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Mekia Cox is an American actress and dancer best known for her roles in the television series 9-1-1, Chicago Med, and Secrets and Lies. She has also appeared in films such as Step Up Revolution and The Last Ship. Cox was born on November 18, 1981 in Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. She attended the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where she studied dance. After graduating, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting. Cox made her television debut in 2009, appearing in an episode of the series Cold Case. She went on to appear in a number of other television series, including 9-1-1, Chicago Med, and Secrets and Lies. She has also appeared in films such as Step Up Revolution and The Last Ship. In addition to her acting career, Cox is also a dancer and choreographer. She has choreographed for television shows such as Glee and So You Think You Can Dance. As of 2021, Mekia Cox's net worth is estimated to be $2 million.

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In 2019, she was cast as a series regular for season 2 of the ABC drama The Rookie as Detective Nyla Harper, first appearing in the fourth episode “Warriors and Guardians”.

On April 28, 2018, Cox married Britt Leach. In December 2018, the couple had a daughter.

In 2016, Cox appeared in the Modern Family episode "The Cover-Up" . On August 23, 2016, Cox joined Chicago Med in a recurring role. She portrays Tiana, known as Sabine under the curse in Hyperion Heights in the seventh season of Once Upon a Time. In August 2017, Cox was promoted to series regular. She would make 15 appearances in the season, which was the last for the series.

During the 2009 second season of 90210 she appeared in six episodes. She also appears in the fourth episode of season three (October 4, 2010). Her 20-something character, Sasha, becomes the controversial love interest of Tristan Wilds' 17-year-old character, Dixon Wilson. The character is a DJ who met his character at a pizza parlor and a party she DJed on a yacht. Dixon led her to believe he was her age. One of the things that helped them bond despite his status as a high school junior was that they had the same cell phone ringtone. Eventually, Cox's character lies about becoming pregnant to keep Dixon from breaking up with her.

She appeared in all first-season episodes of Undercovers. She plays a character named 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. Her character is described as "Boy crazy". Cox says that Lizzy's character, which spends much of her onscreen time running the family catering business, embodied much of her own true character and described the character as follows: "Lizzy's a good character; very light-hearted, very fun loving, she’s got a good heart and an interesting past and she’s trying to deal with it".

On October 29, 2009, she was one of the This is It dancers who appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show to fulfill host Ellen DeGeneres' birthday wish.

Prior to her role on Undercovers Cox made guest appearances on several television shows. In 2005, she appeared in CSI: NY, and Half & Half, and she appeared in One Tree Hill as Faith in season 3 episode 10 the following year. She also has a role in the marital crisis comedy Crazy, Stupid, Love., which was released in July 2011.

Cox was a 1999 graduate of Dr. Phillips High School where she was enrolled in the Visual and Performing Arts magnet program for vocal performance. She earned a Bachelor of Music degree from Florida State University in 2003 after being accepted to their Musical Theater program. During her summers she worked at the Heritage Repertory Theater in Charlottesville, Virginia, where she played roles in Smokey Joe's Cafe and Anything Goes one summer and performed as a recurring character in Nickelodeon's show Noah Knows Best during another. Other regional theater credits include Rent in which she played club dancer and drug addict Mimi Márquez, the Chicago role of Liz, and Frenchie in Cabaret.

Cox, a St. Croix native, 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. In 1989, Cox was invited to participate in the Disney's Magic Kingdom Christmas Spectacular. As a child actor, Cox appeared in Nickelodeon shows such as My Brother and Me, Kenan and Kel, and All That.

Mekia Cox (born November 18, 1981) is an American actress and dancer, known for her recurring role as Sasha in the second and third seasons of 90210 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. In 2010, she assumed a supporting role in Lost creator J. J. Abrams's cancelled spy drama, Undercovers. Lastly, she is also known for portraying Princess Tiana on Once Upon A Time.