Personal Info
Birth date
1958-11-02 (66 Years)
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Montclair, New Jersey, USA
Also known as
Avis Marie Barnes
Avis-Marie Barnes
Biography
Avis-Marie Barnes was born in NJ and raised in Montclair. She did not realize her love for the theater until her Freshman year in high school when a classmate, set to direct a one-act play, asked her to play a role in it. She went from not knowing what she wanted to do, to seeing the rest of her life. After attending Howard University’s Fine Arts Department and receiving her BFA, she moved back to New Jersey and worked in New York theater for 13 years, as well as working in films as an extra, and in soaps, and commercials. In 1992 an opportunity came to attend a seminar to meet casting directors and talent agencies in Orlando, Florida, at a time when Florida was being tapped as “Hollywood East”. After the seminar, she made the leap to leave New Jersey and move to Florida in the hopes of obtaining an agent and a SAG card and taking that back to New Jersey. But after a time of steadily increasing work in Industrials, television, voiceover, films, and theater; as well as trying her hand at directing theatrical productions – she has made Florida home. But, in her heart, she is still from New Jersey! Along the way, she has put together a business building and maintaining websites, filming actors’ auditions and sending them to the proper casting offices, and holding classes teaching others how to audition in front of the camera – and how to film auditions as well.
Filmography
Stranger Things
8.596
Overview:
When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces, and one strange little girl.F1
7.616
Overview:
Racing legend Sonny Hayes is coaxed out of retirement to lead a struggling Formula 1 team—and mentor a young hotshot driver—while chasing one more chance at glory.One Tree Hill
7.8
Overview:
In Tree Hill, North Carolina two half brothers share a last name and nothing else. Brooding, blue-collar Lucas is a talented street-side basketball player, but his skills are appreciated only by his friends at the river court. Popular, affluent Nathan basks in the hero-worship of the town, as the star of his high school team. And both boys are the son of former college ball player Dan Scott whose long ago choice to abandon Lucas and his mother Karen, will haunt him long into his life with wife Deb and their son Nathan.Burn Notice
7.466
Overview:
A formerly blacklisted spy uses his unique skills and training to help people in desperate situations.Sleepy Hollow
7.4
Overview:
Ichabod Crane is resurrected and pulled two and a half centuries through time to unravel a mystery that dates all the way back to the founding fathers.Doom Patrol
7.549
Overview:
The Doom Patrol’s members each suffered horrible accidents that gave them superhuman abilities — but also left them scarred and disfigured. Traumatized and downtrodden, the team found purpose through The Chief, who brought them together to investigate the weirdest phenomena in existence — and to protect Earth from what they find.Will Trent
7.371
Overview:
Special Agent Will Trent was abandoned at birth and endured a harsh coming-of-age in Atlanta's overwhelmed foster care system. Determined to make sure no one feels as he did, he now has the highest clearance rate.seaQuest DSV
7.018
Overview:
In the early 21st century, mankind has colonized the oceans. The United Earth Oceans Organization enlists Captain Nathan Bridger and the submarine seaQuest DSV to keep the peace and explore the last frontier on Earth.The Glades
7
Overview:
This crime series follows Jim, a Chicago cop who gets kicked off the force after being shot and wrongfully accused by his ex-captain of having an affair with his wife. After receiving his payout, Jim decides to moves to a small Florida town to join the state police.Dawson's Creek
7.3
Overview:
Dawson's Creek is an American teen drama that portrays the fictional lives of a close-knit group of teenagers through high school and college.The Waterfront
7.325
Overview:
A prominent North Carolina fishing family wades into treacherous waters to keep their crumbling business empire afloat.Greenleaf
7.083
Overview:
The unscrupulous world of the Greenleaf family and their sprawling Memphis megachurch, where scandalous secrets and lies are as numerous as the faithful. Born of the church, the Greenleaf family love and care for each other, but beneath the surface lies a den of iniquity—greed, adultery, sibling rivalry and conflicting values—that threatens to tear apart the very core of their faith that holds them together.Kenan & Kel
8.094
Overview:
Set in Chicago, the show follows the kid-friendly misadventures of two high-school friends who are always scheming and dreaming. Kenan, who works at a grocery store, constantly devises crazy plans to strike it rich, while orange-soda-loving buddy Kel is always dragged along for the ride despite his track record for messing things up.Sheena
5.259
Overview:
Sheena's parents were archaeologists who died in the jungle when she was about six years old, leaving their daughter Shirley Hamilton. She was taken in by Kali, a local Shamaness of a tribe who brought her up, and five years ago she was taught how to morph into animals and birds, acquiring their abilities, even flight. Further, she became a mythical creature called "The Darachna" who relies on people' fear of the unknown. For this she covers herself in a dark liquid mud which allows her to be largely unseen in the low light of the jungle, and with more than normal strength, agility and speed, and armed with a pair of gloves with bone claws, she is a formidable one woman fighting force. She does kill sometimes.Resurrection
7.268
Overview:
The people of Arcadia, Missouri are forever changed when their deceased loved ones suddenly start to reappear.Lodge 49
6.631
Overview:
Dud is a deadbeat but charming ex-surfer who joins a fraternal order hoping to reclaim the simple, happy lifestyle he lost when his father died. Through the Lodge and his newfound connection with the other members, Dud will come to find the missing sense of purpose in his life and confront his deepest fears and greatest hopes.The Quad
6
Overview:
Dr. Eva Fletcher is the newly-elected President of the fictional Georgia A&M University. Upon arriving, Eva is charged with saving the prestigious HBCU from bankruptcy and her twenty-year marriage from crumbling while managing a tumultuous relationship with her rebellious only daughter. A diverse group of freshman also promises to keep Eva's hands full.Jeepers Creepers
6.47
Overview:
On a desolate country highway, two homeward-bound teens are nearly run off the road by a maniac in a beat-up truck, and later spot him shoving what appears to be a body down a sewer pipe.Waves
7.378
Overview:
A controlling father’s attempts to ensure that his two children succeed in high school backfire after his son experiences a career-ending sports injury. Their familial bonds are eventually placed under severe strain by an unexpected tragedy.The Dirt
7.452
Overview:
The story of Mötley Crüe and their rise from the Sunset Strip club scene of the early 1980s to superstardom.Pain Hustlers
6.649
Overview:
After losing her job, a single mom falls into a lucrative but ultimately dangerous scheme selling prescription drugs.Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.
5
Overview:
In the aftermath of a huge scandal, Trinitie Childs, the first lady of a prominent Southern Baptist Mega Church, attempts to help her pastor-husband, Lee-Curtis Childs, rebuild their congregation.Cassadaga
5.032
Overview:
A deaf girl attempts to contact her sister during a séance, only to connect with the ghost of a murdered woman.Saved By The Light
3.4
Overview:
A mean, loud-mouthed town bully is talking on the phone one night during a storm when, in a freak occurrence, a bolt of lightning strikes a telephone pole, travels down the phone wires and hits him. He is declared clinically dead, but miraculously recovers shortly thereafter--with a completely new personality and, he claims, the ability to communicate with the dead.Looking in the Mirror
NYR
Overview:
In life you have to play the hand you're dealt, and when faced with a lifetime of adversity, Roslyn Jones does just that. Based on a true story.Sudden Terror: The Hijacking of School Bus #17
4.2
Overview:
In Dade County, Florida, disgruntled taxpayer Harry Kee angrily protests a huge IRS bill by wiring up a box of explosives and hijacking a school bus full of special-needs children. Although the kids are terrified, Marta Caldwell, the bus' Cuban-born driver, remains calm and collected throughout the ordeal, not only helping her charges survive the crisis, but also providing comfort and support to a teacher's aide on the verge of a diabetic seizure. But while Marta keeps her head about her, the kidnapper grows more and more unhinged, and the police surround the hijacked bus, ready to shoot to kill if necessary.Catherine's Grove
4.5
Overview:
Undercover cop Doyle is working on a serial killer case that's left a trail of dead transvestites. Then, moonlighting as a private eye, Doyle and his girlfriend are hired by a rich young man to find his sister. The search leads to her mysterious uncle, and the possibility of becoming the killer's next victim.The Breaking Point
4
Overview:
When Shawn Dickerson is accused of killing Brenda Sawyer, an overzealous Assistant D.A. named Ballard is willing to do whatever she has to do to become District Attorney, even if it means bending the rules.Acting
2025F1 as Diner Waitress
2025The Waterfront (1 Episode) as Daphne
2023Pain Hustlers as Principal
2023Will Trent (1 Episode) as Theresa Rothwell
2022Girlfriendship as Mrs. Williams
2022Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. as Sabina
2021Looking in the Mirror as Beatrice
2020Murder RX as Unknown
2019Waves as Doctor
2019The Dirt as Officer
2019Doom Patrol (1 Episode) as Beekeeper
2018KNOCK KNOCK as Unknown
2018Lodge 49 (9 Episodes) as Unknown
2017The Quad (1 Episode) as Aunt Vida
2016Stranger Things (1 Episode) as Elderly Woman
2016Greenleaf (19 Episodes) as Misty Williams
2014Resurrection (1 Episode) as Sharon
2014The Breaking Point as Jackie
2013Sleepy Hollow (1 Episode) as Night Shift Nurse
2011Cassadaga as Susan
2010The Glades (1 Episode) as Minnie
2007Burn Notice (1 Episode) as Judy
2003One Tree Hill (1 Episode) as Marion
2001Jeepers Creepers as Officer Natasha Weston
2000Sheena (1 Episode) as Doctor
1999Chapter Zero as Doctor
1998Dawson's Creek (1 Episode) as Counselor
1997Catherine's Grove as Malatasia
1996Sudden Terror: The Hijacking of School Bus #17 as Detective Grantham
1996Kenan & Kel (1 Episode) as Nurse Manly
1995Saved By The Light as Attending Nurse
1993seaQuest DSV (1 Episode) as Female Hauler