Rutina Wesley
Birthday
1978/12/21 (46 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Also know as
روتینا وسلی
Biography
Rutina Wesley (born February 1, 1979) is an American film, stage, and television actress best known for her role as Tara Thornton on the HBO series True Blood and Nova Bordelon on OWN’s Queen Sugar. Wesley was born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada. Her father, Ivery Wheeler, is a professional tap dancer, and her mother, Cassandra Wesley, was a showgirl. She attended high school at the Las Vegas Academy of International Studies, Performing and Visual Arts. She studied dance at Simba Studios and ...Read more
Acting
(2008) How She Move
as Raya Green
(2015) California Winter
as Marcy Sanchez
(2017) Last Looks
as Sister
(2014) 13 Sins
as Shelby
(2015) The Perfect Guy
as Alicia
(2014) Last Weekend
as Nora Finley-Perkins
(2015) Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon
as Self
(2019) Stucco
as Officer
(2014) True Blood. A Farewell to Bon Temps
as Self
(2022) Outsiders
as Ramila
(2025) Red Clay
as ---
(2008) True Blood
as Tara Thornton
(2009) The Cleveland Show
as ---
(2012) Arrow
as Liza Warner
(2013) Hannibal
as Reba McClane
(2016) Queen Sugar
as Nova Bordelon
(2011) Halloween Wars
as Self - Guest Judge
(2010) The Walking Dead
as Jocelyn
(2023) The Last of Us
as Maria
(2022) Monster High
as Venus McFlytrap (voice)
(2005) Numb3rs
as Sarah / Jenny Calandro