Phylicia Rashād
Age: N/A | From: Houston, Texas, USA
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Phylicia Ayers-Allen , Phylicia Rashad
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Houston, Texas, USA
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Movie Involvements: 43
TV Involvements: 13
Most Famous Work
Biography
Phylicia Rashad (née Ayers-Allen) 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.
Most Famous Work
This Is Us
(2016) Carol Clarke
The Good Fight
(2017) Renetta Clark
Station 19
(2018) Pilar
Grey's Anatomy
(2005) Nell Timms
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
(1995) Lady Fulton (voice)
Intimate Portrait
(1993) Self
Sofia the First
(2013) Ice Witch (voice)
The Beekeeper
(2024) Eloise ParkerActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Eloise Parker | |
| 2023 | Nancy | |
| Georgia Snitker (voice) | ||
| Maya | ||
| Self (voice) | ||
| Mary-Anne Creed | ||
| 2022 | N/A | |
| 2021 | "SUNDAY" Legend | |
| Self | ||
| Anna Campbell | ||
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| 2020 | Libba Gardner (voice) | |
| Self | ||
| Grandmother Journey | ||
| Lillian | ||
| Self - Actress | ||
| N/A | ||
| Sarah | ||
| 2019 | Self - Guest | |
| Dr. Woods-Trap | ||
| 2018 | Mary Anne Creed | |
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| Pilar | ||
| 2017 | Victoria Young | |
| Self - Host | ||
| Renetta Clark | ||
| 2016 | Carol Clarke | |
| Jane | ||
| 2015 | Mary Anne Creed | |
| Emily (Segment 5) | ||
| N/A | ||
| 2014 | Self | |
| 2013 | Dr. Vanessa Young | |
| Ice Witch (voice) | ||
| 2012 | Clairee | |
| Wilimena Deeds | ||
| 2011 | Dorothy | |
| 2010 | Edna | |
| Gilda | ||
| Ella McKnight | ||
| 2008 | Lena Younger | |
| 2006 | Winnifred Guster | |
| 2005 | N/A | |
| Nell Timms | ||
| 2002 | Self / Clair Huxtable (archive footage) | |
| Self | ||
| 2001 | Cassandra Hawkins | |
| Elizabeth Barney | ||
| Dr. Coles | ||
| 2000 | N/A | |
| 1999 | Brenda Glover (voice) | |
| Desiree | ||
| 1998 | Dr. Helen Marsh | |
| 1996 | Ruth Lucas | |
| Self - Guest | ||
| Ma Ponk | ||
| Kate Jacobs | ||
| 1995 | Dr. Marion Hale (Psychiatrist) | |
| N/A | ||
| Lady Fulton (voice) | ||
| 1994 | Elizabeth Jessup | |
| Gladys Johnson | ||
| 1993 | Mayor Turner | |
| Self | ||
| 1991 | Janice Grant | |
| 1990 | Aunt Polly | |
| N/A | ||
| Clair Huxtable | ||
| 1989 | Aunt Polly | |
| Lynne Jacobi | ||
| 1988 | Disneyland Cleaning Lady | |
| 1987 | Jane Goodfellow (voice) | |
| Clair Huxtable | ||
| Eliza | ||
| 1984 | Clair Huxtable | |
| 1983 | Herself - Narrator (voice) | |
| 1981 | N/A | |
| 1972 | N/A | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
