Dec 27, 2024
An accomplished actor and stage director, Phylicia Rashad became a household name when she portrayed Claire Huxtable on The Cosby Show, a character whose enduring appeal has earned her numerous honors and awards for over two decades. She has appeared as Carol on NBC’s This Is Us (2019 and 2020 Emmy nominations), Diana Dubois on the popular Fox TV series Empire, and as Dr. Woods-Trap in Tarrell Alvin McCraney's Peabody Award-winning series David Makes Man, on the OWN Network.
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While television was a catalyst in the rise of Rashad's career,
she has also been a force on the stage, appearing both on and
Off-Broadway, often in projects that showcase her musical talent
such as Jelly's Last Jam, Into the Woods, Dreamgirls and The
Wiz.
In 2016, Ms. Rashad was inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame and
received the 2016 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Leading
Actress in a Play for her performance as Shelah in Tarell Alvin
McCraney's Head of Passes at the Public Theater, a role which she
reprised at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. Rashad performed
the role of the Duchess of Gloucester in Richard II, the 2020
Shakespeare on the Radio collaboration between The Public Theater
and New York public radio station, WNYC.
On Broadway, Ms. Rashad has performed as Violet Weston in August
Osage County, Big Mama in Tennessee Williams’ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
(a role that she reprised on the London stage), Aunt Ester in
August Wilson’s Gem Of The Ocean, and more.
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