Background and career
Aasha Davis is an American actress known for her numerous roles on the Comedy Central educational comedy series Drunk History (2014–2019), as Waverly Grady on NBC sports drama Friday Night Lights (2006–2007), and as Chelsea Lewis on The N teen drama South of Nowhere (2005–2008). She also starred as Bina in the 2011 drama film Pariah.
Davis is best known for playing the role of Waverly Grady on Friday Night Lights. Davis was featured in Gnarls Barkley's music video in 2008 called "Who's Gonna Save My Soul". She has also appeared in Gilmore Girls, Grey's Anatomy, House, ER, Castle, and The Shield. In 2011, she played opposite Adepero Oduye in the film Pariah. In 2012, she guest-starred in the second season of the Jane Espenson-scripted romantic comedy web series Husbands. In 2013, Aasha is produced, starred in, and directed an episode of the web series featured on YouTube called The Unwritten Rules, which is based on series creator Kim Williams's book 40 Hours and an Unwritten Rule: The Diary of an African-American Woman. In 2019, Aasha starred as Bernadette in the rural Louisiana murder mystery The Long Shadow.
Davis's older sister, Lesley Herring, disappeared in Los Angeles on February 8, 2009, after a fight with her husband, Lyle Stanford Herring, Sr. Davis reported her sister as missing when she failed to show up to work, her husband having neglected to do so. Lyle Herring was charged with his wife's murder and in April 2010 pleaded not guilty. On April 8, 2013, he was convicted of the second-degree murder of his wife. To date, her body has not been found. A 2011 episode of Nancy Grace and a June 7, 2013, episode of Dateline NBC covered Davis's sister's case.
Sources
Net-worth figure: Celebrity Net Worth (October 2026), in USD. Biography and career facts: the person's Wikipedia article and linked reporting. Snapshot date for all StarWorth figures: 28 October 2026.
