Phylicia Rashād
Acting
Born: Jun 19, 1948
From: Houston, Texas, USA
Credits: 30 titles
Biography
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 …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Beekeeper | Eloise Parker | 2024 | 7.2 |
| Our Son | Maya | 2023 | 6.1 |
| Being Mary Tyler Moore | Self (voice) | 2023 | 6.614 |
| Heaven Down Here | Nancy | 2023 | 7.7 |
| tick, tick... BOOM! | "Sunday" Legend #12 | 2021 | 7.606 |
| Twenty Pearls: The Story of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority | Narrator (voice) | 2021 | — |
| JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala | Self - Host | 2017 | — |
| Emily & Tim | Emily (Segment 5) | 2015 | 5.6 |
| Creed | Mary Anne Creed | 2015 | 7.403 |
| Good Deeds | Wilimena Deeds | 2012 | 6.3 |
| Steel Magnolias | Clairee | 2012 | 6.902 |
| Change of Plans | Dorothy | 2011 | 6.7 |
| Just Wright | Ella McKnight | 2010 | 6.5 |
| For Colored Girls | Gilda | 2010 | 6.7 |
| Frankie & Alice | Edna | 2010 | 5.9 |
| A Raisin in the Sun | Lena Younger | 2008 | 6.1 |
| NBC 75th Anniversary Special | Self | 2002 | 10.0 |
| Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man | Cassandra Hawkins | 2001 | 6.534 |
| The Old Settler | Elizabeth Barney | 2001 | 3.75 |
| Free of Eden | Desiree | 1999 | 9.667 |
| The Babysitter's Seduction | Kate Jacobs | 1996 | 5.766 |
| Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored | Ma Ponk | 1996 | 4.167 |
| David's Mother | Gladys Johnson | 1994 | 8.313 |
| Jailbirds | Janice Grant | 1991 | 7.667 |
| Polly: Comin' Home! | Aunt Polly | 1990 | 8.5 |
| Polly | Aunt Polly | 1989 | 8.219 |
| Uncle Tom's Cabin | Eliza | 1987 | 6.962 |
| We're Fighting Back | 1981 | 7.0 | |
| The Broad Coalition | 1972 | 10.0 | |
| Coretta Scott | Self - Narrator (voice) | — | |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1948 |
| From | Houston, Texas, USA |