# Jerrika Hinton

Jerrika Hinton is an American actress, best known for her role as Stephanie Edwards in the ABC medical drama series Grey's Anatomy.

## Early life

Hinton was born and raised in Oak Cliff, Dallas, Texas, the daughter of Cynthia, a retired government worker, and Avaleon Hinton.
She graduated in 2002 with honors from Southern Methodist University's Meadows School of the Arts with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in theatre, studying directing and playwriting.

## Career

Hinton began her career appearing in stage productions. She has made her film debut in the 2006 independent drama Rain. The following years, Hinton guest-starred in several television series such as Gilmore Girls, Everybody Hates Chris, Zoey 101, Ghost Whisperer, Gossip Girl, Lie to Me, Bones, and Scandal. In 2008 she did a Hanes commercial with Sarah Chalke. Other film credits include Broken Angel (2008) and The Roommate (2011), and well as Ion Television movie A Christmas Kiss (2011).
In September 2012, it was announced that Hinton had been cast as new intern Stephanie Edwards for ninth season of Shonda Rhimes medical drama series Grey's Anatomy.
In January 2013, it was announced that Hinton along with other newcomers to the show were given the option to become series regulars if Grey's Anatomy were to be renewed. After three seasons as regular cast member on show, Shonda Rhimes cast Hinton as the lead character of her first comedy pilot Toast in March 2016. She would still be on Grey's Anatomy if her pilot had gone to series. The pilot was not ordered to series. In January 2017, it was announced that Hinton would co-star opposite Holly Hunter in Here and Now, a HBO drama series created by Alan Ball. She portrayed Ashley Collins, one of the adopted children of Hunter's character. She next played Natalie Gorman in Servant (2019–2020) and began portraying Millie Morris in the Amazon Prime series Hunters in 2020 and 2023.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2005 | Foreign Soil | Natalie | |
| 2006 | Rain | Beni Arnold | |
| 2008 | Broken Angel | Officer Raines | |
| 2011 | The Roommate | Shiana | |
| 2012 | The Strangely Normal | Black Friend | Short |
| 2014 | Teacher of the Year | Mrs. Curtis | |
| 2015 | Just Another Dance with My Father | Katie | Short |
| 2016 | Odious | Sharlette | |
| 2024 | The Piano Lesson | Grace | |
| 2024 | Mr. Crocket | Summer | Hulu |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2006 | Gilmore Girls | Allison | Episode: "Super Cool Party People" |
| 2006 | Everybody Hates Chris | Birthday Girl | Episode: "Everybody Hates Rejection" |
| 2007 | Zoey 101 | Claire Jeffries | Episode: "Son of a Dean" |
| 2008 | Ghost Whisperer | Clerk | Episode: "Ball & Chain" |
| 2009 | Gossip Girl | Waitress | Episode: "Valley Girls" |
| 2010 | Lie to Me | Robin | Episode: "Bullet Bump" |
| 2010 | Better with You | Saleswoman | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2010 | Terriers | Didi | Episode: "Missing Persons" |
| 2011 | Mad Love | Eva | Episode: "Fireworks" |
| 2011 | Bones | Nadine Tweed | Episode: "The Truth in the Myth" |
| 2011 | Consequences | Tamika | Episode: "Monisa" |
| 2011 | A Christmas Kiss | Tressa | TV movie |
| 2012 | Scandal | Hannah | Episode: "Hell Hath No Fury" |
| 2012 | The Book Club | Jerrika / Cobra Chai | Episodes: "All Valley" and "The Warrior Reads On" |
| 2012–2017 | Grey's Anatomy | Stephanie Edwards | Recurring cast: season 9, main cast: season 10–13 |
| 2016 | Send Me: An Original Web Series | Heather | Recurring cast |
| 2017 | Flip the Script | The Lit Agent | Episode: "Market Value" |
| 2018 | Here and Now | Ashley Collins | Main cast |
| 2018 | Doxxed | Liddie | TV movie |
| 2018 | A Majestic Christmas | Nell | TV movie |
| 2019 | Doxxed | Liddie | Recurring cast |
| 2019–2021 | Servant | Natalie Gorman | Recurring cast: season 1-2 |
| 2020–2023 | Hunters | Millie Morris | Main cast |
| 2024 | A Man in Full | Henrietta White | 5 episodes |