Adenike Thomas

Adenike is an award-winning actress-writer-director hailing from Queens, NY, and a graduate of NYU Tisch School of the Arts. She has had lead roles independent films such as The Morning After, which was a Vimeo staff pick and the short Me Time, which has garnered her 3 awards, including Outstanding Performance at Art the BKLYN Film Fest & Best Performance awards at Atlanta ShortsFest and the Idyllwild International Film Festival. Her web series, 'Addie & Addy' was awarded a generous grant through Made in NY Women's Film, TV & Theatre Fund in 2019, and the pilot of Addie & Addy is now an official selection for NYWIFT's Online Shorts Festival 2020. She has also worked with theater companies like Lincoln Center, The Movement Theatre Company & Actors Theatre of Louisville. You can find Adenike on season 8 of Chicago P.D.