Rutina Wesley is an actor best known for her roles as Tara Thornton on the HBO television series True Blood (2008-2014) and Nova Bordelon on the OWN television series Queen Sugar (2016-2020).
After starring in the 2007 movie How She Move, she was cast as Tara Thornton in the HBO series True Blood. Creator Alan Ball says that he cast her because
Other actresses played it for laughs, like something on the CW, but Rutina was the first person who showed her vulnerable side.
She has since appeared in the NBC show Hannibal (2013-2015) and in the fourth season of The CW's Arrow (2012-2020).
In 2016, Wesley was cast as lead character in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series Queen Sugar, produced by Ava DuVernay and Oprah Winfrey.
Wesley was married to her former Julliard classmate Jacob Fishel from 2005 to 2013. In 2017, she made a series of Instagram posts declaring her love for Shonda, a chef from New Orleans.[1]