Phylicia Rashād

Oyuncu Doğum: 1948-06-19 • Houston, Texas, USA

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Phylicia Rashad (née Ayers-Allen; born June 19, 1948) is an American actress. She was most recently dean of the College of Fine Arts at Howard University before her three-year contract ended in May 2024. Known for her roles on stage and screen, she has received two Tony Awards as well as nominations for six Primetime Emmy Awards and a Screen Actors Guild Award. She is best known for her role as Clair Huxtable on the NBC sitcom The Cosby Show (1984–1992) which earned her two Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series nominations in 1985 and 1986. She also played Ruth Lucas on Cosby (1996–2000), and Brenda Glover in Little Bill (1999–2004). She was also Emmy-nominated for her roles in A Raisin in the Sun (2008) and This Is Us (2019–2021). On stage, Rashad became the first Black actress to win the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play, for a revival of A Raisin in the Sun (2004). She won her second Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for Dominique Morisseau's Skeleton Crew (2022). Her other Broadway credits include Into the Woods (1988), Jelly's Last Jam (1993), Gem of the Ocean (2004), and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (2008). She has appeared in various films such as For Colored Girls (2010), Good Deeds (2012), Creed (2015), Creed II (2018), Creed III (2023), and The Beekeeper (2024). She lent her voice to the Disney-Pixar animated film Soul (2020). In the 21st century, she has directed revivals of three plays by August Wilson, in major theaters in Seattle, Princeton, New Jersey; and Los Angeles. She also directed Purpose (play) in its 2024-2025 run at the Helen Hayes Theater on Broadway.

Phylicia Rashād

Biyografi

Filmografi (Rol Aldığı Yapımlar)

The Broad Coalition

Dinosaur - Preshow

Superstars and their Moms

Free of Eden

False Witness

Polly: Comin' Home!

Reading Rainbow

David's Mother

This Is Us

Grey's Anatomy

Polly

Station 19

Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King

Soul

Everybody Hates Chris

Chadwick Boseman: Bir Sanatçının Portresi

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

The Visit

Between the World and Me

The Emmy Awards

Psych

The Cosby Show: A Look Back

In the House

Genç Mutant Ninja Kaplumbağalar

Heaven Down Here

Jailbirds

The Gilded Age

tick, tick... BOOM!

The Good Fight

Creed: Efsanenin Doğuşu

Ruth ve Boaz

Arıcı: Ölüm Kovanı

Prenses Sofia

Touched by an Angel

A Different World

Empire

Creed III: Efsane Devam Ediyor

Creed II: Efsane Yükseliyor

We're Fighting Back

Uncle Tom's Cabin

The Cosby Show

Grace Olmanın Bedeli

Steel Magnolias

Little Bill

Mickey's 60th Birthday

Bull

Bütün Kızlar Toplandık

Being Mary Tyler Moore

Change of Plans

Tour de Pharmacy

Jean-Claude Van Johnson

Little America

David Makes Man

American Playhouse

Doğru Hamle

Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man

Jingle Jangle: Bir Noel Yolculuğu

Hallelujah

Black Box

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

Curses!

Good Deeds

Oğlumuz

Do No Harm

Blossom

Güneşte Bir Kuru Üzüm

The Earth Day Special

Cosby

Frankie ve Alice

NBC 75th Anniversary Special

The Babysitter's Seduction

Emily & Tim

The Possession of Michael D.

Inside the Black Box

Diarra from Detroit

The Tamron Hall Show

Intimate Portrait