Markina Brown
Acting
Biography
Markina DeShawn Brown is an American actress and former TV News meteorologist. As a child, she spent more than 15 years heavily training and competing in acrobatic gymnastics. She worked in several cities including New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Atlanta as a TV news meteorologist, but in 2013 decided that her heart was in acting. She has starred in various projects including American Skin (2019) alongside Nate Parker, Omari Harwick, and Beau Knapp., which won Best Film in the Sconfini Section at the Venice International Film Festival in 2019. She had a recurring guest star roles on seasons 7 and 8 in Tyler Perry's The Haves and The Have Nots (2020). She's had roles in the film Peppermint (2018) starring Jennifer Garner, the hit TV series Mr. Mercedes (2017) and the Ang Lee directed film Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (2016).
Known For
A Los Angeles S.W.A.T. sergeant is assigned to lead a highly skilled unit in the community where he grew up. Torn between loyalty to the streets, where the cops are sometimes the enemy, and allegiance to his brothers in blue, he strategically straddles the two worlds.
S.W.A.T.
A relentless LAPD cop becomes obsessed with taking down the master thief behind a string of daring heists — and only one can come out on top.
Nemesis
A demented serial killer taunts a retired police detective with a series of lurid letters and emails, forcing the ex-cop to undertake a private, and potentially felonious, crusade to bring the killer to justice before he can strike again.
Mr. Mercedes
This series examines the gruesome and horrific true crimes of Jeffrey Dahmer and the systemic failures that enabled one of America’s most notorious serial killers to continue his murderous spree in plain sight for over a decade.
DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
Willis Wu, a background character trapped in a police procedural, tries to find his way into the larger story–and along the way discovers secrets about the strange world he inhabits and his family's buried history.
Interior Chinatown
Trapped in a high-security safe house after a terrorist attack in downtown Los Angeles, six government agents realize they must survive not just the enemy outside, but the potential traitor among them.
Safe House
A grieving mother transforms herself into a vigilante following the murders of her husband and daughter, eluding the authorities to deliver her own personal brand of justice.
Peppermint
19-year-old Billy Lynn is brought home for a victory tour after a harrowing Iraq battle. Through flashbacks the film shows what really happened to his squad – contrasting the realities of war with America's perceptions.
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
A Marine veteran working as a school janitor tries to mend his relationship with his son after a divorce. When his son is killed by a police officer found innocent without standing trial, he takes matters into his own hands.
American Skin
Peter is approaching 30 and still trying to navigate modern online dating culture. After a whimsical, romantic evening with a mysterious young woman ends with him waking up alone, Peter tries to put the night behind him by turning to a mythically effective dating site guaranteed to find his perfect match. But with each date from the site, Peter notices strange similarities between each woman and that first amazing date. As he learns the truth about their connection, he'll discover a whole new world of people and experiences that will make him question the nature of identity, attraction, and love.
The Way You Look Tonight
Sally feels disconnected from life until she is convinced by her psychiatrist and her friends that dating is the answer.