Bean co-starred in the series Paradise Lost and the film Unexpected.
[2] She first became interested in acting in a drama class she took while she was a student at Stephenson High School.
Bean received her bachelor's degree from Valdosta State University, where she joined the sorority Delta Sigma Theta.
[5] Bean went on to appear in television series including Insecure, Love in the Time of Corona, Detroiters, Chicago P.D., Grey's Anatomy, and Paradise Lost.
[6][7][8][9][5] She gained wider notoriety in 2018 as a main cast member on Snowfall, where she portrays Wanda Bell, a young woman who dates a drug dealer and later struggles with addiction.