10 Facts About Nicole Beharie

1.

When Beharie was little, her father was in the United States Foreign Service, so she grew up in the United Kingdom, Jamaica, Nigeria and Panama.

2.

Nicole Beharie was then accepted into Juilliard School, one of the most prestigious performing arts conservatories in the United States.

3.

Nicole Beharie was awarded a Shakespeare scholarship and trained in England.

4.

Nicole Beharie made her feature film debut in the 2008 film American Violet, where she played the leading role.

5.

In 2011, Nicole Beharie performed five original songs as a singer-songwriter opposite German actor Ken Duken in the romantic drama My Last Day Without You.

6.

Nicole Beharie played Marianne in the Steve McQueen film Shame, portraying a love interest of Michael Fassbender.

7.

In 2013, Nicole Beharie starred as Rachel Robinson, wife of Jackie Robinson, in the historical baseball feature 42.

Related searches
Michael Fassbender
8.

In Spring 2016, Nicole Beharie departed the series, with her character dying in the series' third-season finale, the episode entitled "Ragnarok", which was aired April 8,2016.

9.

Nicole Beharie later stated that an autoimmune disease was one of the causes of her exit and revealed that she struggled to find work and was labelled as problematic after her departure from the show.

10.

In 2015, Nicole Beharie posed for the May issue of Allure magazine.