| Indigo | |
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| Born | June 25, 1984 Los Angeles |
| Occupation | Actress/Voice actress |
| Years active | 1989–present |
Indigo (born Alyssa Ashley Nichols on June 25, 1984) is an American television and voice actress, best known for her role as Vaneeta on the Showtime series Weeds. She has been billed by her birth name, but for the majority of her career has been credited as Indigo.
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Indigo was born in Los Angeles, CA. and grew up in the West Los Angeles city known as Culver City. She attended both Los Angeles High School and the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts before taking the California High School Proficiency Exam her junior year and receiving her diploma.
Indigo's first major television role was at the age of 11 when she played Julie on the American sitcom Minor Adjustments. Her second recurring role was on the Lifetime series Any Day Now, playing the role of April Gregory. A string of television guest appearances followed on programs such as Crossing Jordan, Chicago Hope, Judging Amy and N.Y.P.D. Blue. In 2002, she was cast as Cheyenne Webb on the drama Boston Public, a role that lasted for six episodes.
This was followed by her role as a Potential Slayer called Rona in 8 episodes of the final season of the program Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Several more guest star roles on shows such as Cold Case, Family Guy and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation followed.
Indigo was a regular character for the first three seasons of the award-winning comedy series Weeds as Vaneeta, Heylia James' daughter.
She was co-nominated with her Weeds castmates for the 2007 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series.
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| Year | Film | Role | Other notes | |
| 1997 | Killer per caso | Girl | Credited as Alyssa A. Nichols | |
| 2000 | Nelly's Bodega | Fatima | Credited as Alyssa Ashley Nichols | |
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
| 1995 | Zooman | Jackie | TV movie; Credited as Alyssa A. Nichols | |
| 1995-1996 | Minor Adjustments | Julie | 5 episodes; Credited as Alyssa A. Nichols | |
| 1996 | Sister, Sister | Agnes | Episode: "Summer Bummer"; Credited as Alyssa A. Nichols | |
| 1998 | Chicago Hope | Cherise Martin | Episode: "McNeil and Pray"; Credited as Alyssa Ashley Nichols | |
| 2000 | Any Day Now | April Gregory | 6 episodes; Credited as Alyssa Ashley Nichols | |
| 2001 | NYPD Blue | Sylvia Dobkin | Episode: "Everyone Into the Poole"; Credited as Alyssa Ashley Nichols | |
| Judging Amy | Girl at Sanctuary House | Episode: "The Right Thing to Do"; Uncredited | ||
| 2002 | Crossing Jordan | Keisha | Episode: "Someone to Count On" | |
| 2002-2003 | Boston Public | Cheyenne Webb | 6 episodes | |
| 2003 | Girlfriends | Red Beans | Episode: "Take This Poem and Call Me in the Morning" | |
| Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Rona | 8 episodes | ||
| 10-8: Officers on Duty | Tisha Graves | Episode: "Brothers in Arms" | ||
| 2004 | Strong Medicine | Episode: "Bleeding Heart" | ||
| Cold Case | Tyra | Episode: "The Badlands" | ||
| 2005-2007 | Weeds | Vaneeta | 24 episodes | |
| 2005, 2006 | Family Guy | Esther/Gloria the Hippo | Episodes: "Don't Make Me Over" Esther (voice) "Petarded" Esther (voice) "Hell Comes to Quahog" Gloria the Hippo (voice) |
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| 2006 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Cha Cha Romero | Episode: "Fannysmackin'" | |
| 2007 | State of Mind | Charisma | Episode: "Lost & Found" | |
| Journeyman | Emily | Episode: "Emily" | ||
| 2009 | Curious George | Vinny | Episodes: "Ski Monkey/George the Grocer", "Curious George, Personal Trainer/Sprout Outing" | |
| 2011 | Treme | A.D.A. Brigitte Baron | Episodes: "Can I Change My Mind?", "What is New Orleans?", "Do Watcha Wanna" | |
| Memphis Beat | Devon | Episode: "Body of Evidence" | ||
| Burn Notice | Dolly | Episode: "Breaking Point" | ||
| Weather Wars | Chloe | TV movie | ||
| 2012 | Common Law | Rozelle | 7 episodes | |