Adina Porter

ABOUT ADINA PORTER

Television actress best known for her roles as Lettie Mae Thornton on True Blood and Kendra in The Newsroom . She is also notable for her roles as Indra on The CW series The 100 and as Sheriff Peterkin on the Netflix series Outer Banks . She has also had a recurring role in FX's American Horror Story since 2011.

Early in her career, she acted in several episodes of Law & Order and played a small role in the 2001 feature film The Fluffer.

An Obie-winning stage actress, she appeared in the 2001 Broadway production of The Women and in numerous New York Shakespeare Festival, Off-Broadway, and regional theater productions.

She has been married twice. She has two children.

In the early 2000s, she played the mother of Aysia Polk 's character on the NBC series American Dreams .