Avis-Marie Barnes
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
Avis-Marie Barnes was born in NJ and raised in Montclair. She did not realize her love for the theater until her Freshman year in high school when a classmate, set to direct a one-act play, asked her to play a role in it. She went from not knowing what she wanted to do, to seeing the rest of her life. After attending Howard University’s Fine Arts Department and receiving her BFA, she moved back to New Jersey and worked in New York theater for 13 years, as well as working in films as an extra, an...
Known For
Filmography
F1
2025
as Diner Waitress
My Mother the Madam
2025
as Loretta Danielle
The Waterfront
2025
as Daphne
Pain Hustlers
2023
as Principal
R.A.D.A.R.: The Adventures of the Bionic Dog
2023
as Ethel
Will Trent
2023
as Theresa Rothwell
Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.
2022
as Sabina
Girlfriendship
2022
as Mrs. Williams
The Summer I Turned Pretty
2022
as Mrs. Evans
Looking in the Mirror
2021
as Beatrice
Murder RX
2020
The Dirt
2019
as Officer
Waves
2019
as Doctor
Doom Patrol
2019
as Beekeeper
KNOCK KNOCK
2018
Lodge 49
2018
The Quad
2017
as Aunt Vida
Max Steel
2016
as Ms. Bernardo
Greenleaf
2016
as Misty Williams
Stranger Things
2016
as Elderly Woman
The Breaking Point
2014
as Jackie
Resurrection
2014
as Sharon
Sleepy Hollow
2013
as Night Shift Nurse
Cassadaga
2011
as Susan
The Glades
2010
as Minnie
Burn Notice
2007
as Judy
Army Wives
2007
as Nurse Karen
Army Wives
2007
as Faith Moyer
One Tree Hill
2003
as Marion
Jeepers Creepers
2001
as Officer Natasha Weston
Sheena
2000
as Doctor
Chapter Zero
1999
as Doctor
Dawson's Creek
1998
as Counselor
Catherine's Grove
1997
as Malatasia
Sudden Terror: The Hijacking of School Bus #17
1996
as Detective Grantham
Illtown
1996
as Officer Bright
Kenan & Kel
1996
as Nurse Manly
Saved By The Light
1995
as Attending Nurse
seaQuest DSV
1993
as Female Hauler