Born in England of Jamaican parents, Michael received her earliest education and what she considers her most formative years abroad. At the age of ten she migrated to the United States with her mother and two siblings. Living in Maryland and later Washington, DC, Michael slowly adjusted to the American way of life. She went on to study acting at Howard University for her undergraduate degree and continued at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts for her Masters. Before Michael's work in film and television she enjoyed memorable performances on stages throughout the country.
Known For
Credits
Cast Credits
The Last Thing He Told Me (2023)
Guest starring as Maris Anderson
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x05: The Never Dry (May 5, 2023)
- Episode 1x04: Witness to Your Life (Apr 28, 2023)
Snowfall (2017)
Starring as Sharon "Cissy" Saint
(51 episodes)
- Episode 6x10: The Struggle (Apr 19, 2023)
- Episode 6x09: Sacrifice (Apr 12, 2023)
- Episode 6x08: Ballad of the Bear (Apr 5, 2023)
- Episode 6x07: Charnel House (Mar 29, 2023)
- Episode 6x06: Concrete Jungle (Mar 22, 2023)
- Episode 6x05: Ebony and Ivory (Mar 15, 2023)
- Episode 6x04: Projects Boy (Mar 8, 2023)
- Episode 6x03: Door of No Return (Mar 1, 2023)
- Episode 6x02: The Sit Down (Feb 22, 2023)
- Episode 6x01: Fallout (Feb 22, 2023)
- Episode 5x10: Fault Lines (Apr 20, 2022)
- Episode 5x09: Departures (Apr 13, 2022)
- Episode 5x08: Celebration (Apr 6, 2022)
- Episode 5x07: Lying in a Hammock (Mar 30, 2022)
- Episode 5x06: The Iliad (2) (Mar 23, 2022)
- Episode 5x05: The Iliad (1) (Mar 16, 2022)
- Episode 5x04: Revolutions (Mar 9, 2022)
- Episode 4x10: Fight or Flight (Apr 21, 2021)
- Episode 4x09: Sleeping Dogs (Apr 14, 2021)
- Episode 4x08: Betrayal (Apr 7, 2021)
- Episode 4x07: Through a Glass, Darkly (Mar 31, 2021)
- Episode 4x06: Say a Little Prayer (Mar 24, 2021)
- Episode 4x05: The Get Back (Mar 17, 2021)
- Episode 4x04: Expansion (Mar 10, 2021)
- Episode 4x03: All the Way Down (Mar 3, 2021)
- Episode 4x02: Weight (Feb 24, 2021)
- Episode 4x01: Re-Entry (Feb 24, 2021)
- Episode 3x10: Other Lives (Sep 11, 2019)
- Episode 3x09: Blackout (Sep 4, 2019)
- Episode 3x08: Hedgehogs (Aug 28, 2019)
- Episode 3x07: Pocket Full of Rocks (Aug 21, 2019)
- Episode 3x06: Confessions (Aug 14, 2019)
- Episode 3x05: The Bottoms (Aug 7, 2019)
- Episode 3x04: The Game That Moves as You Play (Jul 31, 2019)
- Episode 3x02: The More You Make (Jul 17, 2019)
- Episode 3x01: Protect and Swerve (Jul 10, 2019)
- Episode 2x10: Education (Sep 20, 2018)
- Episode 2x09: Aftermath (Sep 13, 2018)
- Episode 2x08: Surrender (Sep 6, 2018)
- Episode 2x07: The World is Yours (Aug 30, 2018)
- Episode 2x05: Serpiente (Aug 16, 2018)
- Episode 2x04: Jingle Bell Rock (Aug 9, 2018)
- Episode 2x02: The Day (Jul 26, 2018)
- Episode 1x10: The Rubicon (Sep 6, 2017)
- Episode 1x09: Story of a Scar (Aug 30, 2017)
- Episode 1x07: Cracking (Aug 16, 2017)
- Episode 1x06: A Long Time Coming (Aug 9, 2017)
- Episode 1x05: seven-four (Aug 2, 2017)
- Episode 1x03: Slow Hand (Jul 19, 2017)
- Episode 1x02: Make Them Birds Fly (Jul 12, 2017)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Jul 5, 2017)
Crunch Time (2016)
Starring as Mullins
(6 episodes)
- Episode 1x06: The Moruga (Oct 16, 2016)
- Episode 1x05: The Party of the Century (Oct 9, 2016)
- Episode 1x04: The Big Sleep (Sep 25, 2016)
- Episode 1x03: The Business (Sep 18, 2016)
- Episode 1x02: The Brain Frame (Sep 11, 2016)
- Episode 1x01: The Beginning (Sep 11, 2016)
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2015)
Guest starring as Dr. Akopian
(15 episodes)
- Episode 4x17: I'm in Love (Apr 5, 2019)
- Episode 4x16: I Have a Date Tonight (Mar 29, 2019)
- Episode 4x13: I Have to Get Out (Feb 8, 2019)
- Episode 4x12: I Need a Break (Feb 1, 2019)
- Episode 4x05: I'm So Happy for You (Nov 9, 2018)
- Episode 4x03: I'm On My Own Path (Oct 26, 2018)
- Episode 4x02: I Am Ashamed (Oct 19, 2018)
- Episode 3x11: Nathaniel and I Are Just Friends! (Feb 2, 2018)
- Episode 3x06: Josh Is Irrelevant (Nov 17, 2017)
- Episode 2x13: Can Josh Take a Leap of Faith? (Feb 3, 2017)
- Episode 2x10: Will Scarsdale Like Josh's Shayna Punim? (Jan 13, 2017)
- Episode 2x03: All Signs Point to Josh... Or Is It Josh's Friend? (Nov 4, 2016)
- Episode 1x15: Josh Has No Idea Where I Am! (Mar 21, 2016)
- Episode 1x14: Josh Is Going to Hawaii! (Mar 7, 2016)
- Episode 1x07: I'm So Happy That Josh Is So Happy! (Nov 23, 2015)
Guest starring as Michael Hyatt
- Episode 4x18: Yes, It's Really Us Singing: The 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend' Concert Special! (Apr 5, 2019)
How to Get Away with Murder (2014)
Guest starring as Camila
- Episode 3x05: It's About Frank (Oct 20, 2016)
True Detective (2014)
Guest starring as Katherine Davis
(5 episodes)
- Episode 2x07: Black Maps and Motel Rooms (Aug 2, 2015)
- Episode 2x06: Church in Ruins (Jul 26, 2015)
- Episode 2x05: Other Lives (Jul 19, 2015)
- Episode 2x03: Maybe Tomorrow (Jul 5, 2015)
- Episode 2x02: Night Finds You (Jun 28, 2015)
Ray Donovan (2013)
Guest starring as Detective Sheila Muncie
(6 episodes)
- Episode 4x03: Little Bill Primm's Big Green Horseshoe (Jul 10, 2016)
- Episode 4x02: Marisol (Jul 3, 2016)
- Episode 4x01: Girl With Guitar (Jun 26, 2016)
- Episode 3x10: One Night in Yerevan (Sep 13, 2015)
- Episode 3x09: The Octopus (Sep 6, 2015)
- Episode 3x08: Tulip (Aug 30, 2015)
Franklin & Bash (2011)
Guest starring as Judge Elizabeth Sheffield
(3 episodes)
- Episode 4x03: Love is the Drug (Aug 27, 2014)
- Episode 3x08: Out of the Blue (Jul 31, 2013)
- Episode 2x05: L'Affaire Du Coeur (Jul 3, 2012)
NCIS: Los Angeles (2009)
Guest starring as FBI Assistant Director
- Episode 3x20: Patriot Acts (Apr 10, 2012)
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008)
Guest starring as Dr. Barbara Morris
- Episode 2x13: Earthlings Welcome Here (Dec 15, 2008)
The Big Bang Theory (2007)
Guest starring as Charlotte
- Episode 2x11: The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis (Dec 15, 2008)
Drive (2007)
Guest starring as Susan Chamblee
(3 episodes)
- Episode 1x04: No Turning Back (Apr 23, 2007)
- Episode 1x02: Partners (Apr 13, 2007)
- Episode 1x01: The Starting Line (Apr 13, 2007)
Dexter (2006)
Guest starring as Pre-school Admissions Director
- Episode 6x01: Those Kinds of Things (Oct 2, 2011)
E-Ring (2005)
Guest starring as Agent Kathryn Thompson
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x08: Cemetery Wind (2) (Nov 9, 2005)
- Episode 1x07: Cemetery Wind (1) (Nov 2, 2005)
Bones (2005)
Guest starring as Sheriff Tina Mullins
- Episode 4x24: The Beaver in the Otter (Apr 30, 2009)
Grey's Anatomy (2005)
Guest starring as Mariann Davidson
- Episode 2x12: Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer (Dec 11, 2005)
Veronica Mars (2004)
Guest starring as Woman's Studies Professor
- Episode 2x10: One Angry Veronica (Dec 7, 2005)
The Wire (2002)
Guest starring as Brianna Barksdale
(12 episodes)
- Episode 4x06: Margin of Error (Oct 15, 2006)
- Episode 3x12: Mission Accomplished (Dec 19, 2004)
- Episode 3x09: Slapstick (Nov 21, 2004)
- Episode 3x08: Moral Midgetry (Nov 14, 2004)
- Episode 3x06: Homecoming (Oct 31, 2004)
- Episode 3x05: Straight and True (Oct 17, 2004)
- Episode 2x09: Stray Rounds (Aug 3, 2003)
- Episode 2x07: Backwash (Jul 13, 2003)
- Episode 2x06: All Prologue (Jul 6, 2003)
- Episode 2x02: Collateral Damage (Jun 8, 2003)
- Episode 1x13: Sentencing (Sep 8, 2002)
- Episode 1x12: Cleaning Up (Sep 1, 2002)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)
Guest starring as Jolene Newman
- Episode 13x07: Fallen Angels (Nov 14, 2012)
The West Wing (1999)
Guest starring as Angela Blake
(6 episodes)
- Episode 5x11: The Benign Prerogative (Jan 14, 2004)
- Episode 5x10: The Stormy Present (Jan 7, 2004)
- Episode 5x08: Shutdown (Nov 19, 2003)
- Episode 5x07: Separation of Powers (Nov 12, 2003)
- Episode 5x06: Disaster Relief (Nov 5, 2003)
- Episode 5x02: The Dogs of War (Oct 1, 2003)
Ally McBeal (1997)
Guest starring as Stage Manager
- Episode 5x20: What I'll Never Do for Love Again (May 6, 2002)