Shalita Grant is a well-known American actress best known for portraying NCIS Special Agent Sonja Percy on NCIS: New Orleans. She is also known for her roles on Mercy Street, You, Santa Clarita Diet, and Search Party.
Shalila originated the role of Cassandra in Christopher Durang’s comedy Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike since the beginning of the show’s development as a one-act play. She performed alongside Sigourney Weaver, David Hyde Pierce, Kristine Nielsen, Genevieve Angelson, and Billy Magnussen in the world-premiere at the McCarter Theatre Center in Princeton, NJ from September to October 2012 before moving to the Lincoln Center Theatre in an off-Broadway run October 2012 to January 2013.
What nationality is Shalita Grant?
Shalita’s nationality is American. She was born on August 28, 1988, in Petersburg, Virginia, USA. She was a student at Appomattox Regional Governor’s School where she studied Arts and Technology for a year. She however took transfer to the Baltimore School for the Arts in Maryland, where she was a YoungArts Winner in Theater and Presidential Scholar in the Arts.
Shatila received a scholarship to attend the Juilliard School at the age of 17, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Art in Drama, in the year 2010. Her earlier theater work includes The Public Theater’s 2010 productions of Measure for Measure, The Winter’s Tale, and The Merchant of Venice.
