Aisha Jamila Hinds (born November 13, 1975) is an American television and film actress. She began her career on television in 2003 in the series NYPD Blue. In 2004 she got a recurring role in the series The Shield as Annie Price, and later appeared in episodes of Crossing Jordan, Boston Legal, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Stargate SG-1, Cold Case and Desperate Housewives. Hinds was a series regular in two short-lived ABC series, Invasion (2005–2006) and Detroit 1-8-7 (2010–2011). She had recurring roles in Dollhouse, Nurse Jackie, True Blood and Cult.

In film she appeared in Mr. Brooks, Madea Goes to Jail, Unstoppable and Star Trek Into Darkness. In 2013 Hinds appeared in the CW series Cult as the villain Rosalind Sakelik. Immediately after Cult was cancelled, she was cast in a series regular role in the CBS television series Under the Dome, based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King. In 2014 she got supporting roles in the films If I Stay and Beyond the Lights. That same year she got a recurring role as lead investigator Ava Wallace in the CBS police procedural NCIS: Los Angeles.