1999 Donna Reed scholarship finalist cast in ABC's crime drama, "Secrets and Lies"

Mekia Cox

Mekia Cox to appear in role of Amanda Warner

Mekia Cox (90210 and One Tree Hill) has been cast opposite Michael Ealy and Juliette Lewis in Season 2 of ABC’s anthology crime drama series Secrets & Lies, which will feature an all-new crime story that follows Eric Warner (Ealy), a newly married heir apparent who is under suspicion when his wife is murdered. Cox has been cast as Amanda Warner, Eric’s sister, and wife of a prominent Charlotte surgeon, who works as a criminal attorney for the Public Defender’s office. She idolizes her older brother Eric and is fiercely protective of him, immediately coming to his aid when he is targeted by Detective Cornell (Lewis) as the prime suspect in the murder of his wife. Cox was a 1999 Donna Reed scholarship finalist from Orlando, Florida.