Nicki Micheaux

Nicki Micheaux is an American actress who became known for her work on the ABC Family drama Lincoln Heights. Born in Detroit, she attended the University of Colorado Boulder and began acting there. She started with supporting film roles and guest spots on ER, Any Day Now, and City of Angels, then had a recurring part on Soul Food and played Karla Charles on Six Feet Under and Trish George on The Shield. Her film work includes Ringmaster (1998), The Trials of Cate McCall, The Pact II (2014), and the 2005 television film Their Eyes Were Watching God, opposite Halle Berry. From 2007 to 2009 she played Jenn Sutton on Lincoln Heights and earned two NAACP Image Award nominations. She later appeared on Animal Kingdom, Colony, S.W.A.T., and Good Trouble, and took the lead in the comedy thriller Lowlife (2017), which drew positive reviews. In 2023 she wrote and directed Summer Of Violence.