[4] As a child, she attended dance classes and studied voice and classical piano at the Young Musicians Program at UC Berkeley.

A Davis’ autobiographical play Angela’s Mixtape tells the story of her upbringing in the Bay Area and the impact of her family’s politics on her childhood.

Davis earned her Master of Fine Arts from the Actors Studio at the New School for Social Research, where she double majored in playwriting and acting.

[8] Davis began working as a professional actress at the age of 10 with appearances on a local television show, then acted in plays, industrials and films throughout high school and college.

[9] After graduate school, Davis continued to work as an actor in television and film, with roles in The Wire and Soul Food.

[3] Davis starred as Addie Pickett, nurse and receptionist at Bluebell, Alabama's local medical practice in The CW's series Hart of Dixie, a fish-out-of-water story about a New York City doctor (Rachel Bilson) adjusting to life in a small Southern town after she inherits a local medical practice.

[7] While continuing to write and act in plays, Davis became more known with roles on House of Cards and Mare of Easttown and Kindred.

[1] Davis also narrated the role of Celestial Davenport Hamilton in the audiobook version of An American Marriage by Tayari Jones.