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Haneefah Wood

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Haneefah Wood
OccupationActress
Years active2002–present

Haneefah Wood is an American actress. She is known for her role as Candace De La Brix on Nurse Jackie, Vickie/Rafik's Sister in Freedomland, Blanche on Grease Live!, and Wilma Howell on Schooled and The Goldbergs.

Career

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Wood made her debut in an episode of the TV show Strong Medicine. She played Raleena in the episode "The Philadelphia Chromosome". In 2005, she played Ellie Graham on the episode "Prisoner" of Law and Order: Criminal Intent.

In 2006, she played Vickie/Rafik's Sister in Freedomland. In 2011, she played Candace De La Brix on 2 episodes of Nurse Jackie. In 2012, Wood played Layla Mislap on an episode of NYC 22. In 2013 and 2014, she had guest roles on White Collar and The Millers, respectively.[1]

In 2015, Wood had a starring role as Pearl in the short-lived Zoe Ever After.[1] Also in 2015, she played Tanya on Life in Pieces. She was in Grease Live! (2016) playing Blanche. She also played a camp administrator on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend in that year.

From 2017-2020, she starred as Ivy in Baskets, Cydie Scoville in Truth be Told, Jill in One Day at a Time, and most notably, Wilma Howell in Schooled.

Filmography

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Film

Movie Role Year Notes
Freedomland Vickie/Rafik's Sister 2006
Typecast Haneefah 2014 Short film
Grease Live! Blanche 2016 TV movie
Hook Man Odessa 2015 Short film
Art Prison Warden Parks 2018 TV movie

Television

Series Role Year(s) Notes
Strong Medicine Raleena 2002 Episode: "The Philadelphia Chromosone"
Law and Order: Criminal Intent Ellie Graham 2005 Episode: "Prisoner"
Nurse Jackie Candace De La Brix 2011 2 episodes
NYC 22 Layla Mislap 2012 Episode: "Schooled"
White Collar Wanda 2013 Episode: "Empire City"
King Bachelor's Pad Herself 2014 Episode: "Obamacare: Healthcare Livin'"
The Millers Vicky 2014 Episode: "Movin' Out: Carol's Song"
The League Teacher 2014 Episode: "Epi Sexy"
Life in Pieces Tanya 2015 Episode: "Burn Vasectomy Milkshake Pong"
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Camp Administrator 2016 Episode: "I'm Back at Camp with Josh!"
Zoe Ever After Pearl 2016 Main role
S.W.A.T Norah 2017 Episode: "Homecoming"
Baskets Ivy 2017–2019 5 episodes
Truth Be Told Cydie Scoville 2019–2020 Main role
One Day at a Time Jill 2017–2020 11 episodes
Schooled Wilma Howell 2019–2020 Joined main cast in season 2
The Goldbergs Professor Howell 2021 Episode: "Bevy's Big Murder Mystery Party"
Murderville Chief Rhonda Jenkins-Seattle 2022 6 episodes
Hello Tomorrow! Shirley Stedman 2023 10 episodes
Drag Me to Dinner Herself / Judge 2023 Hulu original[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Haneefah Wood | TV Guide". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2020-05-13.
  2. ^ Rice, Lynette (May 1, 2023). "'Drag Me To Dinner': Hulu Announces Premiere Date For Unscripted Series From Neil Patrick Harris, David Burtka". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 2, 2023.