Biography
Phylicia Rashad 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.
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Awards & recognition
- Lucille Lortel Award — Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play · 2016
- honorary degree from Spelman College · 2011
- Drama Desk Award — Outstanding Actress in a Play · 2004
- Tony Award — Best Actress in a Play · 2004
- NAACP Image Award — Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series · 1997
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- NAACP Image Award — Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series · 1985
- honorary doctor of Carnegie-Mellon University
- honorary doctor of Fordham University
- honorary doctor of the Howard University
- honorary doctorate from Brown University
- Tony Award — Best Actress in a Play · 2005 · nominated
- Tony Award — Best Actress in a Play · 2004 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
David's Mother
Reading Rainbow
Station 19
This Is Us
Grey's Anatomy
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
Soul
Everybody Hates Chris
Between the World and Me
Psych
In the House
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Heaven Down Here
The Gilded Age
Ruth & Boaz
tick, tick... BOOM!
The Good Fight
Creed
The Beekeeper
Sofia the First
Touched by an Angel
Creed III
Empire
A Different World
A Fall from Grace
Creed II
The Cosby Show
Steel Magnolias
David Makes Man
Tour de Pharmacy
For Colored Girls
Being Mary Tyler Moore
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
Little America
Jean-Claude Van Johnson
Just Wright
Black Box
Our Son
Good Deeds
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Blossom
Do No Harm
Frankie & Alice
The Babysitter's Seduction
Emily & Tim
Diarra from Detroit
Inside the Black Box
Tamron Hall
Sherri
Twenty Pearls: The Story of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority