Adina Elizabeth Porter is an American actress She is best known for her roles as Lettie Mae Thornton on the HBO fantasy horror series True Blood 20082014 Kendra James on the HBO drama series The Newsroom 20122014 and Indra on the CW science fiction drama series The 100 20142020 She received further recognition for her roles as Sally Freeman Lee Harris Beverly Hope Dinah Stevens and Chief Burleson on the first sixth seventh eighth and tenth seasons of the FX anthology series American Horror Story 2011present