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Phylicia Rashād
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Phylicia Rashād
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1948-06-19,Houston, Texas, USA
Gender
Female
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 (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.

Filmography

A Raisin in the Sun

6.1

A Raisin in the Sun
2008-02-25

6.278

Our Son
2023-10-14

tick, tick... BOOM!

7.592

tick, tick... BOOM!
2021-11-11

JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala

0

JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala
2017-05-23

6.548

Just Wright
2010-05-14

6.3

Good Deeds
2012-02-23

For Colored Girls

6.708

For Colored Girls
2010-11-05

The Babysitter's Seduction

5.77

The Babysitter's Seduction
1996-01-22

The Broad Coalition

10

The Broad Coalition
1972-01-01

Frankie & Alice

5.942

Frankie & Alice
2010-12-10

8.219

Polly
1989-11-12

Being Mary Tyler Moore

6.729

Being Mary Tyler Moore
2023-03-13

Change of Plans

6.7

Change of Plans
2011-01-08

Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored

4.167

Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored
1996-01-26

Steel Magnolias

6.9

Steel Magnolias
2012-10-07

9.667

Free of Eden
1999-02-21

Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man

6.534

Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man
2001-05-02

Heaven Down Here

7.7

Heaven Down Here
2023-12-14

The Old Settler

3.75

The Old Settler
2001-04-25

7.279

The Beekeeper
2024-01-08

8.313

David's Mother
1994-04-10

Polly: Comin' Home!

8.5

Polly: Comin' Home!
1990-11-18

Twenty Pearls: The Story of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority

0

Twenty Pearls: The Story of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
2021-03-26

NBC 75th Anniversary Special

6

NBC 75th Anniversary Special
2002-05-05

7.667

Jailbirds
1991-05-16

We're Fighting Back

7

We're Fighting Back
1981-04-28

Uncle Tom's Cabin

6.964

Uncle Tom's Cabin
1987-06-14

0

Coretta Scott

5.636

Emily & Tim
2015-08-29

7.407

Creed
2015-11-25

The Possession of Michael D.

5.4

The Possession of Michael D.
1995-05-02

August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand

0

August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
2015-02-20

Mickey's 60th Birthday

6.816

Mickey's 60th Birthday
1988-11-13

Tour de Pharmacy

6.71

Tour de Pharmacy
2017-07-08

9

False Witness
1989-10-23

7.038

Creed II
2018-11-21

Charlie's Place

0

Charlie's Place
2018-04-26

7.929

The Visit
2001-04-20

8.091

Soul
2020-12-25

Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey

6.542

Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
2020-11-06

A Fall from Grace

6.99

A Fall from Grace
2020-01-17

7.088

Creed III
2023-03-01

6.417

Black Box
2020-10-06

Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee

1.5

Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
2014-06-22

Between the World and Me

7.9

Between the World and Me
2020-11-21

Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King

8.117

Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
2020-08-30

6.5

Hallelujah
1993-12-22

Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist

8

Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist
2021-04-17

Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous

0

Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous
2021-04-08

The Cosby Show: A Look Back

7.833

The Cosby Show: A Look Back
2002-05-19

The Earth Day Special

6.083

The Earth Day Special
1990-04-22

7.5

Ruth & Boaz
2025-09-25

0

Show of Titles
2021-06-13

Gods Behaving Badly

2.5

Gods Behaving Badly
2013-11-13

Dinosaur - Preshow

10

Dinosaur - Preshow
1998-04-22

Bob Hope's Four-Star Christmas Fiesta from San Antonio

0

Bob Hope's Four-Star Christmas Fiesta from San Antonio
1992-12-19

VH1 Hip Hop Honors: All Hail the Queens

0

VH1 Hip Hop Honors: All Hail the Queens
2016-07-11

God and the Inner City

0

God and the Inner City
2003-06-22

The Debbie Allen Special

0

The Debbie Allen Special
1989-03-05

Dreams Worth While: The Journey of

0

Dreams Worth While: The Journey of "A Raisin in the Sun"
2008-05-13

Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Family Affair

0

Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Family Affair

7.714

In the House
1995-04-10

A Different World

7.08

A Different World
1987-09-24

Everybody Hates Chris

8.067

Everybody Hates Chris
2005-09-22

7.889

Psych
2006-07-07

Touched by an Angel

7.2

Touched by an Angel
1994-09-21

6.979

The Cosby Show
1984-09-20

4.7

Tamron Hall
2019-09-09

6.177

Blossom
1990-07-05

8.207

Grey's Anatomy
2005-03-27

6.9

Little Bill
1999-11-28

6.048

Cosby
1996-09-16

6.8

Bull
2000-08-15

6.1

Do No Harm
2013-01-31

Intimate Portrait

4.5

Intimate Portrait
1993-11-14

Jean-Claude Van Johnson

6.557

Jean-Claude Van Johnson
2016-08-19

Inside the Black Box

5

Inside the Black Box
2022-01-01

Reading Rainbow

8.347

Reading Rainbow
1983-06-06

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

6.273

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995-03-12

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

4.1

The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996-06-10

7.563

The Good Fight
2017-02-19

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

7.8

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
1987-12-14

Diarra from Detroit

4.643

Diarra from Detroit
2024-03-21

Sofia the First

7.197

Sofia the First
2013-01-11

8.23

This Is Us
2016-09-20

6.61

Little America
2020-01-17

David Makes Man

6.7

David Makes Man
2019-08-14

8.197

Station 19
2018-03-22

6.2

Curses!
2023-10-26

2.6

Sherri
2022-09-12

7.676

The Gilded Age
2022-01-24

The Emmy Awards

7.9

The Emmy Awards
1949-01-25

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

8

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
1948-11-25

7.147

Empire
2015-01-07

0

Tony Awards
1956-04-01

American Playhouse

6.6

American Playhouse
1982-01-12