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Edwina  Findley

Edwina Findley

Award-Winning Actress, New York Times Best-Selling Author, and CEO & Co-Founder of Abundant Life University

Edwina Findley

Award-Winning Actress, New York Times Best-Selling Author, and CEO & Co-Founder of Abundant Life University

Biography

Edwina Findley is an award-winning film, television, and theatre actress, hailed by critics as "a marvel to watch." Known to global audiences as 'Sheila Cannon' in Shonda Rhimes' hit Netflix series The Residence, set inside the White House. Edwina first captured hearts as 'Tosha' on HBO's groundbreaking series The Wire, before being handpicked by Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry to star in the drama series If Loving You Is Wrong for five seasons. 

A vibrant and versatile performer, Edwina has starred in Fear the Walking Dead, Amazon's global thriller The Power, Veep, Chicago Med, Black Lightning, HBO's Treme, and Ava DuVernay's Sundance Award-winning Middle of Nowhere. She starred in Warner Bros. comedy Get Hard alongside Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart, and earned an Independent Spirit Award nomination for her "skin-prickling performance" as Melva in Free In Deed, which was awarded Best Film at the Venice Film Festival.

Edwina is also a sought-after speaker, teacher, author, and the CEO and Co-founder of Abundant Life University. Praised by Oprah Winfrey as "a great manifester," Edwina travels the world inspiring audiences to press past fear, unleash their highest vision, and manifest the life they've been praying for - empowering them to pursue their "God Dream" with boldness, strategy, and spiritual clarity.

Edwina is the author of the bestselling The World Is Waiting For You (HarperCollins), featuring a foreword by Viola Davis. Proclaimed in the New York Times as "a life force," Edwina has been featured in Oprah, People, Time, The New York Times, The Washington Post, InStyle, Essence, and The Hollywood Reporter, among others. 

Edwina's most cherished blessings are her loving husband, Kelvin Dickerson, and their bright and beautiful daughters, Victoria and London.

Speech Topics

The World is Waiting For You: Fearlessly Unlock Your Potential and Step Into Your Power

What if the life you’ve been waiting for is already within reach—and the only thing left is the courage to claim it? Edwina Findley, actress, entrepreneur, and bestselling author, shares the powerful principles behind her book The World Is Waiting for You, offering a clear path toward purpose, possibility, and personal agency. Drawing from her journey navigating Hollywood, building a business, and creating success on her own terms filled with passion and meaning, Findley challenges audiences to break through fear, reframe limiting beliefs, and take bold, intentional action. Through dynamic storytelling and practical insight, she meets audiences wherever they are—helping them move from hesitation to momentum to manifestation. Her message is both deeply personal and universally relevant, grounded in the belief that no one needs permission to pursue the life they envision. This talk leaves audiences energized, empowered, and ready to step fully into their next chapter.

Audiences will learn:

  • How to identify and move past limiting beliefs that hold you back
  • A practical framework for turning vision into action
  • Tools to build confidence and take ownership of your next chapter
  • Methods to harness your gifts to change the world

Manifesting Your God Dream: Discovering the Vision You Were Created to Fulfill

What if the vision on your heart isn’t random—but a calling you’re meant to answer? Edwina Findley delivers a powerful, faith-centered message rooted in the idea of the “God Dream”—a higher purpose placed within each of us that is greater than fear, doubt, or circumstance. Drawing from her personal journey and her book The World Is Waiting for You, Findley shares how faith, obedience surrender, and trust guided her through uncertainty and into alignment with her calling. With authenticity and conviction, she encourages audiences to move forward even when the path is unclear, trusting that clarity comes through action and belief. Blending storytelling with spiritual insight, she offers a grounded and uplifting perspective on purpose, courage, and divine timing. This talk is an invitation to step boldly into what was always meant for you.

Audiences will learn:

  • How to recognize and define their own “God Dream”
  • How to move forward with faith during uncertainty and doubt
  • The role of purpose, obedience, and trust in creating lasting fulfillment

Stretched But Still Standing: How to Give Everything to Others Without Losing Yourself

What does it mean to keep showing up when life asks everything of you? Edwina Findley shares a deeply personal story of supporting her mother through cancer and navigating the grief that followed, offering a moving reflection on caregiving, loss, and resilience. With honesty and grace, she explores how these experiences reshape our understanding of time, love, and what truly matters. Through storytelling grounded in faith, presence, and perspective, Findley reveals how caregiving can become an act of profound connection—and how grief, while painful, can open the door to deeper clarity and purpose. She meets audiences in their humanity, offering language and insight for moments that are often difficult to express. This talk is both grounding and uplifting, reminding us that even in loss, there is strength, meaning, and the capacity to move forward.

Audiences will learn:

  • How to navigate caregiving and grief with resilience, compassion, and presence
  • Ways to reframe loss as a source of perspective, meaning, and personal growth
  • How to find strength, purpose, and connection in life’s most challenging seasons

An Evening with Edwina Findley: Navigating Hollywood, Family, Business, and Beyond

What does it take to build a career and life that is both successful and deeply meaningful? Edwina Findley takes audiences behind the scenes of her journey from television and film to entrepreneurship and bestselling authorship, offering a candid look at the realities of navigating one of the world’s most competitive industries. Through storytelling, humor, and honest reflection, Findley shares the lessons learned from both success and setbacks—and how she transformed personal challenges into platforms for impact. She connects creativity, business, family, and purpose, showing how each can inform and strengthen the other in building a sustainable, authentic career. Whether delivered as a moderated conversation or keynote-style experience, this program is dynamic, flexible, and deeply relatable. Audiences leave inspired with a clearer sense of what it means to evolve, adapt, and lead with intention.

Audiences will learn:

  • Lessons from navigating success and setbacks in the entertainment industry
  • How to build a career and brand rooted in purpose and authenticity
  • How to balance personal and professional success
  • The mindset required to evolve, adapt, and create lasting impact