |Corinne | |- |2009 |''Knuckle Draggers'' |Syra | |- |2009 |''Post Grad'' |College Friend #3 | |- |2010 |''The Sorcerer's Apprentice'' |Bennet's girlfriend | |- |2012 |''Lola Versus'' |Peggy | |- |2013 |''Bluebird'' |Charlotte | |- |2015 |''Jack of the Red Hearts'' |Cynthia | |- |2015 |''People'' |Savannah |Short film |- |2016 |''Last Night, Los Angeles'' |Julea |Short film |- |2017 |''Things'' |Willow |Short film |- |2018 |''Congo Cabaret'' |Congo Rose | |- |2020 |''My Spy'' |Kate | |- |2020 |''Fantasy Island'' |Julia | |}

=== Television === {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes

|- | 2006 | ''CSI: NY'' | Charlene Franklin | Episode: "Super Men" |- |2006 |''The Unit'' |Laurenda George |Episodes: "Non-Permissive Environment", "Eating the Young" |- | 2006 | ''Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip'' | Celia | Episode: "The Cold Open"

|- | 2007 | ''Grey's Anatomy'' | Cami Davis | Episode: "The Other Side of This Life" |- |2007 |''Private Practice'' |Cami Davis |Episode: "In Which Addison Has a Very Casual Get Together" |- | 2012 | ''Blue Bloods'' | Lizzy Hughes | Episode: "Greener Grass"

|- | 2013 |''Golden Boy'' | Andrea Gundersen | Episode: "Just Say No"

|- | 2013 |''The Mysteries of Laura'' | Bridget Flowers | Episode: "The Mystery of the Art Ace" |- |2014 |''House of Cards'' |Waitress |Episode: "Chapter 19" |- |2015 | ''Jessica Jones'' |Reva Connors | 3 episodes |- |2015 |''Redheads Anonymous'' |Hostess |Episode: "Two Redheads Walk Into a Bar..." |- |2016–2018 |''You're the Pest'' |Ms. Hernandez |Episodes: "Pilot", "Sick Beats" |- | 2016–2018 | ''Luke Cage'' |Reva Connors | 4 episodes

|- | 2017–2018 | ''Midnight, Texas'' |Fiji Cavanaugh | Series Regular |- | 2017 |''The Girlfriend Experience'' |N/A | Episodes: "Living Like a Tornado", "Eggshells" |- | 2018 |''Falling Water'' | Christy |Episodes: "Risk Assessment", "Nothing Personal" |- |2018 |''Harry & Meghan: A Royal Romance'' |Meghan, Duchess of Sussex |Television film |- |2020 |''The Sinner'' | Leela Burns | Series Regular (Season 3) |}

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