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DETECTIVE LIZ WINTERS Played By Deidrie Henry

DETECTIVE LIZ WINTERS

Played By Deidrie Henry

Actor Bio

Deidrie Henry stars as Detective Liz Winters on NBC's gripping new drama "Game of Silence."

Henry's additional television credits include "The Riches," "Criminal Minds," "Justified," "Glee" and "CSI." This past year she appeared in the films "Beyond the Lights" and "Beautiful Boy."

Henry is best known as an award-winning stage actress. Recent appearances in Los Angeles include "A Raisin in the Sun" (Center Theatre Group), "Parade" (Center Theatre Group), "Coming Home" (Fountain Theatre), "Small Tragedy" (The Odyssey Theatre) and "Yellowman" (Fountain Theatre), a performance for which she was tapped as best actress by the NAACP, Ovation Award, Backstage Garland Award and the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award.

Her regional credits include "American Night: The Ballad of Juan José" (Yale Repertory Theatre), "Ballad of Emmett Till" (Goodman Theatre), "Yellowman" (Berkeley Repertory Theatre) and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival for four seasons appearing as Rosalind in "As You Like It," Irina in "Three Sisters," Susie in "Wit," Ophelia in "Hamlet" and Vera Dotson in "Seven Guitars," among others.

Other theater credits include "Closer" at Portland Center Stage, "Blues for an Alabama Sky" at Alliance Theatre, Hartford Stage, Arena Stage and Boston's Huntington Theatre. Henry was nominated for a Helen Hayes Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in "Blues for an Alabama Sky" and received a Backstage Bistro Award (New York) for Outstanding Vocalist and Cabaret Debut for her cabaret "What a Day for a Daydream."

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