Ella Thomas
Ella A. Thomas (born 1981) is an Eritrean American actress, model and producer. Biography. Ella was born to an Eritrean mother from Asmara and an American Air Force officer, who was stationed in Eritrea. When she was still a child, Ella's family relocated to Germany, where they lived in the small town of Kindsbach. There, she attended a local German school. Ella also studied French, while simultaneously continuing Tigrinya and English lessons at home with her mother. Around this time, Ella first developed an appreciation for the performing arts, and began taking part in local school and  theater productions. She likewise would periodically return home to Asmara to visit relatives. Ella has guest starred as Agent Deborah Meade on "" and played one of the lead characters, Anna Roberts, in "The Storm" miniseries on NBC. In the fall 2009, she appeared opposite Bruce Willis in the Touchstone/Disney sci-fi thriller "Surrogates", which opened September 25, 2009. One of her most recognizable performances was as Viveca, a model who attempts to seduce Vince (played by Adrian Grenier), on the HBO hit "Entourage" and as P Diddy's fiancée Nadine Alcott on "". Ella also starred on the breakout series  Parenthood opposite Monica Potter and Peter Krause as well as the ABC's hit show "Castle". Thomas has a recurring role on "" and returned to the show in the fall of 2015 as the character Jada Khaled. Ella guest starred in the episode "Skin" of the Karl Urban and Michael Ealy helmed FOX series "Almost Human". She will next be seen opposite Zoe Saldana as the author Lorraine Hansberry in the Nina Simone biopic,"Nina", scheduled for release April 22, 2016. Most recently she filmed one of the lead roles in the Hallmark Movie Channel film production "Portrait of Love" with  Francis Fisher as well as recurring on the new HBO series "Ballers" alongside Dwayne Johnson and John David Washington. Ella has also been featured in editorial spreads for "American Vogue" and "Glamour" and "ELLE" and she has also appeared in print ads for companies such as "Gap", "Tiffany & Co.", and" Levi's" and is appearing in the Lexus ES automotive commercials. She recently completed a recurring arc on season 4 of ABC's "Mistresses" (U.S. TV series) as well as Antoine Fuqua's new series for DirectTV "ICE" in the role of Lala Agabaria. She starred opposite Kyra Sedgwick in  the ABC series Ten Days In the Valley as Detective Isabel Knight in addition she joined the cast of the new CBS series Me, Myself and I. She has also guest starred on Supergirl and The Detour.