Marsha Thomason

Marsha Lisa Thomason (born 19 January 1976) is an English television and film actress who is best known for playing Nessa Holt in the first two seasons of the NBC series Las Vegas, Naomi Dorrit on the ABC series Lost, and FBI agent Diana Berrigan on the USA Network series White Collar.\n', ' Thomason was born in Moston, Greater Manchester, the daughter of Phyllis (née McCrae), a Jamaican electronics company employee, and Peter Thomason, who worked in politics. She attended Holy Trinity Primary School in Harpurhey and North Manchester High School for Girls in Moston, before attending Oldham Sixth Form College to study for A levels in media studies, theatre studies, and performing arts. Thomason attended the Manchester Metropolitan University, receiving a bachelor of arts degree in English. From the age of 13, Thomason attended Oldham Theatre Workshop, where she participated in youth theatre productions.\n', ' Thomason first came to prominence on British television in the fifth (1996) series of "Pie in the Sky" playing the waitress, Sally, in eight episodes. She went on to appear in "Playing the Field" (1998) and "Where the Heart Is" (1998), as well as in the first series of the BBC Three drama Burn It (2003). In the United States, she appeared in Disney\'s The Haunted Mansion. She played Brandy in the film My Baby\'s Daddy and Victoria in Black Knight. She also played Vicki in Pure. She starred in the U.S. television series Las Vegas as Nessa Holt in seasons one and two, a total of 47 episodes.\n', '