Toni Trucks Explained

Toni Trucks
Birth Date:30 September 1980[1]
Alma Mater:University of Michigan
Occupation:Actress
Yearsactive:2001–present
Partner:Brandon Phillips
Children:1

Toni Trucks is an American actress, best known as Lisa Davis on SEAL Team (2017–present).

Career

Trucks studied musical theatre at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance.[2] Upon graduation, she moved to New York where she performed regionally before relocating to Los Angeles to make her television debut as the female lead on Showtime's comedy series Barbershop.[3] Her other television credits include Hostages, The Soul Man, House, All of Us, Veronica Mars, 'Til Death, Brothers, and the telefilms Star Runners and Starstruck. She has made multiple guest appearances on and Grimm.

Her previous film credits include Dreamgirls, Weapons, and Music and Lyrics.

Trucks is currently a series regular on CBS's military drama series SEAL Team. She plays Lisa Davis, a US Navy Petty Officer Logistics Specialist responsible for making the arrangements to get the team and their gear where they need to be. She went to OCS and was commissioned as an ensign and assigned back to the SEAL team as their new intelligence officer.[4] Trucks was also a series regular in the CBS legal drama, Made in Jersey, about a working-class woman named Marina (Janet Montgomery) who uses her street smarts to compete with her more polished colleagues at a top New York law firm. Trucks played Cyndi Vega, Marina's lively secretary and "comradette" in arms. She also guest starred in the pilot of NBC's mid-season thriller Do No Harm.

Her theater credits include By the Way, Meet Vera Stark, Cactus Flower, Stormy Weather, Kiss Me, Kate, West Side Story, Oklahoma!, Follies, Footloose, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Ragtime, Sweet Charity, and Children of Eden. Trucks studied theatre abroad at London's Marymount College and has over 17 years of dance training including ballet, modern, and tap.

Trucks co-starred in the 2012 Fox Searchlight film Ruby Sparks. The film starred Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, and was directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (Little Miss Sunshine). She is also featured in the final installment of the blockbuster hit series Breaking Dawn as Mary, a member of the American Nomadic Vampire coven.

Personal life

In January 2022, Trucks announced she was expecting a baby boy with her partner Brandon Phillips.[5] Their son was born in 2022.[6]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2001DriveSarahShort
2007WeaponsAuntie
Music and LyricsTricia
Mr. Art CriticLisa
2009Star RunnersAstaTV movie
2010StarstruckLibby LamTV movie
What If...Claire
Pizza with BulletsAgent Murphy
N-SecureDenise
Cheryl
RollersBailey
2012Ruby SparksSusie
Mary
2014Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad DaySteph
2019Scare PackageFranchesca
2020ScarsGunnyShort
2023The ShiftTonyaShort

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2005–06BarbershopTerriMain Cast
2007Veronica MarsPhyllisEpisode: "There's Got to Be a Morning After Pill"
All of UsMicheleRecurring Cast: Season 4
2008'Til DeathRandyEpisode: "Philadelphia Freedom"
2009NuancéRecurring Cast: Season 2
BrothersMegEpisode: "Follow the Story"
2011HouseTrinaEpisode: "Charity Case"
2012Alicia WoodsEpisode: "Unwrapped"
Made in JerseyCyndi VegaMain Cast
2013GinaEpisode: "Bride and Prejudice"
Do No HarmDr. Patricia RiversRecurring Cast
2014HostagesAngela NixRecurring Cast
Franklin & BashAnita HaskinsMain Cast: Season 4
2014–15GrimmDeputy Sheriff Janelle FarrisRecurring Cast: Season 4
2015Ranger Jill AyresEpisode: "Byzantium"
2016Lethal WeaponMaria TorezEpisode: Pilot
Pure GeniusKaylaEpisode: "You Must Remember This"
2016–17CGIS Special Agent Joan SwansonGuest: Season 2, Recurring Cast: Season 3
2017Kathy HallEpisode: "Cinderella and the Dragon"
2017–SEAL TeamLisa DavisMain Cast
2018Good EggsSamEpisode: "Good Eggs"
2018–20CorporateKaren JamesRecurring Cast: Season 1-2, Guest: Season 3

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Toni Trucks. tvinsider.com. October 3, 2022.
  2. Web site: Naffie. Jennie. Toni Trucks Making Waves in Hollywood. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120814125422/http://womenslifestyle.com/toni-trucks-making-waves-in-hollywood/. August 14, 2012. January 21, 2018. Women's LifeStyle.
  3. News: David . Wiegand . August 12, 2005 . 'Barbershop' series debut fails to advance films but familiar shtick still makes it funny by a hair . . January 6, 2017.
  4. News: May 21, 2018. Toni Trucks Joins CBS Navy SEAL Drama Pilot; Jeananne Goossen in 'The Get'. Deadline.
  5. Web site: A closer look at Toni Trucks' parents, her pregnancy and love life. thenetline.com. January 28, 2022 . October 3, 2022.
  6. Web site: You make this daddy stuff look easy @ibrandonphillips !! ❤️❤️ . instagram.com.