Biography

Known as Great Mother Aktropaw in Star Wars Ahsoka (2023), Judge Martha Ross in All the Queen's Men (2021-22), the singing mother in Resort to Love on Netflix (2021), Madame Xanadu in Swamp Thing (2019), Emera Umber in High Flying Bird (2019), Peg in Unpregnant (2020), and Jacqui in The Walking Dead (2010-2012), Jeryl was born in Washington, DC and raised in Hartsville, South Carolina. She was educated at Clemson University (BS), North Carolina A & T State University (MA), and the University of South Florida, where she earned a PhD in American Literature.
- IMDb mini biography by: Jeryl Prescott