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Jayme Lawson
American actress From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jayme Lawson (born September 19, 1997)[1] is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Mayor Bella Reál in The Batman (2022) and Pearline in Sinners (2025).
Career
After graduating Juilliard School in May 2019,[2] Lawson landed her first film role in the 2020 film Farewell Amor as Sylvia.[3][4][5] In 2019, she gained attention when she was cast in the film The Batman (2022) as Bella Reál, a mayoral candidate for Gotham City.[6][7][8] In January 2021, she was cast as a young Michelle Obama in the television series The First Lady (2022).[9] She would reprise her The Batman role in the 2024 HBO television series The Penguin.
In 2022, she appeared in the drama films Till, How to Blow Up a Pipeline, and The Woman King as Myrlie Evers, Alisha, and Shante, respectively.[10][11][12] In 2025, Lawson co-starred in Ryan Coogler's vampire period piece thriller Sinners.[13]
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