Shamika Cotton

Shamika Cotton is an American actress from Cincinnati, Ohio. She is perhaps best known to television viewers as Michael Lee's drug-addicted mother Raylene Lee in the acclaimed HBO series The Wire.

Game Nite

Blue Bloods · S10, E2

Naughty Or Nice

Frank and Erin are at odds, when Frank learns the district attorney's office keeps a list of officers they consider unreliable; Danny and Baez recruit a retired mobster to assist in an investigation; a predator poses as a rideshare driver.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit · S14, E11

Episode 11

A rape victim is arrested for murder in Suffolk County, but Detective Benson questions the case, and discovers enough evidence to turn attention to a different suspect.
The Wire · S4, E12

That's Got His Own

On the trail of missing bodies, Freamon turns to a higher authority after being rebuked by Landsma, and Carcetti finds his erstwhile promises of prosperity undermined by the school debt.
The Wire · S4, E4

Refugees

Cutty gets a custodial job at Tilghman School mopping up truants, but can't make headway in his efforts to mentor Michael.
The Wire · S5, E6

The Dickensian Aspect

Marlo and Chris focus on locating Omar.
Elementary · S7, E13

The Last Bow

As Holmes and Watson's battle with tech billionaire Odin Reichenbach continues, the duo receives word of their old enemy, and Sherlock's former love, Jamie Moriarty.

Dear Edward

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