Karen Ceesay
Acting
Biography
Karen Ceesay is an actor, writer & producer based in Atlanta, Georgia. She is best known for her roles as Mrs. Sinclair on Stranger Things, Nadine on Greenleaf, and Bertie from the Hilltop on AMC's The Walking Dead. Other television credits include Black Lightning and The Gifted.
Born: August 15, 1970
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Known For
Stranger Things
When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces, and one strange little girl.
The Walking Dead
Sheriff's deputy Rick Grimes awakens from a coma to find a post-apocalyptic world dominated by flesh-eating zombies. He sets out to find his family and encounters many other survivors along the way.
One Tree Hill
In Tree Hill, North Carolina two half brothers share a last name and nothing else. Brooding, blue-collar Lucas is a talented street-side basketball player, but his skills are appreciated only by his friends at the river court. Popular, affluent Nathan basks in the hero-worship of the town, as the star of his high school team. And both boys are the son of former college ball player Dan Scott whose long ago choice to abandon Lucas and his mother Karen, will haunt him long into his life with wife Deb and their son Nathan.
The Gifted
A suburban couple's ordinary lives are rocked by the sudden discovery that their children possess mutant powers. Forced to go on the run from a hostile government, the family joins up with an underground network of mutants and must fight to survive.
Army Wives
Army Wives is an American drama series that follows the lives of four army wives, one army husband, and their families.
Resurrection
The people of Arcadia, Missouri are forever changed when their deceased loved ones suddenly start to reappear.
Greenleaf
The unscrupulous world of the Greenleaf family and their sprawling Memphis megachurch, where scandalous secrets and lies are as numerous as the faithful. Born of the church, the Greenleaf family love and care for each other, but beneath the surface lies a den of iniquity—greed, adultery, sibling rivalry and conflicting values—that threatens to tear apart the very core of their faith that holds them together.
Trouble with the Curve
Slowed by age and failing eyesight, crack baseball scout Gus Lobel takes his grown daughter along as he checks out the final prospect of his career. Along the way, the two renew their bond, and she catches the eye of a young player-turned-scout.
Young Rock
As Dwayne Johnson runs for president in 2032, he takes a comedic look back at his extraordinary life through the outrageous stories of his family and youth that shaped him into the man he is today. He explores his childhood years living amid influential wrestling icons while his dad rose to fame in the business, his rebellious teenage years attending high school in Pennsylvania, and his football years teamed up with powerhouse players at the University of Miami. In his telling, Johnson explains that while his experiences have been larger than life, he remains a down-to-earth guy who still relates to the American people.
Black Lightning
Jefferson Pierce is a man wrestling with a secret. As the father of two daughters and principal of a charter high school that also serves as a safe haven for young people in a New Orleans neighborhood overrun by gang violence, he is a hero to his community.
Filmography
as Sharon
as Evelyn Green
as Superintendent Broward
as Veretta Henderson
as Veretta
as Gina
as Mrs. Sinclair
as Nadine Gaertner
as Nurse
as Female Interviewer
as Carol (uncredited)
as Bertie
as Jessica
as Receptionist