Messeret Stroman Wheeler
Mary Church Terrell
Messeret is a NY-based actor who hails from Jacksonville, Florida. She can be seen on The Best Man: The Final Chapters, Law & Order, Law & Order: SVU, and The Sopranos alongside numerous commercials including Disney World, IKEA, John Hancock, and more. An Audelco Award-winning actor (and three-time nominee), her theatre credits include Blue (DC’s Arena Stage & NYC’s Roundabout Theatre Company), Fast Blood (Civic Ensemble/ASP Arts Collective), Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (Delaware Theatre Company & Springfield Theatre) and Insurrection: Holding History (Columbia University). Her work in the full-length play Fast Blood, and audio dramas Black Women and the Ballot and Second Sight can be enjoyed on ASP Arts Collective’s website: ASPArtsCollective.org. She is a cum laude theatre graduate of HBCU, Florida A & M University (FAMU) where she became a member of The Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.(AKA).