I love this girl!

Felicia "Snoop" Pearson plays the character "Snoop" on my favorite favorite show The Wire. On the show, she plays a badass lieutenant in the Marlo drug crew, but it's a role that reflects her real life - she grew up in Baltimore, had to survive by selling drugs with her gang and ended up going to jail for it.

Unfortunately the only decent bio I could find online was a really cheesy one on the HBO website:

Felecia Pearson was born on May 18th 1980, fighting to survive. The fact that she was premature, only 3lbs. with both of her parents incarcerated only lessened her chances; she was on her own and doctors didn't expect her to live. Felecia was too small to nurse from a bottle, but even as an infant she showed signs of great strength. Eventually she was made a ward of the court. She was placed with a Foster Grandmother on the Eastside of Baltimore.

There is no pretty story here, just the gritty truth of growing up in the system on the Baltimore streets. Having a childhood much like the youth depicted in the show Felecia saw first hand the drugs and violence that plagued Baltimore. However difficult the struggle Felecia managed to get through it. With out knowing who her family was she developed her own. She called the streets of Baltimore home and those who ran them, family. Needless to say she had a multitude of obstacles to overcome. Her pretty face shows no sign of the pitfalls life had set for her, abandonment, violence and ultimately incarceration.

In September of 2000 Felecia made a choice to change her life. This decision took Felecia to heights she never dreamed of. She began by getting back into school. It is said when you strive with intention the universe will open up and guide you on your journey. One night while out on the town Michael K Williams met Felecia. Michael saw a story in Felecia that needed to be told, a "star quality" that comes through those who have it, no matter what. He arranged to have her meet with the producers of "The Wire", David Simon, Ed Burns, Nina Noble and Robert Colesberry. Felecia remembers thinking that this was too good to be true. Soon after the producers offered Felecia a role on the show as the character "Snoop".

Anyhow, you get the idea. This girl's real, she's talented, and she's cute! Plus, I found out in the Dana Roc interview that she's also gay in real life!




from DanaRoc.com:

DR: Do you think that you are a hero for someone right now?

SP: (Laughs) I hope I am. You know what I mean? I hope I am. I hope I am.

DR: Whose hero do you think you might be?

SP: Some kid in a foster home. People in my Gay community out there…I don't know. I don't know.

Love this girl!