NICKI MICHEAUX

Growing up in the suburbs of Houston, Texas, Micheaux always had an affinity for the stage, longing to attend the New York City High School for the Performing Arts after watching the iconic film, FAME. However chronic asthma made it necessary to move to the drier climate of Phoenix, AZ. The move proved to be short lived, but her time there was invaluable to her growth as a performer, participating in many different theater activities and even joining her high school cheer squad. After high school, she headed to the University of Colorado to pursue a pre-med degree but she found that once again, the theater pulled her in a different direction and she staged a production of Ntozake Shange’s acclaimed “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf” in Denver in the 1990’s.

Nicki Micheaux is known for her role as Jennifer ‘Jenn’ Sutton in the ABC Family drama series Lincoln Heights (2007–2009), for which she received two NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series nominations. Micheaux began her career appearing in supporting film roles and playing guest-starring parts on television shows include ER, Any Day Now and City of Angels. From 2001 to 2002, she had the recurring role on the Showtime drama series Soul Food. She later had the recurring roles on HBO drama Six Feet Under as Karla Charles and FX crime drama The Shield as Trish George. In film, Micheaux has appeared in Sweet Jane, Ringmaster (1998), The Trials of Cate McCall(2013) and The Pact 2 (2014). She also co-starred opposite Halle Berry in the 2005 television film Their Eyes Were Watching God. From 2007 to 2009, Micheaux played Jennifer ‘Jenn’ Sutton in the ABC Family drama series Lincoln Heights. She received two NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series nominations for her role on series.[3] She also guest-starred on Brothers & Sisters, Castle and The Mentalist. In 2016, Micheaux was cast in a recurring role in the TNT drama series Animal.