Tesfai's first role was Cherry Milton in
Wicked Wicked Games on
MyNetworkTV, where she appeared in 30 episodes over two seasons. She has appeared in
Melrose Place,
Law & Order: SVU,
Franklin & Bash and
Royal Pains. In 2014 she was cast as recurring detective Nadine Hanson in the CW's
Jane the Virgin. She appeared in season 3 of
Silicon Valley in 2016. She was cast as
Kelly Olsen, the sister of
DC Comics character
James Olsen (
Mehcad Brooks), on the
fourth season of
The CW series
Supergirl. Prior to her debut appearance in the fourth season, it was announced that Tesfai would be promoted to series regular for the fifth season. She co-wrote episode 12 of the sixth and final season ("Blind Spots"), making her the first
Arrowverse actor to receive a writing credit on an Arrowverse series. Through her focus on writing and producing, Tesfai currently has two series in development:
The Chase, which landed with Universal Television for NBC, and
Sheba a drama series about the first queen on the continent of Africa, which landed at Onyx Collective for Hulu with Ryan Coogler's Proximity Media producing. == Fortuned Culture ==