Corinealdi played the lead in the Sundance ’12 competition film Middle Of Nowhere which Participant Media and AFFRM jointly picked up at the festival this year. She received good word of mouth during the festival for her performance as a woman who struggles to maintain her marriage and identity after her husband is incarcerated, starring opposite ICM client, David Oyelowo.  The film was written and directed by Ava DuVernay, who won Best Director at the festival. Emayatzy Corinealdi is managed by Inphenate and represented by Del, Shaw, Moonves, Tanaka, Finkelstein & Lezcano.