Marlyne Nayokah Afflack (born September 13, 1978 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American

United States

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 actress best known her role as Nerese Campbell on The Wire

The Wire (TV series)

The Wire is an American television drama series set and produced in and around Baltimore, Maryland. Created and primarily written by author and former police reporter David Simon, the series was broadcast by the premium cable network HBO in the United States...

. She also played an attorney in the FX drama Damages

Damages (TV series)

Damages is an American television drama series created by the writing and production trio of Daniel Zelman and brothers Glenn and Todd A. Kessler . It is broadcast in the United States on the DirecTV channel Audience Network after originally airing on FX and is produced by the creators' own...

and Thomasina, the efficient palace secretary and aide-de-camp, on the NBC series Kings

Kings (U.S. TV series)

Kings is an American television drama series which aired on NBC. The series' narrative is loosely based on the Biblical story of King David, but set in a kingdom that culturally and technologically resembles the present-day United States....

. She is of Haitian descent and also lived in Montreal

Montreal

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where she was a VJ for Musique Plus.

Filmography

• "Law & Order", Attorney Bocanegra (3 episodes, 2005–2008).
• "Kings", Thomasina (11 episodes, 2009)
• "Off the Black", Nancy (2006)
• "Conviction" (1 episode, 2006)
• "Rescue Me", Coma Boy's Mom (2 episodes, 2005)
• "Law & Order", Diane Harris (1 episode, 2005)
• "Hitch", Stephanie (2005)
• "The Jury", Faith Ward (1 episode, 2004)
• "Love, Sex and Eating the Bones, Jasmine LeJeune (2003)
• "Good Fences", Tina (2003)
• "Heist", Young Woman with Blane (2001) - aka Le vol (Canada: French title)
• "Hidden Agenda", Airport Stewardess (2001) - aka Double agenda (Canada: French title)
• "The Growing Pains Movie, Jody (2001)
• "Angelique", Angelique (1999)
• "Platinum, Herself at the Cocktail (1997)

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