Felica “Snoop” Pearson’s Rocky Journey
Before she was on The Wire, Felicia “Snoop” Pearson was born to a mother addicted to crack and was a foster child before turning to low-level drug dealing. At age 15 she went to prison for shooting a rival drug dealer. Her real story rivals the character she plays on the show, a tomboy gang assassin who was called “perhaps the most terrifying villain to ever appear in a television series,” by Stephen King.
Unfortunately, Pearson couldn’t find acting work after the show ended in 2008, and returned to dealing drugs in Baltimore. She was arrested again in 2011 in connection with a heroin ring but received a suspended sentence. Since her release, Pearson has returned to acting to turn her life around again.
