Aasha Davis (born August 17, 1973) is an American actress best known for her roles as Waverly Grady on '' Friday Night Lights'' and Chelsea Lewis on ''

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Career

Davis is best known for playing the role of Waverly Grady on '' Friday Night Lights''. Davis was featured in

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's music video in 2008 called "Who's Gonna Save My Soul". She has also appeared in ''

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''. In 2011, she played opposite

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in the film '' Pariah''. In 2012, she guest-starred in the second season of the

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-scripted romantic comedy web series ''

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''. In 2013, Aasha is produced, starred in, and directed an episode of the web series featured on

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called ''The Unwritten Rules'', 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''.

Personal life

In 2002, Davis married Jesse Pforzheimer and they have one son, Ever, born in January, 2009. Davis's older sister, Lesley Herring, disappeared in

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on February 8, 2009, after a fight with her husband, Lyle Stanford Herring, Sr. 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. On April 8, 2013, he was convicted of the second-degree murder of his wife. To date, her body has not been found. A 2011 episode of ''

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'' and a June 7, 2013, episode of

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covered Davis's sister's case.Lesley Herring, Hollywood Woman Missing for 2 Years, Gets Nancy Grace Treatment on CNN Tonight
LA Weekly, March 31, 2011.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Davis, Aasha Living people American television actresses 1974 births 21st-century American actresses American film actresses 21st-century African-American actresses 20th-century African-American actresses 20th-century American actresses