Jerrika Hinton

Jerrika Hinton is an American actress who grew up in Oak Cliff, Dallas and studied theater at Southern Methodist University, graduating with honors in 2002. She started out in stage productions before moving to the screen, with her first film role coming in the independent drama Rain in 2006. Guest spots followed on Gilmore Girls, Everybody Hates Chris, Zoey 101, Ghost Whisperer, Gossip Girl, Lie to Me, Bones and Scandal. Her other films include Broken Angel, The Roommate (2011) and the Ion Television movie A Christmas Kiss (2011). She is best known as Dr. Stephanie Edwards on the ABC medical drama Grey's Anatomy, a role she took on in 2012 and played as a series regular. She later led the pilot Toast and appeared opposite Holly Hunter in the HBO drama Here and Now, and also played Natalie Gorman in Servant and Millie Morris in Hunters.