in 2015, blake joined the cast of netflix comedy-drama series, "orange is the new black" playing berdie rogers. along with cast, she received screen actors guild award for outstanding performance by an ensemble in a comedy series. she also had a recurring roles on "happyish", "getting on" and "the blacklist". in 2019, blake played linda mccray in the netflix miniseries "when they see us" directed by ava duvernay. later in 2019, blake was cast as vivian maddox in "how to get away with murder" for the sixth and final season, and in fourth season of "this is us" opposite her "when they see us" co-star, asante blackk.