Hannah Rose Hodson (born September 10, 1991) is an American actress, journalist, and poet. Autostraddle Retrieved July 31, 2016 She played Shameika Wallace in the

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television film ''

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'' (2006), Camille Hawthorne on the TNT medical drama series ''

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'' (2009–2011), Becca in the science fiction film ''

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'' (2015), and Lorna on the

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dark comedy series ''

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'' (2015).

Early life

Hodson was born in

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, and her family moved to

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, when she was 2 years old.

Career

Hodson got her start in a

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commercial directed by

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, who later cast her in his short film "Jesus Children of America," which premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2005. She also starred in the TNT film special ''

'' as Shameika, for which she won a Young Artist's Award in 2007. She played Camille Hawthorne, daughter of

Jada Pinkett-Smith Jada Koren Pinkett Smith (; née Pinkett; born September 18, 1971) is an American actress and talk show host. She is co-host of the Facebook Watch talk show ''Red Table Talk'', for which she has received a Daytime Emmy Award. ''Time'' named ...

's character Christina, in the 2009 TNT television drama series ''

''.

Personal life

Hodson graduated from

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in 2009. In 2013, she graduated from

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, where she studied theater and black studies.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hodson, Hannah 1991 births Living people American child actresses American television actresses African-American actresses American film actresses 21st-century African-American people 21st-century African-American women