Kimrie Lewis

Kimrie Lewis attending Peeples premiere

Kimrie Lewis is an American actress, comedian, and writer. She is best known for her recurring role as reporter Ashley Davidson on Scandal. She also starred in the movie Tyler Perry Presents Peeples.

Life and career

Kimrie Lewis was born in Los Angeles, the daughter of Carol, a news executive producer, and William, a news sound engineer and cameraman. She was raised in South Los Angeles. Her mother's family is of African American origin. Her father's ancestry includes African American and Native American. Through her father, she is the great-niece of jazz bassist Charles Mingus.

She graduated from New York University Tisch School of the Arts, with a B.A. in Theatre.[1]

Lewis recurs as reporter Ashley in the ABC television series Scandal.[2]

She appeared as Meg in Peeples with Kerry Washington, Craig Robinson and David Alan Grier.[3] She recurred in the ABC Family drama series Chasing Life as Madeline.

She has appeared in several commercials including for McDonald's, Sherwin-Williams, and Country Music Television.

In August 2016, TV Line reported that Lewis would guest star in season 5 of the Hulu comedy The Mindy Project.[4]

Lewis was announced as a series regular in the ABC comedy pilot Single Parents, by Deadline, in March 2018.[5]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role
2013 Peeples Meg
2018 #TwoMinutesofFame Ebony

Television

Year Title Role
2006 Half & Half Melba Barnes
2012 Go On Terrell's Girlfriend
2013 New Girl Keysha
2013–18 Scandal Reporter Ashley Davidson
2014 The Neighbors Lorraine Warner
2015 Chasing Life Madeline
2016 The Detour Cinnamon
2016 The Mindy Project Patricia
2017 2 Broke Girls Meghan[6]
2017 The Fake News with Ted Nelms Nora Samuels-Newman
2017 Raven's Home LA
2018 Superstore Jess
2018 Brockmire Bobbi
2018 Single Parents Poppy

References

  1. ↑ "EXCLUSIVE! Who's Got Next: Introducing 'Peeples' Star Kimrie Lewis-Davis - CocoaFab". CocoaFab. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
  2. ↑ Team, The Deadline. "Vincent Ventresca Joins 'Wicked City'; Kimrie Lewis-Davis In Nicole Byer Project". Deadline. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
  3. ↑ "'Peeples' Actress takes light-hearted approach". theatlantavoice.com. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
  4. ↑ "Mindy Project Casts Scandal Reporter". TVLine. 2016-08-30. Retrieved 2016-09-27.
  5. ↑ Petski, Denise (2018-03-07). "'Single Parents': Kimrie Lewis & Jake Choi Cast In ABC Comedy Pilot". Deadline. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
  6. ↑ "2 Broke Girls". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2017-01-31.


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