EXCLUSIVE: Rashida “Sheedz” Olayiwola (South Facet) has joined the forged of the Marvel Studios Disney+ collection Ironheart in an undisclosed position, Deadline has realized.
Marvel reps declined to remark.
The six-episode collection created by Chinaka Hodge will star Dominique Thorne as Marvel character Riri Williams, a genius inventor and creator of probably the most superior go well with of armor since Iron Man. Beforehand introduced forged additionally contains Anthony Ramos, Shakira Barrera, Manny Montana, Alden Ehrenreich, Regan Aliyah, Shea Couleé, and Zoe Terakes.
Sam Bailey and Angela Barnes are directing, with Ryan Coogler’s Proximity among the many manufacturing entities. Coogler, Ironheart head author Chinaka Hodge, Zinzi Coogler, and Sev Ohanian function government producers alongside Marvel Studios’ Kevin Feige, Louis D’Esposito, Victoria Alonso, Brad Winderbaum, and Zoie Nagelhout.
Olayiwola is a comic, author, and actress who’s at the moment a workers author on the HBO Max collection South Facet. Upcoming initiatives embody the brand new season of IFC/AMC’s Sherman’s Showcase the place she is a author and costar, and the animated remake of Good Occasions for Netflix/Fuzzy Door the place she voices the collection common character “Lashes by Lisa.” As well as, Olayiwola shall be re-joining the 2022 BET Awards as a author following her contributions a 12 months prior.
Different small display screen credit embody HBO’s Insecure, A Black Girl Sketch Present, NBC’s Chicago P.D., and The Late Present.
As a standup comedian, she’s opened for Arsenio Corridor, Hannibal Burress, Aida Rodriguez, and Michael Che, amongst others.
She is repped by Zero Gravity Administration and Hansen, Jacobsen, Teller, Hoberman, Newman, Warren, Richman, Rush, Kaller, Gellman, Meigs and Fox
