Biography
Adina Elizabeth Porter is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Lettie Mae Thornton on the HBO fantasy horror series True Blood (2008–2014), Kendra James on the HBO drama series The Newsroom (2012–2014), and Indra on the CW science fiction drama series The 100 (2014–2020). She received further recognition for her roles as Sally Freeman, Lee Harris, Beverly Hope, Dinah Stevens, and Chief Burleson on the first, sixth, seventh, eighth, and tenth seasons of the FX anthology series ...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Sitting in Bars with Cake
2023
as Tasha
Extrovert Corinne convinces Jane, a shy, talented baker, to commit to a year of bringing cakes to bars, to help her meet people and build confidence. ...
Miss Virginia
2019
as Annette Johnson
A struggling inner-city mother sacrifices everything to give her son a good education. Unwilling to allow her son to stay in a dangerous school, she l...
Wig Shop
2017
as Tippy
Chaya goes to Tippy's Wig Shop with the intentions of finding the woman who has been having an affair with her husband and meets Tippy, the owner of t...
The Last Word
2017
as Bree Wilson
A retired businesswoman – who tries to control everything around her – decides to write her own obituary. A young journalist takes up the task of find...
Doubt
2013
as Stacie McNeil
Centers on Vincent, a former cop who's now a cunning but charming low-rent lawyer who uses his street smarts to work the system for his clients while ...
Think of Me
2011
as Cheryl
As things unravel for a struggling single mother in Las Vegas, she must decide what she's willing to give up to get by.
The Social Network
2010
as Gretchen's Associate (uncredited)
In 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programmer Mark Zuckerberg begins work on a new concept that eventually turns into the global social network k...
Katrina
2007
as Mary
Lackawanna Blues
2005
as Ricky
In a story fueled by rhythm and blues, a young boy's life is shaped by love and the stories of a cast of characters in the boarding house where he liv...
The Salon
2005
as Percy's Wife
A Beauty shop owner finds romance as she struggles to save her business.
Pipe Dream
2002
as Lauren Gunther
A lonely plumber poses as a movie director to meet women, and the writer whose script he's stolen builds on his ruse to get her movie made.
The Women
2002
as A Nurse / Euphie / Miss Myrtle / Cigarette Girl
Mary Haines's life falls apart and her social circle shatters after her husband's affair is revealed. Filmed version of the 2001 Broadway revival with...
The Fluffer
2001
as Silver
Self-effacing, boyish Sean moves to LA to pursue a career in movies but finds it tougher than he imagined. He stumbles onto porn star Johnny Rebel - a...
Body Shots
1999
as Detective Thompson
The Los Angeles club scene is a place of booze-fueled decadence and debauchery. In a night full of possibilities, eight 20-somethings take to the club...
Gia
1998
as Girl at Group Therapy
Gia Carangi meteorically rises to modeling fame in the late 1970s but becomes overconsumed by persistent loneliness and drug addiction.
The Peacemaker
1997
as Police NYPD
When a train carrying atomic warheads mysteriously crashes in the former Soviet Union, a nuclear specialist discovers the accident is really part of a...
Geoffrey Beene 30
1993
A profile of fashion designer Geoffrey Beene, on his 30 years in the industry.
Swoon
1992
as Stenographer
Teenagers Nathan Leopold Jr. and Richard Loeb share a dangerous sexual bond and an amoral outlook on life. They spend afternoons breaking into storefr...