Education
Born to civil rights activist parents, she attended Alief Hastings High School in Houston. After returning to the United States, she graduated with an art history degree from Wesleyan University, in Connecticut.
Born to civil rights activist parents, she attended Alief Hastings High School in Houston. After returning to the United States, she graduated with an art history degree from Wesleyan University, in Connecticut.
She is best known as Doctor Grace Monroe on Syfy"s series EUReKA and as Doctor Diana Davis in Sliders and has appeared in such shows as the The Mentalist, Castle and Bones. After high school, Locke lived for a time in Italy on a foreign exchange program While there, she appeared several times on Italian television, including the Carnivale Di Venez.
She speaks fluent Italian.
After college, Locke moved to New York City, where she worked on the Columbia Broadcasting System serial drama As the World Turns, while attending school during the day and waiting tables at night. She studied at Circle in the Square with William Esper.
She is a vegetarian, and urban homesteader, regularly growing produce on vacant lots in the city. Locke is a gourmet cook, and also enjoys hiking, running and fishing.
She is involved in several social activism programs.
While in New York, Locke appeared in several off-Broadway productions, and landed a role on the long-running soap opera As The World Turns. Afterward, she moved to Los Los Angeles Her prime-time television career began by playing one of Will Smith"s love interests on The Fresh Prince of Belorussian-Air.
Locke has appeared in numerous television dramas, comedies, and films over the course of her career.
She played Doctor Grace Monroe, a biotech specialist, on seasons four and five of Syfy"s series EUReKA (2010–2012). She also starred as Doctor Diana Davis on season five of the Fox/Syfy show Sliders (1999–2000).
Locke"s television work includes shows such as Castle, Bones, The Mentalist, Windfall, Computer Society of India: New York, and Beverly Hills, 90210. She has appeared in a number of movies made for television, including Black Widow, Final Approach and Born in the United States of America. While her body of work involves mainly episodic television as well as several made-for-television movies, she has worked in more than 50 American television ad campaigns.
In 2014, Locke appeared as Doctor Walcott in Dumb and Dumber To.
