Sophina Brown

Sophina Brown Simmons is an American television actress. She starred as Raina Troy in the CBS legal drama Shark from 2006 to 2008, and later joined the cast of another CBS drama, Numbers, playing Nikki Betancourt from 2008 to 2010. Her last credit is the role of Sarah in the Hulu series Kindred, cancelled in 2022 after eight episodes.

Sophina Brown
Born	Saginaw, Michigan, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Michigan
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2000–present
Spouse	Henry Simmons ​ (m. 2010)​

Career

Brown's first professional appearance was in The National Tour of the musical Fame.^{[citation needed]} She made her Broadway debut in The Lion King.^{[citation needed]} On television, she guest-starred on Law & Order and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, before was cast as regular in the CBS legal drama series Shark opposite James Woods. The series ran from 2006 to 2008. Brown later was cast in the CBS drama series Numbers, wherein she played Nikki Betancourt, a LAPD officer.^[1] She joined the series in 2008 and remained to its finale in 2010.

In early 2010s, Brown had guest-starring roles on television, in Castle, Brothers & Sisters, The Good Wife, and NCIS. From 2013 to 2014, she co-starred in the short-lived ABC Family series Ravenswood.^[2] In 2016, Brown was cast in the pilot of the NBC drama Cruel Intentions, based on the 1999 film of same title, which did not go to air.^[3][4] As of 2021, Sophina Brown is starring on the BET series Twenties by Lena Waithe. She most recently starred in the FX series Kindred, adapted from the celebrated novel by Hugo Award-winner Octavia E. Butler.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

Brown was born in Saginaw, Michigan. She has a BFA in Theatre Performance from the University of Michigan.^{[1][independent source needed]}

Brown married actor and Shark co-star Henry Simmons in May 2010.^{[5][independent source needed]}