• Felicia ‘Snoop’ Pearson is an American actress, film writer, producer, author and rapper
• She was born in Baltimore and had a difficult childhood; she was arrested and at the age of 16 was serving 6.5 years in prison for a murder charge
• She has appeared in more than 20 movies and TV series, including “The Wire” and “Love & Hip Hop”
• She has written an autobiographical book, “Grace After Midnight: A Memoir”
• As of November 2021, her net worth is estimated to be around $500,000
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Who is Felicia Pearson?
Felicia ‘Snoop’ Pearson was born in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, on May 18, 1980 – her zodiac sign is Taurus and she is an American national. She is an actress, film writer, producer, author and a rapper, who has appeared in over 20 movies and TV series, probably still best known for her portrayal of a supporting character in the crime thriller series “The Wire”. Created by David Simon, starring Dominic West, Lance Reddick and Sonja Sohn, it follows the lives of Baltimore drug lords and the detectives who try to apprehend them; the series aired from 2002 to 2008 and won 16 of the 72 awards it was nominated for, including two Primetime Emmy nominations.
Early life and education
Felicia had a troubled childhood – both her parents were drug addicts and were serving sentences when she was born, prematurely in fact, and the doctors didn’t expect her to live; after she survived, she was placed in foster care in East Baltimore.
She has met her parents a few times and has revealed in her book that her father was an armed robber and her mother was addicted to crack; Felicia also revealed that’s why she chose to take her foster family’s last name.
She spent most of her free time growing up around boys, and started selling drugs in her early teens.
16 years old, Felicia was accused first-degree murder, after she shot and killed Okia Toomer; she was sentenced to 16 years behind bars, but was released after spending six and a half years in the Maryland Correctional Institution for Women.
Felicia took her GED tests while in prison; after she was released, she found a job at a local factory, but was fired after her boss learned she had spent time behind bars.
In 2007, she published her autobiographical book Grace After Midnight: A Memoir.
Roles in movies
Felicia made her screen debut in 2008 when she was cast to play Girl in the short music video ‘Rick Ross Feat. T-Pain: The Boss”, while some of her next roles in the 2008 music video short “Ace Hood Feat. Rick Ross & T-Pain: Cash Flow,” the 2012 comedy short “The Wire: The Musical,” and the 2013 western “They Die by Dawn.”
In 2014, we saw her playing Louisa the crime thriller drama “Desiree”, written and directed by Ross Clarke, stars Joseph Morgan, Nicole Badaan and Walton Goggins. The film follows a chemist who has just woken up in prison and is suffering from amnesia; someone then posts his bail and he sets out to find his missing girlfriend. In the same year, Felicia played Lucky Mays in the romantic thriller comedy “Da Sweet Blood of Jesus”, and in 2015 she was cast to play KK in the action drama “Diamond Ruff”.
A few of her next roles were in the 2015 crime comedy-drama ‘Chi-Raq’, the 2016 action crime drama ‘Guns and Grams’ and the 2017 animated short comedy ‘Redmond Hand, Private Dick’ (voice role).
Most recently, in 2021, Felicia appeared in the thriller “When The Tables Turn”, the crime drama “Scott Free” and the drama “Asbury Park”.
Roles in TV series
Felicia has appeared in only five TV series, including ‘The Wire’. In 2015, she was cast to play WIZ in the episodes “Warnings” and “Pilot” of the drama “By Any Means”, and in 2016 she played made a cameo appearance in the “Good Cop Bad Cop” episode of the critically acclaimed mystery-crime drama “Blue Bloods”. Created by Mitchell Burgess and Robin Green, and starring Donnie Wahlberg, Bridget Moynahan and Will Estes, it follows the lives of several New York police officers; the series has been airing since 2010 and has won four of the 21 awards it has been nominated for, including a Primetime Emmy nomination.
Most recently, in 2021, Felicia appeared in two episodes of the sports drama “Swagger”; she is currently filming for the upcoming drama “Baselines”.
Other credits
Felicia produced the 2016 drama film ‘Grace After Midnight Pain’.
She has been featured in several documentaries such as the 2007 film “The Wire Odyssey”, the 2015 short video “So Many Pros: Behind the Scenes” and the 2018 series “Vice”.
Felicia has appeared on several talk shows, such as “Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations”, “The Wendy Williams Show” and “Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood”.
Awards and nominations
Felicia was nominated for a 2009 NAMIC Vision Award for Best Performance – Drama, for “The Wire”.
Is she married?
Felicia prefers to keep the details of her love life to herself but still revealed that she is a lesbian and she is in a relationship today.
Felicia has uploaded a lot of pictures to her Instagram account, where she can be seen with her girlfriend Judith Adrianne; she is an actress and a TV personality, and the two girls appeared side by side on the show “Love & Hip Hop: New York”. On the show, Judith stated that she is actually straight and is only a lesbian to Felicia, having fallen in love with her; they broke up in one episode, thus quitting the show, but apparently later reconciled.
Felicia has not mentioned any other girls she may have been with, so as of November 2021 she appears to be in a relationship with Judith Adrienne, is not married and has no children.
Hobbies and other interests
Felicia is a social media star and today is followed by nearly 400,000 people on Instagram as she has uploaded nearly 2,000 photos to the network, most of which are taken in her daily life.
She loves to travel and her career has taken her to a number of US states, while the popular actress has also been to several European countries, including France and Italy.
Felicia is a big fan of tattoos and has a lot of ink on different parts of her body, including on her feet, arms and back.
She likes to watch Hollywood movies late at night – her favorite actors and actresses are Will Smith, Eddie Murphy and Rosario Dawson while a few of her favorite movies are “Bad Boys”, “A Thousand Words” and “Seven Pounds” .
Age, height and net worth
Felicia is 41 years old. She has long black hair and brown eyes, she is 1.65 m tall and weighs about 55 kg.
As of November 2021, her net worth is estimated to be close to $500,000.
