Marlyne Barrett

Marlyne Barrett
Born	Marlyne Nayokah Afflack (1978-09-13) September 13, 1978 Brooklyn, New York, U.S
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1997–present
Spouse	Gavin Barrett ​ (m. 2009)​
Children	2

Marlyne Nayokah Barrett (née Afflack: born September 13, 1978) is an American actress. She had a recurring role from 2006 to 2008 as Nerese Campbell in the HBO crime drama The Wire and in 2007, she had a recurring role as Felicia Marquand in the FX legal drama Damages. In 2015, she began starring as Head Charge Nurse Maggie Lockwood in the NBC medical drama Chicago Med.

Life and career

Barrett was born as Marlyne Nayokah Afflack in Brooklyn, New York. She began her career appearing on stage and television, before she co-starred with Hill Harper in the 2003 romantic comedy Love, Sex and Eating the Bones. In the late 90s, she was a DJ for the TV station Musique Plus in Montreal, Canada. Later in 2000s, Barrett had a number of guest starring television roles on the New York City-filmed dramas, include the NBC police procedural drama Law & Order and its spin-offs Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order: Trial by Jury and the short-lived NBC legal drama Conviction. From 2006 to 2008, she played Nerese Campbell in the HBO crime drama The Wire, and in 2007 also had a recurring role as attorney Felicia Marquand in the FX legal drama Damages. In 2009, Barrett co-starred as Thomasina, the efficient palace secretary and aide-de-camp, on the short-lived NBC drama Kings.

In 2015, Barrett returned to television appearing as Det. Chris Thompson in the first two episodes of the ABC crime drama American Crime. Later that year, she was cast as Nurse Maggie Lockwood in the NBC medical drama Chicago Med. She was credited in the recurring cast in the first thirteen episodes and was added to the main cast in the fourteenth episode.

Personal life

She is married to Gavin Barrett, a pastor, and they have two children. On September 27, 2022, Barrett announced that she had been diagnosed with uterine and ovarian cancer, and that she was undergoing "aggressive" chemotherapy treatment to fight the disease, before undergoing a hysterectomy procedure later in the year.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Angelique	Angelique	Short film
2000	The Growing Pains Movie	Jody	Television film
2001	Hidden Agenda	Airport Stewardess
	Heist	Young Woman
2003	Good Fences	Tina	Television film
	Love, Sex and Eating the Bones	Jasmine LeJeune
2005	Hitch	Stephanie
2006	Off the Black	Nancy
2016	Quest	Sheila
2017	Night Call	Kadedra Domek	Short film; also executive producer
2018	After Everything	Dr. Beatty

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	The Jury	Faith Ward	Episode: "Mail Order Mystery"
2005	Law & Order	Alana Sinclair	Episode: "Obsession"
	Law & Order: Trial by Jury	Diane Harris	Episode: "Pattern of Conduct"
	Rescue Me	Coma Boy's Mom	2 episodes: "Shame" and "Believe"
	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Sarah Miller	Episode: "Night"
2006		Alma Cordoza	Episode: "Cage"
	Conviction	Dr. Donner	Episode: "Madness"
2006–08	The Wire	Council President Nerese Campbell	11 episodes
2007	Damages	Felicia Marquand	8 episodes
2007–08	Law & Order	Attorney Bocanegra	2 episodes: "Murder Book" and "Tango"
2009	Kings	Thomasina	12 episodes
	Bored to Death	Ava	Episode: "Stockholm Syndrome"
	The Good Wife	Thalia Ramsey	Episode: "Lifeguard"
2010	Gossip Girl	Martha Chamberlain	Episode: "Goodbye, Columbia"
2014	Satisfaction	Lauretta	Episode: "Through Revelation"
2015	American Crime	Det. Chris Thompson	2 episodes: "Episode One" and "Episode Two"
2015–present	Chicago Med	Nurse Maggie Lockwood	Series regular; 184 episodes
2016	Chicago P.D.		Recurring role; 5 episodes
2016–2019	Chicago Fire		Recurring role; 10 episodes

External links

• Marlyne Barrett at IMDb
• Marlyne Barrett on Twitter