Davetta Sherwood

Davetta Sherwood
Birth name Davetta Sherwood
Born January 27, 1984
Mount Vernon, New York, U.S.
Origin Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation(s) Actress, musician, model
Years active 2000[1]-present

Davetta Sherwood (born January 27, 1984) is an American actress and musician. Sherwood first worked as a child model before venturing into an acting career including appearing in music videos and guest appearances. Her first breakthrough acting role was on the Emmy award-winning soap opera The Young and the Restless, that earned her a nomination for the NAACP Image Award for "Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series". In 2008, she launched her production company, 5 Foot Nuthin Productions.[2]

Biography

Early life

Sherwood was born and raised a devout Roman Catholic[3] and at a young age her parents divorced. Sherwood later began acting at the age of seven and appeared in several school productions throughout middle and high school including A Raisin in the Sun, The Wizard of Oz and Annie.[4]

At the age of 8, Sherwood and her mother left New York for Maryland. Sherwood began to show an interest in acting and her mother took notice. Her mother took on the role of 'momager'[5] and along with Sherwood left Maryland for Inland Empire, California. She attended Pershing Middle School,[6] Valley View High School as well as the prestigious boarding school Northfield Mount Hermon School during the summer.[6]

In 2002, Sherwood enrolled in a program at University of California, Riverside so she could finish high school and start college simultaneously, although she did not finished college.[5] She is represented by the Williams Talent Agency.[7] She owns an entertainment and event company, Liaison Inc.,[8] which, with the help of a business partner in Atlanta, Georgia, is responsible for producing and coordinating entertainment-oriented events, like the after-party and fashion show for Miami's "Swim Week".[8]

Acting career

Sherwood started her career in show business as a child print model for companies such as Sears and Atlantic City.[2] At the age of 15, she wrote, cast, directed and produced Davetta Sherwood's First Annual Variety Art show. The charity event raised the most in a single night in her high school's history and funded new art and stage equipment.[2]

Sherwood later began taking acting lessons and landed a guest role on the TV sitcom My Wife and Kids. In 2003, she was cast in the short lived series Platinum as the feisty Jade Rhames alongside Sticky Fingaz and Jason George. The show was also written by Sophia Coppola and was about two brothers who ran a hip hop record label, it was canceled and only aired six episodes. During 2003, Sherwood guest starred on Boston Public, in which she played Dina Fallow. In 2005, she featured in two films as Tosha Cooper in Back in the Day alongside Tatyana Ali and as Patty in the horror film Venom also starring Agnes Bruckner and Jonathan Jackson. Venom however, was received harshly by critics some dubbing it as "Crappy horror movie" by Entertainment Weekly.[9] She guest starred on The Bernie Mac Show as Sherri in the episode Jack and Jacqueline.

In 2006, Sherwood was cast as Lily Winters on The Young and the Restless.[10] In late September 2006, Soap Central reported that Sherwood had been dropped and that the role of Lily would again be played by Khalil. Sherwood was also nominated for a NAACP Image Award for "Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series", in 2007.[11]

In 2007, Sherwood debuted on stage in the play The Divorce and later starred in the play Pleasant ville, both of which were written by her friend and production manager Chris Mykel Dabney. In April 2007, it was announced that Sherwood would be in the independent film H.N.I.C., which rapper Prodigy would produce.[12] In early 2008, Davetta starred in the independent film A Talent for Trouble as Jessica. In 2008, Sherwood launched her own production company, 5 Foot Nuthin Productions, which, in conjunction with YAV Productions, produced a series of television shows and films intended to start airing in the fall of 2009. Sherwood is currently in the process of writing, producing, and directing her own stage play, Exactly Different.[13] Other projects include The Yes We Will Project, Bounce, and Pleasantville.[13]

In 2013, she starred in Boiling Pot, which is based on true events of racism that occurred on college campuses across the country during the 2008 Presidential election. The film, written and directed by the Ashmawey brothers under AshmaweyFilms, also stars Academy Award winner Louis Gossett Jr., Danielle Fishel, Keith David, M. Emmet Walsh, and John Heard. Sherwood plays the president of the Black Student Union, struggling to use the system in place to fight the racist events happening on her campus. Boiling Pot was set for release in 2014.

Music career

Sherwood has appeared in music videos such as Vitamin C's video "Graduation (Friends Forever)",[4] according to a radio interview Sherwood did, she said that Vitamin C picked her for the video because she reminded her of Vitamin C's best friend. She was also in Bow Wow's video My Baby as his love interest Kim,[4] and Lil J's video It's the Weekend.[4]

Davetta Sherwood announced on her Myspace that she'll be recording her demo songs and should expect details from her when the songs are ready.[3] The lyrics will be from her poetry book that she's been writing for almost three years and will have soul and alternative styles.[3] She will also be writing songs for her stage play Exactly Different.[13]

Personal life

Sherwood expressed a strong liking to indie rock, old school hip hop and neo soul. She also cites on her Myspace the Canadian rock band Hot Hot Heat as her favorite indie rock band.[3] Sherwood is good friends with Monique Coleman, Erica Hubbard, Kimberly Kevon Williams,[14] as well as former Y&R co-star Victoria Rowell.

She has been raising her two-year-old nephew, Bryce, for the last year and a half.[15]

Filmography

Films

Year Title Role Notes
2005 Back in the Day Tosha Cooper Supporting role
Venom Patty Miramax/Dimension
2008 A Talent For Trouble Jessica Supporting Lead
2009 H.N.I.C[12] TBA Supporting role
2011 The Thing Davida Morris filming
2012 The Love Section Sandrine Darden Main Character
2013 Boiling Pot Rose Torrance filming

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2003 Platinum Jade Rhames Regular
2006The Young and the Restless Lily Winters (#2) 120 episodes

Guest Appearances

Year Title Role Notes
2003 My Wife and Kids Unknown Brief appearance
2003–2004Boston Public Dina Fallow Two episodes
2005The Bernie Mac Show Sherri One episode, Jack & Jacqueline
2006Soap Talk Herself One episode
200990210 Sasha's Friend Cameo

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Motive Result
2007 NAACP Image Award "Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series" The Young and the Restless Nominated[11]

Discography

Soundtrack
Music videos
Year Title Role Notes
2000 Graduation (Friends Forever) Lynn[6] Plays Vitamin C's best friend
2002 It's the Weekend Sheryl[6] Lead
2003 My Baby Kim[6] Lead

References

  1. ↑ She first appeared on Vitamin C's video Graduation (Friends Forever), in 2000
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Davetta Sherwood Profile". Retrieved 2008-12-22.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Davetta Sherwood - Los Angeles, California". Retrieved 2008-12-27.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Davetta Sherwood (ex-Lily Winters) Bio". Archived from the original on 2008-04-10. Retrieved 2008-05-27.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Rabinowitz, Naomi (October-3). "Sherwood Fairest". Soap Opera Digest. pp. 48–50. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 "Davetta Sherwood Resume". Retrieved 2008-12-12.
  7. ↑ "Williams Talent Agency". Retrieved 2008-12-12.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 McElwain, Julie (2006). "Girl Power". Soap In Depth. pp. 52–55.
  9. ↑ "Venom | Movie Review | Entertainment Weekly". 2005-09-21. Retrieved 2008-12-05.
  10. ↑ "Meet Davetta Sherwood". Retrieved 2009-02-09.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Davetta Sherwood Awards". Retrieved 2008-12-25.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Hip Hop Press: Releases: Infamous Films Announces H.N.I.C. Feature ...". Retrieved 2008-12-05.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 "5 Foot Nuthin Productions' Projects". Retrieved 2008-12-22.
  14. ↑ "Davetta Sherwood and her gal pals, Monique Coleman, Erica Hubbard and Kimberly Kevon Williams". Retrieved 2008-12-12.
  15. ↑ "Hustle and Flow". Soap Opera Digest. August 12, 2013. p. 61.

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