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Marsha Stephanie Blake
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Blake in production of The Merchant of Venice (2010)
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| Born | 3 May 1974 |
| Alma mater | Dartmouth College UCSD (MFA) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Children | 1 |
Marsha Stephanie Blake (born 3 May 1974) is an American actress. She is well-known for her role as Linda McCray in the Netflix miniseries When They See Us. For this role, she was nominated for a major award called the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie.
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About Marsha Stephanie Blake
Her Early Life and Education
Marsha Stephanie Blake was born in Jamaica. She moved to the United States with her family in the late 1980s. She went to Dartmouth College and finished her studies there in 1996. Later, she earned a special degree called an MFA from the acting program at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD).
Acting on Stage and Screen
Marsha Stephanie Blake has performed in many plays on Broadway and Off-Broadway. Some of these plays include famous ones like The Merchant of Venice and The Crucible.
She has also appeared in many television shows. Early in her career, she guest-starred in popular series such as Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and The Good Wife.
Famous TV Shows and Movies
In 2015, Blake joined the cast of the Netflix comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black. She played the character Berdie Rogers. For her work on this show, she and the other actors won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. This award is given to a group of actors who perform very well together.
She also had repeating roles in other TV shows like Happyish, Getting On, and The Blacklist. In 2019, Marsha Stephanie Blake played Linda McCray in the Netflix miniseries When They See Us. This show was directed by Ava DuVernay.
Later in 2019, Blake was cast as Vivian Maddox in How to Get Away with Murder for its final season. She also appeared in the fourth season of This Is Us alongside her When They See Us co-star, Asante Blackk. In 2022, she took on a main role as Niecie in the series The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey.
Notable Roles and Awards
Marsha Stephanie Blake has also acted in several movies. Some of her film roles include The Architect (2006), Stand Clear of the Closing Doors (2013), and Nasty Baby (2015). More recently, she appeared in Luce (2019), See You Yesterday (2019), and The Laundromat (2019).
In 2020, she was in the films The Photograph, An American Pickle, and I'm Your Woman. For her performance as Ruth in the 2022 drama film Brother, she was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Performance in a Film. This shows her talent and recognition in the film industry.
