Afton Williamson
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About
Star of the ABC police procedural The Rookie in the role of Police Officer Talia Bishop who was later cast in the 2019 Netflix film Otherhood as Julia. She had also starred in HBO's limited series The Night Of as Officer Wiggins.
Before Fame
She graduated from Eastern Michigan University before earning her Master's from the Alabama Shakespeare Festival.
Trivia
She went public saying that she quit The Rookie due to racial discrimination, sexual harassment and assault.
Family Life
She was born in Toledo, Ohio.
Associated With
She was an understudy to Kerry Washington for a 2010 Broadway play called Race. She would succeed Washington for the role of Susan.
