Actor

Markina Brown

Detroit, Michigan, USA

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).

Notable work

8
DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (2022)
as Fresno Reporter #2
6.7
Peppermint (2018)
as TV Newscaster
8
S.W.A.T. (2017)
as Marlina
6
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (2016)
as Reporter
7.1
Mr. Mercedes (2017)
as Weather Girl

Often works with

Annie Ilonzeh
2 titles together
Peppermint, S.W.A.T.
Beau Knapp
2 titles together
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, American Skin

Full filmography · 11

Safe House
as News Reporter
20256.4
10 Things About Sally
as Brenda
2024
American Skin
as News Anchor
20197
The Way You Look Tonight
as Leshy [Bar]
2019
Peppermint
as TV Newscaster
20186.7
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
as Reporter
20166