Mekia Cox
Mekia Cox (born November 18, 1981) is an American actress and dancer, known for her recurring role as Sasha in the second, third seasons of The CW drama 90210, Dr. Robin Charles in the NBC medical drama Chicago Med and her role as a dancer in the Michael Jackson concert series This Is It and the related film Michael Jackson's This Is It.Cox, a St. Croix native,[1] moved with her family to Orlando, Florida, at age seven after spending five years of her youth studying dance in the U.S. Virgin Islands.[2] Other regional theater credits include Rent, where she played club dancer and drug addict Mimi Márquez, the Chicago role of Liz, and Frenchie in Cabaret.Then Cox toured nationally for two years as Carmen in Fame, as well as revisiting her role as Brenda in Smokey Joe's Café.[5] She played Lizzy Gilliam, who is the sister of the female lead and who is unaware of her family's involvement in Central Intelligence Agency activities.Originally, Jessica Parker Kennedy was cast in the role, but Cox replaced her in June 2010 before the first episode of the first season was aired in September 2010.In 2019, she began co-starring in the second season of the ABC police procedural drama The Rookie as Detective Nyla Harper, first appearing in the fourth episode "Warriors and Guardians".