13 Facts About Felicia Pearson

Felicia Pearson played a fictionalized version of herself nicknamed "Snoop" on The Wire and wrote a 2007 memoir, Grace After Midnight, detailing her troubled childhood and time in prison for second-degree murder.

Felicia Pearson was so small that she was fed with an eyedropper until she could be fed normally.

Felicia Pearson's mother was a crack addict, and her father was an armed robber.

Felicia Pearson was a tomboy from a young age and worked as a drug dealer as a teenager.

Felicia Pearson was sentenced to two eight-year terms, to be served consecutively, at the Maryland Correctional Institution for Women in Jessup, Maryland.

Felicia Pearson was released after six and a half years.

Felicia Pearson said her life turned around at the age of eighteen, when Arnold Loney, a local drug dealer who looked out for her and sent her money in prison, was shot and killed.

Felicia Pearson had coined her nickname "Snoop," because she reminded him of Charlie Brown's beagle Snoopy in the comic strip Peanuts.

Felicia Pearson was released in 2000, and landed a local job fabricating car bumpers, but was fired after two weeks when her employer learned she had a prison record.

Felicia Pearson invited her to come to the set one day, and introduced her to the writers and the producers.

Felicia Pearson is featured in the song "It's a Stick Up" with Tony Yayo and Mazaradi Fox, with its music video featuring clips from The Wire.

Felicia Pearson has volunteered as a prison visitor, worked on anti-violence and literacy campaigns for youth, and supported The Stay Strong Foundation.

Felicia Pearson was sentenced to a suspended seven-year prison term, with credit for time served, and given three years of supervised probation.