Emayatzy Corinealdi

Biography

Emayatzy Corinealdi is an American actress. She starred in the Ava DuVernay 2012 drama film Middle of Nowhere, for which she won the Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Performer and received an Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead nomination. Corinealdi later starred in the films Miles Ahead (2016) and The Invitation (2015). On television, she played the role of Belle in the 2016 remake of Roots. She also starred in Hand of God (2014, 2017), Ballers (2017, 2019), and The Red Line (2019). In 2022, Corinealdi began starring in the Hulu legal drama series, Reasonable Doubt.