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{{short description|American actress (born 1948)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Phylicia Rashād
| name = Phylicia Rashad
| image = Phylicia Rashad 1998.jpg
| image = Phylicia Rashad 1998a (cropped).jpg
| caption = Rashad in 1997
| caption = Rashad in 1998
| birth_name = Phylicia Ayers-Allen
| birth_name = Phylicia Ayers-Allen
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1948|6|19}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1948|6|19}}
| birth_place = [[Houston, Texas]], U.S.
| birth_place = [[Houston, Texas]], U.S.
| alma_mater = [[Howard University]]
| alma_mater = [[Howard University]] ([[Bachelor of Fine Arts|BFA]])
| occupation = Singer, actress, stage director
| occupation = Actress, singer
| years_active = 1972–present
| years_active = 1972–present
| spouse = {{unbulleted list|{{marriage|
| spouse = {{unbulleted list|{{marriage|
William Lancelot Bowles Jr.|1972|1975}}|{{marriage|[[Victor Willis]]|1978|1982}}|{{marriage|[[Ahmad Rashād]]|1985|2001}}}}
William Lancelot Bowles Jr.|1972|1975|reason=div}}|{{marriage|[[Victor Willis]]|1978|1982|reason=div}}|{{marriage|[[Ahmad Rashad]]|1985|2001|reason=div}}}}
| children = 2, [[William Lancelot Bowles III]] [[Condola Rashād]]
| children = 2, including [[Condola Rashad]]
| relatives = [[Debbie Allen]] (sister)
| relatives = {{ubl|[[Debbie Allen]] (sister)|[[DeVaughn Nixon]] (nephew)|[[Vivian Nixon]] (niece)}}
}}
}}


'''Phylicia Rashād''' ({{IPAc-en|f|ɪ|ˈ|l|iː|ʃ|ə|_|r|ə|ˈ|ʃ|ɑː|d}} {{respell|fih|LEE|shə|_|rə|SHAHD}}) ([[née]] '''Ayers-Allen'''; born June 19, 1948) is an American actress, singer and stage director. She is known for her role as [[Clair Huxtable]] on the [[NBC]] [[sitcom]] ''[[The Cosby Show]]'' (1984–92), which earned her [[Emmy Award]] nominations in 1985 and 1986. She was dubbed "The Mother Of The Black Community" at the 2010 [[NAACP Image Awards]].
'''Phylicia Rashad''' ({{IPAc-en|f|ɪ|ˈ|l|iː|ʃ|ə|_|r|ə|ˈ|ʃ|ɑː|d}} {{respell|fih|LEE|shə|_|rə|SHAHD}}) ({{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.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Foster |first1=Lesli |first2=Erin |last2=Spaht |first3=Ruth |last3=Morton |first4=Tom |last4=Kopania |title=From Student to Dean: Howard University's Phylicia Rashad prepares to step down and ponder her future |url=https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/dc/dean-phylicia-rashad-howard-university-prepares-to-step-down/65-42dc981e-f44d-40c4-98c6-07ca36ec0805 |website=wusa9.com |publisher=WUSA9 |access-date=24 July 2024 |date=10 May 2024}}</ref> She is best known for her role as [[Clair Huxtable]] on the sitcom ''[[The Cosby Show]]'' (1984–1992) which earned her two [[Emmy Awards|Primetime Emmy Award]] nominations in 1985 and 1986. She also played Ruth Lucas on ''[[Cosby (TV series)|Cosby]]'' (1996–2000).


In 2004, Rashad became the first black actress to win the [[Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play]], which she won for her role in the revival of ''[[A Raisin in the Sun]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.today.com/id/5152387/ns/today-today_entertainment/t/rashad-makes-tony-awards-history/#.V91k4pgrKCg|work=Today.com |title=Rashad makes Tony Awards history|date=6 June 2004|accessdate=17 September 2016}}</ref><ref name="tony">[http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/archive/pastwinners/index.html Tony Awards (official site)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204062042/http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/archive/pastwinners/index.html |date=February 4, 2012 }}</ref> Her other [[Broadway (theatre)|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 won a [[NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special|NAACP Image Award]] when she reprised her ''[[A Raisin in the Sun (2008 film)|A Raisin in the Sun]]'' role in the 2008 television adaptation. She has also appeared in the films ''[[For Colored Girls]]'' (2010), ''[[Good Deeds]]'' (2012), ''[[Creed (film)|Creed]]'' (2015), and ''[[Creed II]]'' (2018).
In 2004, Rashad became the first black actress to win the [[Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play]], which she won for her role in the revival of ''[[A Raisin in the Sun]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 June 2004 |title=Rashad makes Tony Awards history |url=http://www.today.com/id/5152387/ns/today-today_entertainment/t/rashad-makes-tony-awards-history/#.V91k4pgrKCg |access-date=17 September 2016 |website=[[Today.com]]}}</ref><ref name="tony">{{Cite web |title=Tony Awards (official site) |url=http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/archive/pastwinners/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204062042/http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/archive/pastwinners/index.html |archive-date=February 4, 2012}}</ref> In 2022, Rashad won her second Tony Award for [[Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play|Best Featured Actress in a Play]] for her performance in [[Dominique Morisseau]]'s ''[[Skeleton Crew (play)|Skeleton Crew]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 13, 2022 |title=Phylicia Rashad Wins Tony for Best Featured Actress for 'Skeleton Crew' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/12/theater/phylicia-rashad-skeleton-crew.html |access-date=June 13, 2022 |website=The New York Times}}</ref> Her other [[Broadway (theatre)|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). Rashad won an [[NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special|NAACP Image Award]] when she reprised her ''[[A Raisin in the Sun (2008 film)|A Raisin in the Sun]]'' role in the 2008 television adaptation.


She has appeared in the films ''[[For Colored Girls]]'' (2010), ''[[Good Deeds]]'' (2012), ''[[Creed (film)|Creed]]'' (2015), ''[[Creed II]]'' (2018), ''[[Creed III]]'' (2023), and ''[[The Beekeeper (2024 film)|The Beekeeper]]'' (2024). She also voiced Brenda Glover on the [[Nick Jr. Channel|Nick Jr.]] animated children's educational television series ''[[Little Bill]]'' (1999–2004). 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.
==Early life==
Phylicia Ayers-Allen was born in Houston, Texas. Her mother, Vivian Ayers (born 1923), is a [[Pulitzer Prize]]-nominated artist, poet, playwright, scholar, and publisher. Phylicia's father, Andrew Arthur Allen (1921–1984), was an [[Orthodontics|orthodontist]].<ref name="rootsweb 02007-May-16">{{cite web|url=http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/harris/vitals/births/1948/harsb48a0.txt |title=Phylicia Birthday-01948-June-19 |accessdate=December 27, 2007 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20071114084439/http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/harris/vitals/births/1948/harsb48a0.txt |archivedate = November 14, 2007}}</ref><ref name=LawrenceM-CJ-1999-09-12>Lawrence, Muhammad. - "One-woman dynamo". - ''[[The Courier-Journal]]''. - September 12, 1999.</ref> Phylicia's siblings are [[jazz]]-musician brother Tex (Andrew Arthur Allen, Jr., born 1945), sister [[Debbie Allen]] (born 1950), an actress, [[choreographer]], and [[television director|director]], and brother Hugh Allen (a real estate banker in North Carolina). While Phylicia was growing up, her family moved to Mexico, and as a result, Rashad speaks [[Spanish language|Spanish]] fluently.


==Early life and education==
Phylicia studied at [[Howard University]], graduating ''[[magna cum laude]]'' in 1970 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. She is also a member of [[Alpha Kappa Alpha]] sorority. She was initiated into the Alpha Chapter during her tenure at Howard University.<ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=About Phylicia Rashad|url=https://movies.yahoo.com/person/phylicia-rashad/biography.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017114847/https://movies.yahoo.com/person/phylicia-rashad/biography.html|archive-date=October 17, 2012|accessdate=August 13, 2012|website=|publisher=Yahoo! Inc}}</ref>
Phylicia Ayers-Allen was born on June 19, 1948, in Houston, Texas.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Phylicia Rashad |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Phylicia-Rashad |access-date=January 28, 2022 |website=Britannica}}</ref> Her mother, Vivian Ayers, is a [[Pulitzer Prize]]-nominated artist, poet, playwright, scholar, and publisher. Her father, Andrew Arthur Allen, was an [[Orthodontics|orthodontist]].<ref name="rootsweb 02007-May-16">{{Cite web |title=Phylicia Birthday-01948-June-19 |url=http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/harris/vitals/births/1948/harsb48a0.txt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071114084439/http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/harris/vitals/births/1948/harsb48a0.txt |archive-date=November 14, 2007 |access-date=December 27, 2007}}</ref><ref name="LawrenceM-CJ-1999-09-12">Lawrence, Muhammad. "One-woman dynamo". ''[[The Courier-Journal]]'' (Louisville) . September 12, 1999.</ref> Her siblings are brother Tex (Andrew Arthur Allen Jr.), a [[jazz]]-musician; sister [[Debbie Allen]], an actress, [[choreographer]], and director; and brother Hugh Allen, now a real estate banker in Charlotte, North Carolina. Their parents divorced when Phylicia was six.<ref name="huff" /> Seven years later, her mother moved with the two sisters to [[Mexico City]], Mexico, to avoid segregation in the United States.<ref name="huff">{{Cite web |last=Capretto |first=Lisa |date=26 January 2017 |title=How Phylicia Rashad's Mother Protected Her From The Malice Of Legal Segregation |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/phylicia-rashad-legal-segregation_n_5887dd56e4b0b481c76bb27b |access-date=5 May 2022 |website=[[Huffington Post]]}}</ref> Ayers-Allen later studied at [[Howard University]], graduating ''[[magna cum laude]]'' in 1970 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. While there, she was initiated into the Alpha Chapter of [[Alpha Kappa Alpha]] sorority.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Phylicia Rashad |url=https://movies.yahoo.com/person/phylicia-rashad/biography.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017114847/https://movies.yahoo.com/person/phylicia-rashad/biography.html |archive-date=October 17, 2012 |access-date=August 13, 2012 |publisher=Yahoo!}}</ref>


==Theatre==
==Career==
===1971–1983: Early work and Broadway debut ===
Rashad first became known for her stage work with a string of [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] credits, including [[Deena Jones]] in ''[[Dreamgirls]]'' (she was [[Sheryl Lee Ralph]]'s understudy until leaving the show in 1982 after being passed over as Ralph's full-time replacement) and playing a [[Munchkin]] in ''[[The Wiz]]'' for three and a half years. In 1978, she released the album ''Josephine Superstar'', a [[disco]] [[concept album]] telling the life story of [[Josephine Baker]]. The album was mainly written and produced by [[Jacques Morali]] and Rashad's second husband [[Victor Willis]], original lead singer and lyricist of the [[Village People]]. She met Willis while they were both cast in ''The Wiz''.
Ayers-Allen first became known for her roles on stage, making her [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] debut in the [[Melvin Van Peebles]] musical ''[[Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death]]'' (1971). Throughout the decade she returned to Broadway in a string of productions playing [[Deena Jones]] in ''[[Dreamgirls]]'' (she also was [[Sheryl Lee Ralph]]'s understudy until leaving the show in 1982, after being passed over as Ralph's full-time replacement).<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.abouttheartists.com/productions/23081-dreamgirls-at-imperial-theatre-december-9-1981-august-11-1985|title= Dreamgirls at the Imperial|website= abouttheartists|access-date= April 1, 2024}}</ref> She played a [[Munchkin]] in ''[[The Wiz]]'' for three and a half years.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.abouttheartists.com/productions/23085-the-wiz-at-majestic-theatre-and-others-1974-1979|title= The Wiz at the Majestic|website= Abouttheartists|access-date= April 1, 2024}}</ref> In 1978, she released the album ''Josephine Superstar'', a [[disco]] [[concept album]] telling the life story of [[Josephine Baker]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.discogs.com/master/204215-Phylicia-Allen-Josephine-Superstar|title= Josephine Superstar|website= Discogs|access-date= April 1, 2024}}</ref> The album was mainly written and produced by [[Jacques Morali]] and [[Victor Willis]], Rashad's second husband and the original lead singer and lyricist of the [[Village People]]. She met Willis while they were both cast in ''The Wiz''.


===1982–2003: ''The Cosby Show'' and other roles ===
Other Broadway credits include ''[[August: Osage County]]'',<ref>{{cite web |title=Phylicia Rashad |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/phylicia-rashad-84642 |website=Internet Broadway Database |accessdate=29 July 2018}}</ref> ''[[Cat on a Hot Tin Roof]]'', ''[[Gem of the Ocean]]'', ''[[Raisin in the Sun]]'' (2004 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play/Drama Desk Award), ''Blue'', ''[[Jelly's Last Jam]]'', ''[[Into the Woods]]'', and ''[[Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death]]''. [[Off-Broadway]] credits include Lincoln Center's productions of ''[[Cymbeline]]'' and ''[[Bernarda Alba (musical)|Bernarda Alba]]''; [[Helen (play)|''Helen'']], ''The Story'' and ''Everybody's Ruby'' at the [[Public Theater]]; [[The Negro Ensemble Company]] productions of ''Puppet Play'', ''Zooman and the Sign'', ''Sons and Fathers of Sons'', ''In an Upstate Motel'', ''Weep Not For Me'', and ''The Great Mac Daddy''; Lincoln Center's production of Ed Bullins' ''[[The Duplex]]''; and ''The Sirens'' at the [[Manhattan Theatre Club]]. In regional theatre, she performed as [[Euripides]]' ''[[Medea]]'' and in ''Blues for an Alabama Sky'' at the [[Alliance Theatre]] in [[Atlanta]], Georgia. Other regional theatres at which she has performed are the [[Arena Stage]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] and the [[Huntington Theatre]] in [[Boston]].
Other Broadway credits include ''[[August: Osage County]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |title=Phylicia Rashad |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/phylicia-rashad-84642 |access-date=29 July 2018 |website=Internet Broadway Database}}</ref> ''[[Cat on a Hot Tin Roof]]'', ''[[Gem of the Ocean]]'', ''[[Raisin in the Sun]]'' (2004 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play/Drama Desk Award), ''Blue'', ''[[Jelly's Last Jam]]'', ''[[Into the Woods]]'', and ''[[Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death]]''. [[Off-Broadway]] credits include Lincoln Center's productions of ''[[Cymbeline]]'' and ''[[Bernarda Alba (musical)|Bernarda Alba]]''; [[Helen (play)|''Helen'']], ''The Story'' and ''Everybody's Ruby'' at the [[Public Theater]]; [[The Negro Ensemble Company]] productions of ''Puppet Play'', ''Zooman and the Sign'', ''Sons and Fathers of Sons'', ''In an Upstate Motel'', ''Weep Not For Me'', and ''The Great Mac Daddy''; Lincoln Center's production of Ed Bullins' ''[[The Duplex]]''; and ''The Sirens'' at the [[Manhattan Theatre Club]]. In regional theatre, she performed as [[Euripides]]' ''[[Medea (play)|Medea]]'' and in ''Blues for an Alabama Sky'' at the [[Alliance Theatre]] in [[Atlanta]], Georgia. Other regional theatres at which she has performed are the [[Arena Stage]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], and the [[Huntington Theatre]] in [[Boston]].


Rashad joined the cast of the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] [[soap opera]] ''[[One Life to Live]]'' to play publicist [[List of One Life to Live characters (1980s)#Courtney Wright|Courtney Wright]] in 1983. She is best known for the role of [[Lawyer|attorney]] [[Clair Huxtable]] on the [[NBC]] [[sitcom]] ''[[The Cosby Show]]''. The show, which ran from 1984 to 1992, starred [[Bill Cosby]] as [[obstetrician]] [[Cliff Huxtable|Heathcliff "Cliff" Huxtable]], and focused on their life with their five children. For her role, she earned two [[Emmy Awards|Primetime Emmy Award]] nominations in 1985 and 1986. In 1985, Rashad co-hosted the [[NBC]] telecast of the ''[[Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade]]'' with [[Pat Sajak]] and [[Bert Convy]]. When Cosby returned to TV comedy in 1996 with CBS's ''[[Cosby (TV series)|Cosby]]'', he called Rashad to play Ruth Lucas, his character's wife. The [[TV pilot|pilot episode]] had been shot with [[Telma Hopkins]], but Cosby fired the executive producer and replaced Hopkins with Rashad.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Dana Kennedy |date=September 20, 1996 |title=Pilot Errors This Fall Season |url=https://ew.com/article/1996/09/20/tv-has-troubled-fall-season/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=June 21, 2007}}</ref> The sitcom ran from 1996 to 2000.<ref>{{Cite web |title="Cosby" (1996) |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115144/ |access-date=June 21, 2007 |publisher=IMDb}}</ref> That year, Cosby also asked Rashad to work on his [[animated television series]] ''[[Little Bill]]'', in which the actress voiced Bill's mother, Brenda, until the show's end in 2004.
Rashad was the first black actress of any nationality to win the Best Actress (Play) [[Tony Award]], which she won for her 2004 performance as Lena Younger in a revival of the play ''[[A Raisin in the Sun]]'' by playwright [[Lorraine Hansberry]]. She was nominated for the same award the following year, for ''[[Gem of the Ocean]]''. Several Black women have won in the Best Actress (Musical) category, including the late [[Virginia Capers]], who won in 1973 for her portrayal of Lena in the musical adaptation of Hansberry's play, entitled ''[[Raisin (musical)|Raisin]]''. Rashad also won the 2004 Drama Desk award for Best Actress in a Play for ''[[A Raisin in the Sun]]'', tying (split award) with [[Viola Davis]] for the play ''[[Intimate Apparel (play)|Intimate Apparel]]''.


In 1993, Rashad was the first narrator at [[Disney's Candlelight Processional]] when the event was moved to [[Epcot]]. Her narration of the nativity story was recorded and released by [[Walt Disney Records]].<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/Candlelight-Processional-Massed-Choir-Presented/dp/B0007SOLUA Amazon Listing Candlelight with Rashad] accessed 08/11/2023</ref> She also played a role in the pre-show of the [[Dinosaur (Disney's Animal Kingdom)|Dinosaur]] ride at [[Walt Disney World]]'s [[Disney's Animal Kingdom|Animal Kingdom]] theme park as Dr. Helen Marsh, the head of the Dino Institute.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-08-23 |title=Guide to Disney World - DINOSAUR, Dinoland USA, Animal Kingdom |url=http://www.guide-to-disney.com/animal-kingdom/dinoland-usa/dinosaur.php |access-date=2017-05-29 |website=Guide-to-disney.com}}</ref>
In 2007, Rashad made her directorial debut with the [[Seattle Repertory Theatre]]'s production of [[August Wilson]]’s ''[[Gem of the Ocean]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.monstersandcritics.com/arts/news/article_1230272.php/Phylicia_Rashad_to_direct_Seattle_Repertory_Theatre_s_Gem_of_the_Ocean|title=Phylicia Rashad to direct Seattle Repertory Theatre's Gem of the Ocean|work=Monsters and Critics|date=December 6, 2006|accessdate=December 11, 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013211610/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/arts/news/article_1230272.php/Phylicia_Rashad_to_direct_Seattle_Repertory_Theatre_s_Gem_of_the_Ocean|archivedate=October 13, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref> More recently, in early 2014 Rashad directed a revival of [[Fences (play)|''Fences'']], also by Wilson, at the [[McCarter Theatre]] in [[Princeton, New Jersey]], which ran to generally positive reviews, and continued an ongoing focus on Wilson's work, including a well-received production of ''[[Ma Rainey's Black Bottom]]'' that she directed at the [[Mark Taper Forum]] in Los Angeles in late 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nj.com/entertainment/arts/index.ssf/2014/01/phylicia_rashad_directs_august_wilsons_fences_at_the_mccarter_theatre_in_princeton.html|title=Phylicia Rashad directs August Wilson's 'Fences' at the McCarter Theatre in Princeton|work=The Star Ledger|date=January 5, 2014|accessdate=February 18, 2014}}</ref>


=== 2004–2018: Theatre roles and acclaim ===
In 2008, Rashad starred on Broadway as Big Mama in an all African-American production of [[Tennessee Williams]]'s [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning drama ''[[Cat on a Hot Tin Roof]]'' directed by her sister [[Debbie Allen]]. She appeared alongside stage veterans [[James Earl Jones]] (Big Daddy) and [[Anika Noni Rose]] (Maggie), as well as film actor [[Terrence Howard]], who made his Broadway debut as Brick. In 2009, she appeared as Violet Weston, the drug-addicted matriarch of [[Tracy Letts]]' award-winning play ''[[August: Osage County]]'' at the [[Music Box Theatre]].
[[File:Broadhurst Theatre, Manhattan, New York (7237737416).jpg|thumb|left|Marquee for the [[Broadway (theatre)|Broadway]] revival of ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire]]'' in 2008]]
In the early 21st century, Rashad was the first black actress of any nationality to win the Best Actress (Play) [[Tony Award]], for her 2004 performance as Lena Younger in a revival of the play ''[[A Raisin in the Sun]]'' by [[Lorraine Hansberry]]. Rashad also won the 2004 Drama Desk Award for Best Actress in a Play for ''[[A Raisin in the Sun]]'', tying (split award that year) with [[Viola Davis]] for the play ''[[Intimate Apparel (play)|Intimate Apparel]]''. Rashad was nominated again for a Tony the following year, for her performance in ''[[Gem of the Ocean]]''.<!-- Several Black women have won a Tony in the Best Actress (Musical) category, including the late [[Virginia Capers]], who won in 1973 for her portrayal of Lena in the musical adaptation of Hansberry's play, entitled ''[[Raisin (musical)|Raisin]]''. Unsourced and seems like a digression - not about Rashad--> In 2007, Rashad made her directorial debut with the [[Seattle Repertory Theatre]]'s production of [[August Wilson]]'s ''[[Gem of the Ocean]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 6, 2006 |title=Phylicia Rashad to direct Seattle Repertory Theatre's Gem of the Ocean |url=http://www.monstersandcritics.com/arts/news/article_1230272.php/Phylicia_Rashad_to_direct_Seattle_Repertory_Theatre_s_Gem_of_the_Ocean |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013211610/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/arts/news/article_1230272.php/Phylicia_Rashad_to_direct_Seattle_Repertory_Theatre_s_Gem_of_the_Ocean |archive-date=October 13, 2012 |access-date=December 11, 2009 |website=Monsters and Critics |df=mdy-all}}</ref> In 2008, Rashad starred on Broadway as Big Mama in an all African-American production of [[Tennessee Williams]]'s [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning drama ''[[Cat on a Hot Tin Roof]]'', directed by her sister [[Debbie Allen]]. She appeared alongside stage veterans [[James Earl Jones]] (Big Daddy) and [[Anika Noni Rose]] (Maggie), as well as film actor [[Terrence Howard]], who made his Broadway debut as Brick.


[[File:Phylicia Rashad, Red Dress Collection 2007.jpg|thumb|right|160px|Rashad at the 2007 Red Dress Collection for [[The Heart Truth]] Foundation]]
From March 17 to May 1, 2016, Rashad played the lead role of Shelah in [[Tarell Alvin McCraney]]'s play ''Head of Passes'' at [[The Public Theater]]. Her performance was positively reviewed.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160329111935/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/29/theater/review-in-head-of-passes-phylicia-rashad-is-a-matriarch-with-worries.html]</ref>
Rashad played "Kill Moves"' wealthy mother on the [[Chris Rock]] created [[sitcom]] ''[[Everybody Hates Chris]]'' on December 9, 2007. In 2007 she appeared as [[Winnie Guster]] in the ''[[Psych]]'' episode "Gus's Dad May Have Killed an Old Guy". She returned to the role in 2008, in the episode "Christmas Joy".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-04-03 |title='Cosby Show' Star Phylicia Rashad Cringes At The Current State Of Sitcoms |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/03/phylicia-rashad-current-sitcoms_n_5086589.html |access-date=2017-05-29 |website=HuffPost}}</ref> In February 2008, Rashad portrayed Lena Younger in the television film adaptation of ''[[A Raisin in the Sun (2008 film)|A Raisin in the Sun]]'', directed by Kenny Leon. It starred core members of the cast of the 2004 Broadway revival at the [[Royale Theatre]] of Lorraine Hansberry's 1959 play, including [[Audra McDonald]] as Ruth Younger, and [[Sean Combs]] as Walter Lee Younger. The television film adaption debuted at the 2008 [[Sundance Film Festival]] and was broadcast by ABC on February 25, 2008.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ginina Bellafante |date=2008-02-25 |title=A Raisin in the Sun - Television - Review |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/arts/television/25bell.html |access-date=2017-05-29}}</ref> According to Nielsen Media Research, the program was watched by 12.7 million viewers and ranked No. 9 in the ratings for the week ending March 2, 2008.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/arts/television/25bell.html Ginia Bellafante, "Raisin in the Sun: A Tale of Race and Family and a $10,000 Question"], ''The New York Times'', February 25, 2008.</ref>


In 2009, she appeared as Violet Weston, the drug-addicted matriarch of [[Tracy Letts]]'s award-winning play ''[[August: Osage County]]'', at the [[Music Box Theatre]]. Rashad returned to directing August Wilson's work in early 2014, when she led a revival of Wilson's [[Fences (play)|''Fences'']], at the [[McCarter Theatre]] in [[Princeton, New Jersey]]. It received generally positive reviews. She continued to focus on Wilson's work, including a well-received production of ''[[Ma Rainey's Black Bottom]]'', which she directed at the [[Mark Taper Forum]] in Los Angeles in late 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 5, 2014 |title=Phylicia Rashad directs August Wilson's 'Fences' at the McCarter Theatre in Princeton |url=http://www.nj.com/entertainment/arts/index.ssf/2014/01/phylicia_rashad_directs_august_wilsons_fences_at_the_mccarter_theatre_in_princeton.html |access-date=February 18, 2014 |website=The Star Ledger}}</ref> From March 17 to May 1, 2016, Rashad played the lead role of Shelah in [[Tarell Alvin McCraney]]'s play ''Head of Passes'' at [[The Public Theater]]. Her performance was positively reviewed.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Brantley |first=Ben |date=March 29, 2016 |title=Review: In 'Head of Passes,' Phylicia Rashad is a Matriarch with Worries |work=The New York Times |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/29/theater/review-in-head-of-passes-phylicia-rashad-is-a-matriarch-with-worries.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160329111935/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/29/theater/review-in-head-of-passes-phylicia-rashad-is-a-matriarch-with-worries.html |archive-date=March 29, 2016}}</ref> In November 2010, Rashad featured as Gilda in the ensemble cast in the [[Tyler Perry]] film ''[[For Colored Girls]]'', based on the play ''[[For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf]]'' by [[Ntozake Shange]]. Rashad said about this work in an interview with ''Vibe Movies & TV'' in 2010: "I saw the original Broadway play. I thought it was amazing how such a story that wasn't pretty was poetry. Usually poetry is about lofty things and this was the poetry of speech and the movement of everyday people. I found a little bit of it off-putting to tell you the truth, because it was so angry when I saw it. And I think [[Tyler Perry]] has added an element here that wasn't in the original stage production, and that is the necessity for taking responsibility for one's own self otherwise you are just living to die. That is where he wrote the line [in the film], 'You gotta take some responsibility in this. Otherwise you are just living to die.'"<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-11-05 |title=Phylicia Rashad Says Tyler Perry 'Kept The Poetry' Of 'For Colored Girls' |url=http://www.vibe.com/2010/11/phylicia-rashad-says-tyler-perry-kept-poetry-colored-girls/ |access-date=2017-05-29 |website=Vibe.com}}</ref>
==Film and television==
Rashad joined the cast of the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] [[soap opera]] ''[[One Life to Live]]'' to play publicist [[Courtney Wright]] in 1983. She is best known for the role of [[Lawyer|attorney]] [[Clair Huxtable]] on the [[NBC]] [[sitcom]] ''[[The Cosby Show]]''. The show, which ran from 1984 to 1992, starred [[Bill Cosby]] as [[obstetrician]] [[Cliff Huxtable|Heathcliff "Cliff" Huxtable]], and focused on their life with their five children. In 1985, Rashad co-hosted the [[NBC]] telecast of the ''[[Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade]]'' with [[Pat Sajak]] and [[Bert Convy]].


In 2012, she starred in another [[Tyler Perry]] film, ''[[Good Deeds]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=David DeWitt |date=2012-02-24 |title='Tyler Perry's Good Deeds,' With Thandie Newton |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/25/movies/tyler-perrys-good-deeds-with-thandie-newton.html |access-date=2017-05-29}}</ref> Also in 2012, Rashad played Clairee Belcher in the [[Steel Magnolias (2012 film)|remake]] of ''[[Steel Magnolias]]'' (the role originated by [[Olympia Dukakis]]). This version has an all [[African American]] A-list cast, including [[Queen Latifah]] as M'Lynn, [[Jill Scott (singer)|Jill Scott]] as Truvy, [[Condola Rashād]] as Shelby, [[Adepero Oduye]] as Annelle, and [[Alfre Woodard]] as Ouiser.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Corneau |first=Allison |date=2012-10-01 |title=Queen Latifah: Phylicia Rashad "Really Delivered" in Steel Magnolias Remake |url=http://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/queen-latifah-phylicia-rashad-really-delivered-in-steel-magnolias-remake-2012110 |access-date=2017-05-29 |website=Usmagazine.com}}</ref> In 2015, she played [[List of Rocky characters#Mary Anne Creed|Mary Anne Creed]] in the sports film ''[[Creed (film)|Creed]]'' (2015),<ref name=RashadCast>{{cite news|last1=Sneider|first1=Jeff|title=Phylicia Rashad to Play Apollo Creed's Widow in 'Rocky' Spinoff 'Creed'|url=https://www.thewrap.com/phylicia-rashad-to-play-apollo-creeds-widow-in-rocky-spinoff-creed/|access-date=February 2, 2015|publisher=thewrap.com|date=January 8, 2015|archive-date=February 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202195744/http://www.thewrap.com/phylicia-rashad-to-play-apollo-creeds-widow-in-rocky-spinoff-creed/|url-status=live}}</ref> and again in the sequels ''[[Creed II]]'' (2018) and ''[[Creed III]]'' (2023). In 2016, Rashad was cast as a recurring guest star in the role of Diana DuBois in the third season of the [[Lee Daniels]]-produced ''[[Empire (2015 TV series)|Empire]]'' [[Television program|television series]] on [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Wagmeister |first=Elizabeth |date=August 29, 2016 |title='Empire' Season 3 Guest Stars: Phylicia Rashad Joins Mariah Carey & More |url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/phylicia-rashad-empire-season-3-cast-diana-dubois-1201846559/ |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date=29 May 2017}}</ref> In 2017, Rashad portrayed Bishop [[Yvette A. Flunder]], pastor of The City of Refuge Church in San Francisco, Calif., as part of the [[Dustin Lance Black]] mini-series ''[[When We Rise]]''. Her appearance in the show highlighted the reputed compassion of the church, the commitment of its leadership, and the loving home the church provides to minister in the tough, primarily African-American community in San Francisco.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Elizabeth Wagmeister |date=2016-06-22 |title='When We Rise' Guest Stars: Pauley Perrette, Rob Reiner, T.R. Knight & More |url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/when-we-rise-abc-guest-stars-pauley-perrette-rob-reiner-1201800915/ |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date=2017-05-29}}</ref>
When Cosby returned to TV comedy in 1996 with CBS's ''[[Cosby (TV series)|Cosby]]'', he called Rashad to play Ruth Lucas, his character's wife. The [[TV pilot|pilot episode]] had been shot with [[Telma Hopkins]], but Cosby then fired the executive producer and replaced Hopkins with Rashad.<ref>{{cite magazine| magazine=Entertainment Weekly| author=Dana Kennedy| title=Pilot Errors This Fall Season| url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,294145,00.html| accessdate=June 21, 2007| date=September 20, 1996}}</ref> The sitcom ran from 1996 to 2000.<ref>{{cite web| title="Cosby" (1996)| publisher=IMDb.com| url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115144/| accessdate=June 21, 2007}}</ref> That year, Cosby asked Rashad to work on his [[animated television series]] ''[[Little Bill]]'', in which the actress voiced Bill's mother, Brenda, until the show's end in 2004. She also played a role in the pre-show of the [[Dinosaur (Disney's Animal Kingdom)|Dinosaur]] ride at [[Walt Disney World]]'s [[Disney's Animal Kingdom|Animal Kingdom]] theme park as Dr. Helen Marsh, the head of the Dino Institute.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.guide-to-disney.com/animal-kingdom/dinoland-usa/dinosaur.php |title=Guide to Disney World - DINOSAUR, Dinoland USA, Animal Kingdom |website=Guide-to-disney.com |date=2007-08-23 |accessdate=2017-05-29}}</ref>
[[File:Phylicia Rashad, Red Dress Collection 2007.jpg|thumb|Rashad at the 2007 Red Dress Collection for [[The Heart Truth]] Foundation]]
Rashad played "Kill Moves"' wealthy mother on ''[[Everybody Hates Chris]]'' on December 9, 2007. In 2007 she appeared as [[Winnie Guster]] in the ''[[Psych]]'' episode "Gus's Dad May Have Killed an Old Guy". She returned to the role in 2008, in the episode "Christmas Joy".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/03/phylicia-rashad-current-sitcoms_n_5086589.html |title='Cosby Show' Star Phylicia Rashad Cringes At The Current State Of Sitcoms |website=Huffingtonpost.com |date=2014-04-03 |accessdate=2017-05-29}}</ref>


=== 2019–present ===
In February 2008, Rashad portrayed Lena Younger in the television film adaptation of ''[[A Raisin in the Sun (2008 film)|A Raisin in the Sun]]'', directed by Kenny Leon. It starred core members of the cast of the 2004 Broadway revival at the [[Royale Theatre]] of Lorraine Hansberry's 1959 play, including [[Audra McDonald]] as Ruth Younger, and [[Sean Combs]] as Walter Lee Younger. The television film adaption debuted at the 2008 [[Sundance Film Festival]] and was broadcast by ABC on February 25, 2008.<ref>{{cite news|author=Ginina Bellafante |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/arts/television/25bell.html |title=A Raisin in the Sun - Television - Review |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=2008-02-25 |accessdate=2017-05-29}}</ref> According to Nielsen Media Research, the program was watched by 12.7 million viewers and ranked #9 in the ratings for the week ending March 2, 2008.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/arts/television/25bell.html Ginia Bellafante, "Raisin in the Sun: A Tale of Race and Family and a $10,000 Question"], ''The New York Times'', February 25, 2008.</ref>
From 2019 to 2021 she portrayed Carol Clarke in the [[NBC]] drama series ''[[This is Us]]'' earning three [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series]] nominations.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.emmys.com/bios/phylicia-rashad|title= Phylicia Rashad - Emmy Awards, Nominations and Wins|website= Emmys.com|access-date= April 1, 2024}}</ref> In 2020, Rashad provided the voice of Libba Gardner, Joe Gardner's mother, in the [[Pixar]] animated film ''[[Soul (2020 film)|Soul]]'' which earned the [[Academy Award for Best Animated Feature]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-oscars-2021/2021/04/25/989617582/pixars-soul-wins-best-animated-feature-the-film-never-played-in-u-s-theaters|title= Pixar's 'Soul' Wins Best Animated Feature — The Film Never Played In U.S. Theaters|website= [[NPR]]|access-date= April 1, 2024}}</ref> That same year she had a supporting role in the family Christmas film ''[[Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey]]'' starring [[Forest Whitaker]] and [[Keegan-Michael Key]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://playbill.com/article/jingle-jangle-a-christmas-journey-starring-phylicia-rashad-anika-noni-rose-forest-whitaker-more-streams-on-netflix-november-13|title= Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey, Starring Phylicia Rashad, Anika Noni Rose, Forest Whitaker, More, Streams on Netflix November 13|website= Playbill|access-date= April 1, 2024}}</ref> The following year she had a cameo role in the [[Lin-Manuel Miranda]] directed musical drama ''[[Tick, Tick... Boom! (film)|Tick, Tick...Boom!]]'' (2021).<ref>{{cite magazine|url= https://slate.com/culture/2021/11/tick-tick-boom-movie-netflix-diner-cameos-broadway.html|title= An Exhaustive List of Every Broadway Cameo in Tick, Tick … Boom!|website= Slate|date= November 19, 2021|access-date= April 1, 2024|last1= Goffe|first1= Nadira}}</ref> She had recurring roles on the [[Netflix]] drama series ''[[13 Reasons Why (TV series)|13 Reasons Why]]'' (2020)<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/13-reasons-why-final-season-163026717.html|title= 13 Reasons Why Final Season Premiere Recap|website= Yahoo|date= June 5, 2020|access-date= April 1, 2024}}</ref> and the [[CBS]] / [[Paramount+]] legal series ''[[The Good Fight]]'' (2022).<ref>{{cite web|url= https://deadline.com/2022/07/the-good-fight-phylicia-rashad-shahar-isaac-cast-season-6-renetta-zev-1235079945/|title= 'The Good Fight': Phylicia Rashad & Shahar Isaac To Recur On Season 6 Of Paramount+ Series|website= [[Deadline Hollywood]]|date= July 28, 2022|access-date= April 1, 2024}}</ref> She returned to Broadway in the [[Dominique Morisseau]] play ''[[Skeleton Crew (play)|Skeleton Crew]]'' (2022) for which she earned a [[Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.broadway.com/buzz/202325/phylicia-rashad-wins-second-tony-award-for-skeleton-crew/|title= Phylicia Rashad Wins Second Tony Award for Skeleton Crew|website= Broadway.com|access-date= April 1, 2024}}</ref> In 2024, she appeared in the action film [[The Beekeeper (2024 film)|''The Beekeeper'']].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hipes |first=Patrick |date=2023-10-04 |title='The Beekeeper' Trailer: Jason Statham And David Ayer Action Movie Flying Toward January Release |url=https://deadline.com/video/the-beekeeper-trailer-poster-jason-statham-david-ayer/ |access-date=2023-10-30 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref>


== Academia and legacy ==
In November 2010, Rashad featured as Gilda in the ensemble cast in the [[Tyler Perry]] film ''[[For Colored Girls]]'', based on the play ''[[For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf]]'' by [[Ntozake Shange]]. Rashad explained in an interview with ''Vibe Movies & TV'' in 2010, that "I saw the original Broadway play. I thought it was amazing how such a story that wasn’t pretty was poetry. Usually poetry is about lofty things and this was the poetry of speech and the movement of everyday people. I found a little bit of it off-putting to tell you the truth, because it was so angry when I saw it. And I think [[Tyler Perry]] has added an element here that wasn't in the original stage production, and that is the necessity for taking responsibility for one's own self otherwise you are just living to die. That is where he wrote the line [in the film], 'You gotta take some responsibility in this. Otherwise you are just living to die.'"<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.vibe.com/2010/11/phylicia-rashad-says-tyler-perry-kept-poetry-colored-girls/ |title=Phylicia Rashad Says Tyler Perry 'Kept The Poetry' Of 'For Colored Girls' |website=Vibe.com |date=2010-11-05 |accessdate=2017-05-29}}</ref>
She was dubbed "The Mother of the Black Community" at the 2010 [[NAACP Image Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.bustle.com/entertainment/phylicia-rashad-black-box-motherhood-cosby|title= Phylicia Rashad On Black Motherhood & The Legacy Of ''The Cosby Show''|website= Bustle|date= February 20, 2024|access-date= April 1, 2024}}</ref> In May 2021, Rashad was appointed as dean of Howard University's [[Chadwick Boseman|Chadwick A. Boseman]] College of Fine Arts.<ref>{{Cite web |first=Alonda |last=Thomas |date=May 12, 2021 |title=Howard University Announces Legendary Actress, Alumna Phylicia Rashad as Dean of the Newly Reestablished College of Fine Arts |url=https://newsroom.howard.edu/newsroom/enwiki/static/14391/howard-university-announces-legendary-actress-alumna-phylicia-rashad-dean |access-date=May 12, 2021 |website=The Dig |publisher=[[Howard University]] |archive-date=February 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226112436/https://newsroom.howard.edu/newsroom/enwiki/static/14391/howard-university-announces-legendary-actress-alumna-phylicia-rashad-dean |url-status=dead }}</ref> In August 2023, Howard University announced Rashad was going to step down from the position of dean at the end of the 2023–24 academic year.<ref>{{Cite news |first=David |last=Andrews |url=https://wtop.com/education/2023/08/phylicia-rashad-to-step-down-as-howard-u-college-of-fine-arts-dean/ |title=Phylicia Rashad to step down as Howard U. College of Fine Arts dean |date=August 10, 2023 |access-date=August 10, 2023 |website=[[WTOP-FM|WTOP News]]}}</ref>


Rashad also received an Honorary Doctorate from Carnegie Mellon University.
In 2012, she starred in another [[Tyler Perry]] movie ''[[Good Deeds]]''.<ref>{{cite news|author=David DeWitt |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/25/movies/tyler-perrys-good-deeds-with-thandie-newton.html |title='Tyler Perry's Good Deeds,' With Thandie Newton |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=2012-02-24 |accessdate=2017-05-29}}</ref> Also in 2012, Rashad played Clairee Belcher in the [[Steel Magnolias (2012 film)|remake]] of ''[[Steel Magnolias]]'' (the role originated by [[Olympia Dukakis]]). This version has an all [[African American]] A-list cast, including [[Queen Latifah]] as M'Lynn, [[Jill Scott]] as Truvy, [[Condola Rashād]] as Shelby, [[Adepero Oduye]] as Annelle, and [[Alfre Woodard]] as Ouiser.<ref>{{cite web|last=Corneau |first=Allison |url=http://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/queen-latifah-phylicia-rashad-really-delivered-in-steel-magnolias-remake-2012110 |title=Queen Latifah: Phylicia Rashad "Really Delivered" in Steel Magnolias Remake |website=Usmagazine.com |date=2012-10-01 |accessdate=2017-05-29}}</ref>


==Personal life==
In 2016, Rashad was cast as a recurring guest star in the role of Diana DuBois in the third season of the [[Lee Daniels]]-produced ''[[Empire (2015 TV series)|Empire]]'' [[Television program|television series]] on [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/phylicia-rashad-empire-season-3-cast-diana-dubois-1201846559/|title='Empire' Season 3 Guest Stars: Phylicia Rashad Joins Mariah Carey & More|last=Wagmeister|first=Elizabeth|date=August 29, 2016|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|accessdate=29 May 2017}}</ref>
=== Marriages and family ===
Rashad's first marriage, in 1972, was to dentist William Lancelot Bowles Jr. They had one son, William Lancelot Bowles III, who was born the following year. The marriage ended in 1975. Rashad married [[Victor Willis]] (original lead singer of the [[Village People]]) in 1978; they had met during the run of ''[[The Wiz]]''. They divorced in 1982.


She married a third time, to [[Ahmad Rashad]] on December 14, 1985. He was a former [[NFL]] [[wide receiver]] and sportscaster. It was a third marriage for each of them, and she took his last name. He proposed to her during a pregame show for a nationally televised [[Thanksgiving (United States)|Thanksgiving Day]] [[American football|football]] game between the [[New York Jets]] and the [[Detroit Lions]] on November 28, 1985.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Moses |first=Gavin |date=December 16, 1985 |title=Sportscaster Ahmad Rashad Scores with a Televised Proposal to Cosby's Phylicia Ayers-Allen |url=https://people.com/archive/sportscaster-ahmad-rashad-scores-with-a-televised-proposal-to-cosbys-phylicia-ayers-allen-vol-24-no-25/ |magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]] |access-date=February 28, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Shouler |first=Ken |year=1994 |title=Catching It All |url=http://www.cigaraficionado.com/Cigar/CA_Profiles/People_Profile/0,2540,86,00.html |url-status=dead |magazine=Cigar Aficionado |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070607205409/http://www.cigaraficionado.com/Cigar/CA_Profiles/People_Profile/0,2540,86,00.html |archive-date=June 7, 2007 |access-date=June 21, 2007 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> Their daughter, [[Condola Rashād|Condola Phylea Rashād]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ww38.theatercalarts.com/showcase/2008/resumes/Condola%2520Rash%C4%81d%2520Resume.pdf|title=theatercalarts.com|website=ww38.theatercalarts.com}}</ref> was born on December 11, 1986, in New York. The couple divorced in early 2001, and she has retained the surname Rashad.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=March 5, 2001 |title=Actress Phylicia Rashad Divorcing Sportscaster Husband Ahmad Rashad |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_12_99/ai_71704807 |magazine=Jet |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060415134934/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_12_99/ai_71704807 |archive-date=April 15, 2006 |access-date=June 21, 2007}}</ref>
In 2017, Rashad portrayed Bishop [[Yvette A. Flunder]], pastor of The City of Refuge Church in San Francisco, CA, as past of the [[Dustin Lance Black]] mini-series ''[[When We Rise]]''. Her appearance in the show highlighted the reputed compassion of the church, the commitment of its leadership and the loving home the church provides to minister in the tough, primarily African-American community in San Francisco.<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Elizabeth Wagmeister |url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/when-we-rise-abc-guest-stars-pauley-perrette-rob-reiner-1201800915/ |title='When We Rise' Guest Stars: Pauley Perrette, Rob Reiner, T.R. Knight & More |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=2016-06-22 |accessdate=2017-05-29}}</ref>


=== Friendship with Bill Cosby ===
==Personal life==
In June 2021, her comments supporting the release of former co-star [[Bill Cosby]] from prison were criticized.<ref>{{Cite news |first=Lisa |last=Respers France |date=July 1, 2021 |title=Phylicia Rashad's support of Bill Cosby highlights division in the Black community |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/01/entertainment/phylicia-rashad-bill-cosby-black-community/index.html |website=[[CNN]]}}</ref> Some called for Howard University to revoke her appointment, and Howard University stated that "Personal positions of University leadership do not reflect Howard University's policies."<ref>{{Cite news |first=Lisa |last=Respers France |date=July 1, 2021 |title=Howard University shares stance on Phylicia Rashad's Bill Cosby support |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/01/entertainment/howard-phylicia-rashad-bill-cosby/index.html |website=[[CNN]]}}</ref> Rashad later apologized in an email to Howard University students and their parents.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Powell |first=Tori |date=July 3, 2021 |title=Howard University dean Phylicia Rashad apologizes to students after voicing support for Bill Cosby's release |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/phylicia-rashad-apologizes-to-students-after-voicing-support-for-bill-cosbys-prison-release/ |access-date=November 2, 2021 |website=CBS News}}</ref> Rashad faced widespread criticism after she posted the following tweet in support of [[Bill Cosby]] after he was released from jail on a technicality: "FINALLY!!!! A terrible wrong is being righted- a miscarriage of justice is corrected!" This support was characterized as rape apologism.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Critics blast Howard University dean Phylicia Rashad after her support of Bill Cosby's prison release |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/phylicia-rashad-bill-cosby-howard-university/ |website=[[CBS News]]|date=July 2021 }}</ref>
Rashad's first marriage, in 1972, was to [[dentist]] William Lancelot Bowles, Jr. They had one son, William Lancelot Bowles III, who was born the following year. The marriage ended in 1975. Rashad then married [[Victor Willis]] (original lead singer of the [[Village People]], whom she met during the run of ''[[The Wiz]]'') in 1978. They divorced in 1982.


Rashad is a [[Vegetarianism|vegetarian]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Burros |first=Marian |date=July 8, 1992 |title=Eating Well |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/07/08/garden/eating-well.html}}</ref>
She married former [[NFL]] [[wide receiver]] and sportscaster [[Ahmad Rashād]] on December 14, 1985. It was a third marriage for both of them and she took his last name. They were married after he proposed to her during a pregame show for a nationally televised [[Thanksgiving (United States)|Thanksgiving Day]] [[American football|football]] game between the [[New York Jets]] and the [[Detroit Lions]] on November 28, 1985.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://people.com/archive/sportscaster-ahmad-rashad-scores-with-a-televised-proposal-to-cosbys-phylicia-ayers-allen-vol-24-no-25/|title=Sportscaster Ahmad Rashād Scores with a Televised Proposal to Cosby's Phylicia Ayers-Allen |last=Moses|first=Gavin |date = December 16, 1985 |magazine= [[People (magazine)|People]] |accessdate=February 28, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine| magazine=Cigar Aficionado| first=Ken|last=Shouler| title=Catching It All| url=http://www.cigaraficionado.com/Cigar/CA_Profiles/People_Profile/0,2540,86,00.html| year=1994| accessdate=June 21, 2007| url-status=dead| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070607205409/http://www.cigaraficionado.com/Cigar/CA_Profiles/People_Profile/0,2540,86,00.html| archivedate=June 7, 2007| df=mdy-all}}</ref> Their daughter, [[Condola Rashād|Condola Phylea Rashād]],<ref>[http://theatercalarts.com/showcase/2008/resumes/Condola%2520Rashād%2520Resume.pdf]{{Dead link|date=October 2012}}</ref> was born on December 11, 1986 in New York. The couple divorced in early 2001.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=|first=|date=March 5, 2001|title=Actress Phylicia Rashad Divorcing Sportscaster Husband Ahmad Rashād|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_12_99/ai_71704807|magazine=Jet|page=|pages=|doi=|pmid=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060415134934/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_12_99/ai_71704807|archive-date=April 15, 2006|accessdate=June 21, 2007}}</ref>


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
===Film===
===Film===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable unsortable"
!Year
! Year
!Title
! Title
!Role
! Role
!class="unsortable" |Notes
! Notes
|-
| 1972
| ''The Broad Coalition''
| -
|Credited as Phylicia Ayers-Allen
|-
| 1983
| ''The Wiz''
| MunchkinField/Mouse
| Video
|-
|-
|1995
| 1995
|''[[Once Upon a Time...When We Were Colored]]''
| ''[[Once Upon a Time...When We Were Colored]]''
|Ma Ponk
| Ma Ponk
|
|
|-
|-
|1999
| 1999
|''[[Loving Jezebel]]''
| ''[[Loving Jezebel]]''
|Alice Melville
| Alice Melville
|
|
|-
|-
| 2000
|rowspan=3|2010
|''[[Just Wright]]''
| ''[[The Visit (2000 film)|The Visit]]''
| Dr. Coles
|Ella McKnight
|
|-
| 2001
| ''Little Bill: Big Little Bill''
| Brenda Glover (voice)
| Video
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2010
| ''[[Just Wright]]''
| Ella McKnight
|
|
|-
|-
|''[[Frankie and Alice]]''
| ''[[Frankie & Alice]]''
|Edna
| Edna
|
|
|-
|-
|''[[For Colored Girls]]''
| ''[[For Colored Girls]]''
|Gilda
| Gilda
|
|
|-
|-
|2012
| 2012
|''[[Good Deeds]]''
| ''[[Good Deeds]]''
|Wililemma
| Wililemma
|
|
|-
|-
|2013
| 2013
|''[[Gods Behaving Badly (film)|Gods Behaving Badly]]''
| ''[[Gods Behaving Badly (film)|Gods Behaving Badly]]''
|[[Demeter]]
| [[Demeter]]
|
|
|-
|-
|rowspan=2|2015
|rowspan="2"| 2015
|''Emily & Tim''
| ''[[Emily & Tim]]''
|Emily Hanratty
| Emily Hanratty
|
|
|-
|-
|''[[Creed (film)|Creed]]''
| ''[[Creed (film)|Creed]]''
|rowspan=2|Mary Anne Creed
| Mary Anne Creed
|
|Replaced Sylvia Meals in the role
|-
|-
|2018
| 2018
|''[[Creed II]]''
| ''[[Creed II]]''
| Mary Anne Creed
|
|
|-
|-
|rowspan=4|2020
|rowspan="4"| 2020
|''[[A Fall from Grace]]''
| ''[[A Fall from Grace]]''
|Sarah Miller/Betty Mills
| Sarah Miller/Betty Mills
|
|
|-
|-
| ''[[Black Box (2020 film)|Black Box]]''
| ''[[Black Box (2020 film)|Black Box]]''
| Dr. Lilian Brooks
| Lillian
|
| Post-production
|-
|''[[Soul (2020 film)|Soul]]''
|Joe's Mother (voice)
| Post-production
|-
|-
|''[[Jingle Jangle (film)|Jingle Jangle]]''
| ''[[Soul (2020 film)|Soul]]''
| Libba Gardner (voice)
|
|
| Post-production
|-
|-
| ''[[Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey]]''
| Grandmother Journey Jangle
|
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2021
| ''The Disaster Dreams''
| Brianna's Mom (voice)
| Short
|-
| [[Tick, Tick... Boom! (film)|''Tick, Tick... Boom!'']]
| 'Sunday' Legend #12
| <ref>{{Cite news |last=Ma |first=Wenlei |date=2021-11-19 |title=Crowd-pleasing, poignant Netflix movie |work=[[News.com.au]] |publisher=[[News Corp Australia]] |url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/movies/movie-reviews/tick-tick-boom-linmanuel-mirandas-poignant-adaptation-of-jonathan-larsons-story/news-story/3556f35e336f9722e9386b18200d2e83 |access-date=2021-11-19}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2023
| ''[[Creed III]]''
| Mary Anne Creed
|
|-
| ''[[Our Son]]''
| Maya
|
|-
| 2024
| ''[[The Beekeeper (2024 film)|The Beekeeper]]''
| Eloise Parker
|
|}
|}


===Television===
===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable unsortable"
|-
|-
! Year
! Year
! Title
! Title
! Role
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
! Notes
|-
|-
| 1976
| 1976
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| Episode: "Wax Job"
| Episode: "Wax Job"
|-
|-
| 1978
| 1983–84
| ''[[Watch Your Mouth (TV series)|Watch Your Mouth]]''
| -
| Episode: "First Days - Part 1 & 2"
|-
| 1981
| ''We're Fighting Back''
| -
| [[Television film|TV movie]]
|-
| 1984
| ''[[One Life to Live]]''
| ''[[One Life to Live]]''
| [[Courtney Wright]]
| [[List of One Life to Live characters (1980s)#Courtney Wright|Courtney Wright]]
| Regular role
| Regular cast
|-
|-
| 1984–92
| 1984–92
| ''[[The Cosby Show]]''
| ''[[The Cosby Show]]''
| [[Clair Huxtable|Clair Hanks Huxtable]]
| [[Clair Huxtable|Clair Hanks Huxtable]]
| Main role
| Main cast
|-
|-
|rowspan=2| 1985
|rowspan="2"| 1985
| ''[[Santa Barbara (TV series)|Santa Barbara]]''
| ''[[Santa Barbara (TV series)|Santa Barbara]]''
| Felicia Dalton
| Felicia Dalton
| Regular cast
| 3 episodes
|-
|-
| ''[[The Love Boat]]''
| ''[[The Love Boat]]''
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| ''[[Uncle Tom's Cabin (1987 film)|Uncle Tom's Cabin]]''
| ''[[Uncle Tom's Cabin (1987 film)|Uncle Tom's Cabin]]''
| Eliza
| Eliza
| rowspan=2|Television movie
| TV movie
|-
|-
| 1988
| 1988
| ''[[Mickey's 60th Birthday]]''
| ''[[Mickey's 60th Birthday]]''
| Disneyland Cleaning Lady
| Herself
| TV movie
|-
|-
| 1988–90
| 1988–90
| ''[[A Different World]]''
| ''[[A Different World]]''
| Clair Huxtable
| Clair Huxtable
| Guest (season 1–2), recurring cast (season 3)
| 4 episodes
|-
|-
| rowspan=2|1989
|rowspan="2"| 1989
| ''[[False Witness]]''
| ''[[False Witness]]''
| Lynne Jacobi
| Lynne Jacobi
|rowspan=2|Television movie
| TV movie
|-
|-
| ''[[Polly (film)|Polly]]''
| ''[[Polly (1989 film)|Polly]]''
| Aunt Polly
| Aunt Polly
| TV movie
|-
|-
| rowspan=3|1990
|rowspan="3"| 1990
| ''[[Reading Rainbow]]''
| ''[[Reading Rainbow]]''
| Herself
| Herself
| Episode: "Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters"
| Episode: "Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters"
|-
|-
| ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 series)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]''
| ''Polly: Comin' Home!''
| Jane Goodfellow (voice)
| Episode: "What's Michelangelo Good For?"
|-
| ''[[Polly: Comin' Home!]]''
| Aunt Polly
| Aunt Polly
| Television movie
| TV movie
|-
|-
|rowspan="3"| 1991
| ''[[The Earth Day Special]]''
| ''[[The Earth Day Special]]''
| Clair Huxtable
| Clair Huxtable
| TV special
| Special
|-
|-
| ''[[Blossom (American TV series)|Blossom]]''
|rowspan=2| 1991
| ''[[Jailbirds (1991 film)|Jailbirds]]''
| Janice Grant
| Television movie
|-
| ''[[Blossom (TV series)|Blossom]]''
| Blossom's Dream Mom
| Blossom's Dream Mom
| Episode: "Blossom's Blossom"
| Episode: "Blossom's Blossom"
|-
| ''[[Jailbirds (1991 film)|Jailbirds]]''
| Janice Grant
| TV movie
|-
|-
| 1993
| 1993
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| Episode: "Hallelujah"
| Episode: "Hallelujah"
|-
|-
| rowspan=2|1994
|rowspan="4"| 1994
| ''[[David's Mother]]''
| ''[[Ghostwriter (1992 TV series)|Ghostwriter]]''
| Gladys Johnson
| Television movie
|-
| ''[[Ghostwriter (TV series)|Ghostwriter]]''
| Herself
| Herself
| Episode: "A Crime of Two Cities"
| Episode: "A Crime of Two Cities"
|-
|-
| ''[[The Cosby Mysteries]]''
| 1994–2002
| Hadley Roebuck
| Episode: "Expert Witness"
|-
| ''[[Touched by an Angel]]''
| ''[[Touched by an Angel]]''
| Elizabeth Jessup
| Elizabeth Jessup
| Episode: "Tough Love"
| 2 episodes
|-
| ''[[David's Mother]]''
| Gladys Johnson
| TV movie
|-
|-
|rowspan=2| 1995
|rowspan="2"| 1995
| ''The Possession of Michael D''
| ''The Possession of Michael D''
| Dr. Marion Hale
| Dr. Marion Hale
| Television movie
| TV movie
|-
|-
| ''[[In the House (TV series)|In the House]]''
| ''[[In the House (TV series)|In the House]]''
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| ''The Babysitter's Seduction''
| ''The Babysitter's Seduction''
| Detective Kate Jacobs
| Detective Kate Jacobs
| Television movie
| TV movie
|-
|-
| 1996–2000
| 1996–2000
| ''[[Cosby (TV series)|Cosby]]''
| ''[[Cosby (TV series)|Cosby]]''
| Ruth Lucas
| Ruth Lucas
| Main role
| Main cast
|-
|-
| 1998
| 1998
| ''[[Intimate Portrait]]''
| Herself/Narrator
| 4 episodes
|-
| 1999
| ''Free of Eden''
| ''Free of Eden''
| Desiree
| Desiree
| Television movie
| TV movie
|-
| 1998–2000
| ''[[Intimate Portrait]]''
| Herself
| Recurring guest
|-
|-
| 1999–2004
| 1999–2004
| ''[[Little Bill]]''
| ''[[Little Bill]]''
| Brenda (voice)
| Brenda Glover (voice)
| Main role
| Main cast
|-
|-
| 2000
|rowspan="2"| 2000
| ''[[Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child]]''
| ''[[Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child]]''
| Lady Fulten (voice)
| Lady Fulten (voice)
| Episode: "The Princess and the Pauper"
| Episode: "The Princess and the Pauper"
|-
|-
| ''[[Bull (2000 TV series)|Bull]]''
| rowspan=2|2001
| Mrs. Granville
| ''[[List of Murder, She Wrote episodes|Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man]]''
| Episode: "What the Past Will Bring"
| Cassandra Hawkins
|-
|rowspan=2|Television movie
|rowspan="3"| 2001
| ''[[Biography (TV program)|Biography]]''
| Narrator (voice)
| Episode: "Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over"
|-
|-
| ''The Old Settler''
| ''The Old Settler''
| Elizabeth
| Elizabeth
| TV movie
|-
|-
| ''[[List of Murder, She Wrote episodes|Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man]]''
| rowspan=2|2007
| Cassandra Hawkins
| ''[[Working in the Theatre (series)|Working in the Theatre]]''
| TV movie
| Actor
|-
| Episode: "August Wilson's Legacy"
| 2002
| ''[[Touched by an Angel]]''
| Elizabeth Jessup
| Episode: "The Last Chapter"
|-
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Everybody Hates Chris]]''
| ''[[Everybody Hates Chris]]''
| Kathleen Devereaux
| Kathleen Devereaux
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| ''[[Psych]]''
| ''[[Psych]]''
| Winnie Guster
| Winnie Guster
| Guest cast (season 2-3 & 8)
| 3 episodes
|-
| rowspan=2|2008
| ''[[A Raisin in the Sun (2008 film)|A Raisin in the Sun]]''
| Lena Younger
| Television movie
|-
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2008
| ''[[The Life & Times of Tim]]''
| ''[[The Life & Times of Tim]]''
| The Boss's Wife (voice)
| The Boss's Wife (voice)
| Episode: "Theo Strikes Back/Amy Gets Wasted"
| Episode: "Theo Strikes Back/Amy Gets Wasted"
|-
|-
| ''[[A Raisin in the Sun (2008 film)|A Raisin in the Sun]]''
| 2012–13
| Lena Younger
| ''[[The Cleveland Show]]''
| TV movie
| Dee Dee Tubbs (voice)
|-
| 4 episodes
| 2011
| ''Change of Plans''
| Dorothy
| TV movie
|-
|-
| 2012
| 2012
| ''[[Steel Magnolias (2012 film)|Steel Magnolias]]''
| ''[[Steel Magnolias (2012 film)|Steel Magnolias]]''
| Clairee Belcher
| Clairee Belcher
| Television movie
| TV movie
|-
| 2012–13
| ''[[The Cleveland Show]]''
| Dee Dee Tubbs (voice)
| Guest (season 3), recurring cast (season 4)
|-
|-
| 2013
| 2013
| ''[[Do No Harm (TV series)|Do No Harm]]''
| ''[[Do No Harm (TV series)|Do No Harm]]''
| Dr. Vanessa Young
| Dr. Vanessa Young
| Main cast
| Supporting role
|-
|-
| 2014
| 2014
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| ''[[Jean-Claude Van Johnson]]''
| ''[[Jean-Claude Van Johnson]]''
| Jane
| Jane
| Main cast
| 5 episodes
|-
|-
| 2016–18
| 2016–18
| ''[[Empire (2015 TV series)|Empire]]''
| ''[[Empire (2015 TV series)|Empire]]''
| Diana DuBois
| Diana DuBois
| Recurring role
| Recurring cast (season 3–5)
|-
|-
| rowspan=2|2017
|rowspan="2"| 2017
| ''[[When We Rise]]''
| ''[[When We Rise]]''
| Bishop [[Yvette A. Flunder]]
| [[Yvette Flunder]]
| Episode: "Night IV: Part VI and VII"
| 2 episodes
|-
|-
| ''[[Tour de Pharmacy]]''
| ''[[Tour de Pharmacy]]''
| Victoria Young
| Victoria Young
| Television movie
| TV movie
|-
|-
| rowspan=3|2019
| 2019
| ''[[The Rocketeer (2019 TV series)|The Rocketeer]]''
| May Songbird (voice)
| Episode: "Songbird Soars Again"
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2019–21
| ''[[This Is Us]]''
| ''[[This Is Us]]''
| Carol Clarke
| Carol Clarke
| Guest (season 3–4), recurring cast (season 5)
| 2 episodes
|-
|-
| ''[[David Makes Man]]''
| ''[[David Makes Man]]''
| Dr. Woods-Trap
| Dr. Woods-Trap
| Main cast (season 1), guest (season 2)
| Series regular
|-
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2020
| ''[[The Rocketeer (2019 TV series)|The Rocketeer]]''
| May Songbird (voice)
| Episode: "Songbird Soars Again"
|-
| rowspan=2|2020
| ''[[Station 19]]''
| ''[[Station 19]]''
| Pilar
| Pilar
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| ''[[13 Reasons Why]]''
| ''[[13 Reasons Why]]''
| Pastor
| Pastor
| Recurring cast (season 4)
| 3 episodes; uncredited
|-
| 2021
| ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]''
| Nell Timms
| Episode: "Sign O' the Times"
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2022
| ''[[The Good Fight]]''
| Renetta Clark
| Recurring cast (season 6)
|-
| ''[[Little America (TV series)|Little America]]''
| Margaret Jean the Queen
| Episode: "Mr. Song"
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2023
| ''[[The Crossover (TV series)|The Crossover]]''
| Barbara
| Episode: "Huddle Up"
|-
| ''[[Curses! (TV series)|Curses!]]''
| Georgia Snitker (voice)
| Recurring cast
|-
|2024
|''[[Diarra from Detroit]]''
|Vonda
|Main cast
|}

=== Theatre ===
{|class="wikitable unsortable"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Venue
! Ref.
|-
|1971 || ''[[Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death]]'' || Performer || [[Ethel Barrymore Theatre]], Broadway || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.playbill.com/production/aint-supposed-to-die-a-natural-death-ethel-barrymore-theatre-vault-0000004340|title= Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death (Broadway, 1971)|website= Playbill|access-date= April 1, 2024}}</ref>
|-
|1975 || ''[[The Wiz]]'' || Field Mouse / Munchkin || [[Majestic Theatre (Broadway)|Majestic Theatre]], Broadway || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.playbill.com/production/the-wiz-majestic-theatre-vault-0000007830|title= The Wiz (Broadway, 1975)|website= Playbill|access-date= April 1, 2024}}</ref>
|-
|1981 || ''[[Dreamgirls]]'' || Ensemble || [[Imperial Theatre]], Broadway || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.playbill.com/production/dreamgirls-imperial-theatre-vault-0000006038|title= Dreamgirls (Broadway, 1981)|website= Playbill|access-date= April 1, 2024}}</ref>
|-
|1988 || ''[[Into the Woods]]'' || The Witch <small>(Replacement)</small> || [[Martin Beck Theatre]], Broadway || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.playbill.com/production/into-the-woods-martin-beck-theatre-vault-0000008219|title= Into the Woods (Broadway, 1987)|website= Playbill|access-date= April 1, 2024}}</ref>
|-
|1992 || ''[[Jelly's Last Jam]]'' || Anita <small>(Replacement)</small> || Virginia Theatre, Broadway || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.playbill.com/production/jellys-last-jam-virginia-theatre-vault-0000005238|title= Jelly's Last Jam (Broadway, 1992)|website= Playbill|access-date= April 1, 2024}}</ref>
|-
|2004 || ''[[A Raisin in the Sun]]'' || Lena Younger || [[Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre|Royale Theatre]], Broadway || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.playbill.com/production/a-raisin-in-the-sun-royale-theatre-vault-0000010179|title= A Raisin in the Sun (Broadway, 2004)|website= Playbill|access-date= April 1, 2024}}</ref>
|-
|2004 || ''[[Gem of the Ocean]]'' || Aunt Esther || [[Walter Kerr Theatre]], Broadway || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.playbill.com/production/gem-of-the-ocean-walter-kerr-theatre-vault-0000010038|title= Gem of the Ocean (Broadway, 2004)|website= Playbill|access-date= April 1, 2024}}</ref>
|-
|2005 || ''[[A Wonderful Life (musical)|A Wonderful Life]]'' || Miss Bailey || [[Shubert Theatre (Broadway)|Shubert Theatre]], Broadway || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.playbill.com/production/a-wonderful-lifebroadway-sam-s-shubert-theatre-2005|title= A Wonderful Life (Broadway, 2005)|website= Playbill|access-date= April 1, 2024}}</ref>
|-
|2007 || ''[[Cymbeline]]'' || Queen || [[Vivian Beaumont Theatre]], Broadway || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.playbill.com/production/cymbeline-vivian-beaumont-theatre-vault-0000011213|title= Cymbeline (Broadway, 2007)|website= Playbill|access-date= April 1, 2024}}</ref>
|-
|2008 || ''[[Cat on a Hot Tin Roof]]'' || Big Mama || [[Broadhurst Theatre]], Broadway || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.playbill.com/production/cat-on-a-hot-tin-roof-broadhurst-theatre-vault-0000001990|title= Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Broadway, 2008)|website= Playbill|access-date= April 1, 2024}}</ref>
|-
|2009 || ''[[August: Osage County]]'' || Violet Weston <small>(Replacement)</small> || [[Imperial Theatre]], Broadway || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.playbill.com/production/august-osage-county-imperial-theatre-vault-0000006028|title= August: Osage Country (Broadway, 2008)|website= Playbill|access-date= April 1, 2024}}</ref>
|-
|2022 || ''[[Skeleton Crew (play)|Skeleton Crew]]'' || Faye || [[Samuel J. Friedman Theatre]], Broadway || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.playbill.com/production/skeleton-crewsamuel-j-friedman-theatre-2021-2022|title= Skeleton Crew (2021)|website= Playbill|access-date= April 1, 2024}}</ref>
|-
|2023 || ''[[Purlie Victorious]]'' || Producer only || [[Music Box Theatre]], Broadway || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.playbill.com/production/purlie-victorious-broadway-music-box-theatre-2023|title= Purlie Victorious (Broadway, 2023)|website= Playbill|access-date= April 1, 2024}}</ref>
|-
|}
|}


==Awards and honors==
==Awards and honors==
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{{BLP sources section|date=January 2015}}
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
|-
!Year
!Year
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!Work
!Work
!Result
!Result
!class="unsortable"|Ref.
|-
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1985
|rowspan="2"| 1985
| [[People's Choice Awards]]
| [[People's Choice Awards]]
| [[11th People's Choice Awards|Favorite Female Performer in a New TV Program]]
| [[11th People's Choice Awards|Favorite Female Performer in a New TV Program]]
|rowspan="7"| ''[[The Cosby Show]]''
|rowspan="7"| ''[[The Cosby Show]]''
| {{won}} <small>(Shared with [[Angela Lansbury]] for [[Murder She Wrote]])<small>
| {{won}}{{efn|Shared with [[Angela Lansbury]] for ''[[Murder She Wrote]]''.}}
|
|-
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[Primetime Emmy Awards]]
|rowspan="2"| [[Primetime Emmy Awards]]
|rowspan="2"| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series|Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series]]
|rowspan="2"| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series|Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series]]
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
|
|-
|-
| 1986
| 1986
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
|
|-
|-
| 1988
| 1988
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|rowspan="2"| [[NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series|Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series]]
|rowspan="2"| [[NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series|Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series]]
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
|
|-
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1989
|rowspan="2"| 1989
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
|
|-
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[People's Choice Awards]]
|rowspan="2"| [[People's Choice Awards]]
| [[15th People's Choice Awards|Favorite Female TV Performer]]
| [[15th People's Choice Awards|Favorite Female TV Performer]]
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
|
|-
|-
| 1990
| 1990
| [[16th People's Choice Awards|Favorite Female TV Performer]]
| [[16th People's Choice Awards|Favorite Female TV Performer]]
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
|
|-
|-
| 1997
| 1997
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|rowspan="3"| ''[[Cosby (TV series)|Cosby]]''
|rowspan="3"| ''[[Cosby (TV series)|Cosby]]''
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
|
|-
|-
| 1998
| 1998
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
|
|-
|-
| 1999
| 1999
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| [[Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy]]
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| rowspan="4"| ''[[A Raisin in the Sun]]''
| rowspan="2"| ''[[A Raisin in the Sun]]''<ref>[http://arts.monstersandcritics.com/news/article_178.php Monsters & Critics: "Tony Awards Wrap Up", by Amy Somensky. Jun 9, 2004] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061117062025/http://arts.monstersandcritics.com/news/article_178.php |date=November 17, 2006 }}</ref>
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|2005
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| [[Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play|Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play]]
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|rowspan="2"| [[NAACP Image Awards]]
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| ''[[Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey]]''
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| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Davis |first=Clayton |date=2 February 2021 |title=Viola Davis, Tyler Perry and Regina King Up for Entertainer of the Year at 2021 NAACP Image Awards |url=https://variety.com/2021/awards/awards/2021-naacp-image-awards-nominations-1234898205/ |access-date=2 March 2021 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref>
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| Outstanding Character Voice Performance – Motion Picture
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| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{Cite news |last=Zornosa |first=Laura |date=June 12, 2022 |title=Phylicia Rashad wins Tony for best featured actress in a play for 'Skeleton Crew.' |work=[[The New York Times]] |location=[[New York City]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/12/theater/phylicia-rashad-skeleton-crew.html |access-date=June 15, 2022}}</ref>
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*2003: Honored as Woman of the Year by the Harvard Black Men's Forum
*2003: Honored as Woman of the Year by the Harvard Black Men's Forum
*2005: received an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts (D.F.A.) degree from [[Brown University]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brown.edu/Administration/News_Bureau/2004-05/04-126.html |title=04-126 (Honorary Degrees 2005) |website=Brown.edu |date= |accessdate=2017-05-29}}</ref>
*2005: received an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts (D.F.A.) degree from [[Brown University]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=04-126 (Honorary Degrees 2005) |url=http://www.brown.edu/Administration/News_Bureau/2004-05/04-126.html |access-date=2017-05-29 |website=Brown.edu}}</ref>
*2011: received an honorary doctorate degree from [[Spelman College]] for her work in the Arts<ref>{{cite news|url=http://rollingout.com/news-politics/first-lady-obama-addresses-2011-spelman-class-joins-debbie-allen-phylicia-rashad-as-honorees/|title=Michelle Obama Addresses 2011 Spelman Class; Joins Debbie Allen, Phylicia Rashad as Honorees|date=May 16, 2011|work=Rolling Out|accessdate=May 17, 2011}}</ref>
*2011: received an honorary doctorate degree from [[Spelman College]] for her work in the Arts<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 16, 2011 |title=Michelle Obama Addresses 2011 Spelman Class; Joins Debbie Allen, Phylicia Rashad as Honorees |work=Rolling Out |url=http://rollingout.com/news-politics/first-lady-obama-addresses-2011-spelman-class-joins-debbie-allen-phylicia-rashad-as-honorees/ |access-date=May 17, 2011}}</ref>
*2011: named the first [[Denzel Washington]] Chair professor in Theatre at [[Fordham University]], supported by a $2 million gift from the actor<ref name="fordham gift">{{cite news|url=https://online.wsj.com/article/AP8f11f7546470477f80c0c0b61ea1ff53.html|title=Denzel Washington donates $2.25 million to Fordham |accessdate=October 5, 2011 | work=The Wall Street Journal|date=October 5, 2011}}</ref>
*2011: named the first [[Denzel Washington]] Chair professor in theatre at [[Fordham University]], supported by a $2 million gift from the actor<ref name="fordham gift">{{Cite news |date=October 5, 2011 |title=Denzel Washington donates $2.25 million to Fordham |work=The Wall Street Journal |url=https://online.wsj.com/article/AP8f11f7546470477f80c0c0b61ea1ff53.html |access-date=October 5, 2011}}</ref>
*2019: received an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from The [[University of South Carolina]] for her work in the Arts and Arts Education<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AG2DjF1lB8w</ref>
*2019: received an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from The [[University of South Carolina]] for her work in the Arts and Arts Education<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AG2DjF1lB8w |title=Commencement Exercises |date=May 11, 2019 |publisher=University of South Carolina |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/AG2DjF1lB8w |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

== Notes ==
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==References==
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{{Black Reel Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress}}
{{Black Reel Award for Outstanding Guest Actress, Drama}}
{{DramaDesk PlayActress 2001–2025}}
{{DramaDesk PlayActress}}
{{NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture}}
{{NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture}}
{{NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series}}
{{TonyAward PlayLeadActress 2001–2025}}
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Phylicia Rashad
Rashad in 1998
Born
Phylicia Ayers-Allen

(1948-06-19) June 19, 1948 (age 76)
Houston, Texas, U.S.
Alma materHoward University (BFA)
Occupation(s)Actress, singer
Years active1972–present
Spouses
  • William Lancelot Bowles Jr.
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    (m. 1972; div. 1975)​
  • ​
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    (m. 1978; div. 1982)​
  • ​
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    (m. 1985; div. 2001)​
Children2, including Condola Rashad
Relatives

Phylicia Rashad (/fɪˈliːʃə rəˈʃɑːd/ fih-LEE-shə rə-SHAHD) (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.[1] She is best known for her role as Clair Huxtable on the sitcom The Cosby Show (1984–1992) which earned her two Primetime Emmy Award nominations in 1985 and 1986. She also played Ruth Lucas on Cosby (1996–2000).

In 2004, Rashad became the first black actress to win the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play, which she won for her role in the revival of A Raisin in the Sun.[2][3] In 2022, Rashad won her second Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her performance in Dominique Morisseau's Skeleton Crew.[4] 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). Rashad won an NAACP Image Award when she reprised her A Raisin in the Sun role in the 2008 television adaptation.

She has appeared in the films For Colored Girls (2010), Good Deeds (2012), Creed (2015), Creed II (2018), Creed III (2023), and The Beekeeper (2024). She also voiced Brenda Glover on the Nick Jr. animated children's educational television series Little Bill (1999–2004). 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.

Early life and education

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Phylicia Ayers-Allen was born on June 19, 1948, in Houston, Texas.[5] Her mother, Vivian Ayers, is a Pulitzer Prize-nominated artist, poet, playwright, scholar, and publisher. Her father, Andrew Arthur Allen, was an orthodontist.[6][7] Her siblings are brother Tex (Andrew Arthur Allen Jr.), a jazz-musician; sister Debbie Allen, an actress, choreographer, and director; and brother Hugh Allen, now a real estate banker in Charlotte, North Carolina. Their parents divorced when Phylicia was six.[8] Seven years later, her mother moved with the two sisters to Mexico City, Mexico, to avoid segregation in the United States.[8] Ayers-Allen later studied at Howard University, graduating magna cum laude in 1970 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. While there, she was initiated into the Alpha Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority.[9]

Career

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1971–1983: Early work and Broadway debut

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Ayers-Allen first became known for her roles on stage, making her Broadway debut in the Melvin Van Peebles musical Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death (1971). Throughout the decade she returned to Broadway in a string of productions playing Deena Jones in Dreamgirls (she also was Sheryl Lee Ralph's understudy until leaving the show in 1982, after being passed over as Ralph's full-time replacement).[10] She played a Munchkin in The Wiz for three and a half years.[11] In 1978, she released the album Josephine Superstar, a disco concept album telling the life story of Josephine Baker.[12] The album was mainly written and produced by Jacques Morali and Victor Willis, Rashad's second husband and the original lead singer and lyricist of the Village People. She met Willis while they were both cast in The Wiz.

1982–2003: The Cosby Show and other roles

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Other Broadway credits include August: Osage County,[13] Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Gem of the Ocean, Raisin in the Sun (2004 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play/Drama Desk Award), Blue, Jelly's Last Jam, Into the Woods, and Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death. Off-Broadway credits include Lincoln Center's productions of Cymbeline and Bernarda Alba; Helen, The Story and Everybody's Ruby at the Public Theater; The Negro Ensemble Company productions of Puppet Play, Zooman and the Sign, Sons and Fathers of Sons, In an Upstate Motel, Weep Not For Me, and The Great Mac Daddy; Lincoln Center's production of Ed Bullins' The Duplex; and The Sirens at the Manhattan Theatre Club. In regional theatre, she performed as Euripides' Medea and in Blues for an Alabama Sky at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia. Other regional theatres at which she has performed are the Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., and the Huntington Theatre in Boston.

Rashad joined the cast of the ABC soap opera One Life to Live to play publicist Courtney Wright in 1983. She is best known for the role of attorney Clair Huxtable on the NBC sitcom The Cosby Show. The show, which ran from 1984 to 1992, starred Bill Cosby as obstetrician Heathcliff "Cliff" Huxtable, and focused on their life with their five children. For her role, she earned two Primetime Emmy Award nominations in 1985 and 1986. In 1985, Rashad co-hosted the NBC telecast of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade with Pat Sajak and Bert Convy. When Cosby returned to TV comedy in 1996 with CBS's Cosby, he called Rashad to play Ruth Lucas, his character's wife. The pilot episode had been shot with Telma Hopkins, but Cosby fired the executive producer and replaced Hopkins with Rashad.[14] The sitcom ran from 1996 to 2000.[15] That year, Cosby also asked Rashad to work on his animated television series Little Bill, in which the actress voiced Bill's mother, Brenda, until the show's end in 2004.

In 1993, Rashad was the first narrator at Disney's Candlelight Processional when the event was moved to Epcot. Her narration of the nativity story was recorded and released by Walt Disney Records.[16] She also played a role in the pre-show of the Dinosaur ride at Walt Disney World's Animal Kingdom theme park as Dr. Helen Marsh, the head of the Dino Institute.[17]

2004–2018: Theatre roles and acclaim

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Marquee for the Broadway revival of A Streetcar Named Desire in 2008

In the early 21st century, Rashad was the first black actress of any nationality to win the Best Actress (Play) Tony Award, for her 2004 performance as Lena Younger in a revival of the play A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry. Rashad also won the 2004 Drama Desk Award for Best Actress in a Play for A Raisin in the Sun, tying (split award that year) with Viola Davis for the play Intimate Apparel. Rashad was nominated again for a Tony the following year, for her performance in Gem of the Ocean. In 2007, Rashad made her directorial debut with the Seattle Repertory Theatre's production of August Wilson's Gem of the Ocean.[18] In 2008, Rashad starred on Broadway as Big Mama in an all African-American production of Tennessee Williams's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, directed by her sister Debbie Allen. She appeared alongside stage veterans James Earl Jones (Big Daddy) and Anika Noni Rose (Maggie), as well as film actor Terrence Howard, who made his Broadway debut as Brick.

Rashad at the 2007 Red Dress Collection for The Heart Truth Foundation

Rashad played "Kill Moves"' wealthy mother on the Chris Rock created sitcom Everybody Hates Chris on December 9, 2007. In 2007 she appeared as Winnie Guster in the Psych episode "Gus's Dad May Have Killed an Old Guy". She returned to the role in 2008, in the episode "Christmas Joy".[19] In February 2008, Rashad portrayed Lena Younger in the television film adaptation of A Raisin in the Sun, directed by Kenny Leon. It starred core members of the cast of the 2004 Broadway revival at the Royale Theatre of Lorraine Hansberry's 1959 play, including Audra McDonald as Ruth Younger, and Sean Combs as Walter Lee Younger. The television film adaption debuted at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and was broadcast by ABC on February 25, 2008.[20] According to Nielsen Media Research, the program was watched by 12.7 million viewers and ranked No. 9 in the ratings for the week ending March 2, 2008.[21]

In 2009, she appeared as Violet Weston, the drug-addicted matriarch of Tracy Letts's award-winning play August: Osage County, at the Music Box Theatre. Rashad returned to directing August Wilson's work in early 2014, when she led a revival of Wilson's Fences, at the McCarter Theatre in Princeton, New Jersey. It received generally positive reviews. She continued to focus on Wilson's work, including a well-received production of Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, which she directed at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles in late 2016.[22] From March 17 to May 1, 2016, Rashad played the lead role of Shelah in Tarell Alvin McCraney's play Head of Passes at The Public Theater. Her performance was positively reviewed.[23] In November 2010, Rashad featured as Gilda in the ensemble cast in the Tyler Perry film For Colored Girls, based on the play For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf by Ntozake Shange. Rashad said about this work in an interview with Vibe Movies & TV in 2010: "I saw the original Broadway play. I thought it was amazing how such a story that wasn't pretty was poetry. Usually poetry is about lofty things and this was the poetry of speech and the movement of everyday people. I found a little bit of it off-putting to tell you the truth, because it was so angry when I saw it. And I think Tyler Perry has added an element here that wasn't in the original stage production, and that is the necessity for taking responsibility for one's own self otherwise you are just living to die. That is where he wrote the line [in the film], 'You gotta take some responsibility in this. Otherwise you are just living to die.'"[24]

In 2012, she starred in another Tyler Perry film, Good Deeds.[25] Also in 2012, Rashad played Clairee Belcher in the remake of Steel Magnolias (the role originated by Olympia Dukakis). This version has an all African American A-list cast, including Queen Latifah as M'Lynn, Jill Scott as Truvy, Condola Rashād as Shelby, Adepero Oduye as Annelle, and Alfre Woodard as Ouiser.[26] In 2015, she played Mary Anne Creed in the sports film Creed (2015),[27] and again in the sequels Creed II (2018) and Creed III (2023). In 2016, Rashad was cast as a recurring guest star in the role of Diana DuBois in the third season of the Lee Daniels-produced Empire television series on Fox.[28] In 2017, Rashad portrayed Bishop Yvette A. Flunder, pastor of The City of Refuge Church in San Francisco, Calif., as part of the Dustin Lance Black mini-series When We Rise. Her appearance in the show highlighted the reputed compassion of the church, the commitment of its leadership, and the loving home the church provides to minister in the tough, primarily African-American community in San Francisco.[29]

2019–present

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From 2019 to 2021 she portrayed Carol Clarke in the NBC drama series This is Us earning three Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series nominations.[30] In 2020, Rashad provided the voice of Libba Gardner, Joe Gardner's mother, in the Pixar animated film Soul which earned the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.[31] That same year she had a supporting role in the family Christmas film Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey starring Forest Whitaker and Keegan-Michael Key.[32] The following year she had a cameo role in the Lin-Manuel Miranda directed musical drama Tick, Tick...Boom! (2021).[33] She had recurring roles on the Netflix drama series 13 Reasons Why (2020)[34] and the CBS / Paramount+ legal series The Good Fight (2022).[35] She returned to Broadway in the Dominique Morisseau play Skeleton Crew (2022) for which she earned a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play.[36] In 2024, she appeared in the action film The Beekeeper.[37]

Academia and legacy

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She was dubbed "The Mother of the Black Community" at the 2010 NAACP Image Awards.[38] In May 2021, Rashad was appointed as dean of Howard University's Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts.[39] In August 2023, Howard University announced Rashad was going to step down from the position of dean at the end of the 2023–24 academic year.[40]

Rashad also received an Honorary Doctorate from Carnegie Mellon University.

Personal life

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Marriages and family

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Rashad's first marriage, in 1972, was to dentist William Lancelot Bowles Jr. They had one son, William Lancelot Bowles III, who was born the following year. The marriage ended in 1975. Rashad married Victor Willis (original lead singer of the Village People) in 1978; they had met during the run of The Wiz. They divorced in 1982.

She married a third time, to Ahmad Rashad on December 14, 1985. He was a former NFL wide receiver and sportscaster. It was a third marriage for each of them, and she took his last name. He proposed to her during a pregame show for a nationally televised Thanksgiving Day football game between the New York Jets and the Detroit Lions on November 28, 1985.[41][42] Their daughter, Condola Phylea Rashād,[43] was born on December 11, 1986, in New York. The couple divorced in early 2001, and she has retained the surname Rashad.[44]

Friendship with Bill Cosby

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In June 2021, her comments supporting the release of former co-star Bill Cosby from prison were criticized.[45] Some called for Howard University to revoke her appointment, and Howard University stated that "Personal positions of University leadership do not reflect Howard University's policies."[46] Rashad later apologized in an email to Howard University students and their parents.[47] Rashad faced widespread criticism after she posted the following tweet in support of Bill Cosby after he was released from jail on a technicality: "FINALLY!!!! A terrible wrong is being righted- a miscarriage of justice is corrected!" This support was characterized as rape apologism.[48]

Rashad is a vegetarian.[49]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1972 The Broad Coalition - Credited as Phylicia Ayers-Allen
1983 The Wiz MunchkinField/Mouse Video
1995 Once Upon a Time...When We Were Colored Ma Ponk
1999 Loving Jezebel Alice Melville
2000 The Visit Dr. Coles
2001 Little Bill: Big Little Bill Brenda Glover (voice) Video
2010 Just Wright Ella McKnight
Frankie & Alice Edna
For Colored Girls Gilda
2012 Good Deeds Wililemma
2013 Gods Behaving Badly Demeter
2015 Emily & Tim Emily Hanratty
Creed Mary Anne Creed
2018 Creed II Mary Anne Creed
2020 A Fall from Grace Sarah Miller/Betty Mills
Black Box Dr. Lilian Brooks
Soul Libba Gardner (voice)
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey Grandmother Journey Jangle
2021 The Disaster Dreams Brianna's Mom (voice) Short
Tick, Tick... Boom! 'Sunday' Legend #12 [50]
2023 Creed III Mary Anne Creed
Our Son Maya
2024 The Beekeeper Eloise Parker

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1976 Delvecchio Ventita Ray Episode: "Wax Job"
1978 Watch Your Mouth - Episode: "First Days - Part 1 & 2"
1981 We're Fighting Back - TV movie
1984 One Life to Live Courtney Wright Regular cast
1984–92 The Cosby Show Clair Hanks Huxtable Main cast
1985 Santa Barbara Felicia Dalton Regular cast
The Love Boat Lonette Becker Episode: "A Day in Port"
1987 Uncle Tom's Cabin Eliza TV movie
1988 Mickey's 60th Birthday Disneyland Cleaning Lady TV movie
1988–90 A Different World Clair Huxtable Guest (season 1–2), recurring cast (season 3)
1989 False Witness Lynne Jacobi TV movie
Polly Aunt Polly TV movie
1990 Reading Rainbow Herself Episode: "Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters"
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Jane Goodfellow (voice) Episode: "What's Michelangelo Good For?"
Polly: Comin' Home! Aunt Polly TV movie
1991 The Earth Day Special Clair Huxtable TV special
Blossom Blossom's Dream Mom Episode: "Blossom's Blossom"
Jailbirds Janice Grant TV movie
1993 American Playhouse Mayor Turner Episode: "Hallelujah"
1994 Ghostwriter Herself Episode: "A Crime of Two Cities"
The Cosby Mysteries Hadley Roebuck Episode: "Expert Witness"
Touched by an Angel Elizabeth Jessup Episode: "Tough Love"
David's Mother Gladys Johnson TV movie
1995 The Possession of Michael D Dr. Marion Hale TV movie
In the House Rowena Episode: "Sister Act"
1996 The Babysitter's Seduction Detective Kate Jacobs TV movie
1996–2000 Cosby Ruth Lucas Main cast
1998 Free of Eden Desiree TV movie
1998–2000 Intimate Portrait Herself Recurring guest
1999–2004 Little Bill Brenda Glover (voice) Main cast
2000 Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child Lady Fulten (voice) Episode: "The Princess and the Pauper"
Bull Mrs. Granville Episode: "What the Past Will Bring"
2001 Biography Narrator (voice) Episode: "Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over"
The Old Settler Elizabeth TV movie
Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man Cassandra Hawkins TV movie
2002 Touched by an Angel Elizabeth Jessup Episode: "The Last Chapter"
2007 Everybody Hates Chris Kathleen Devereaux Episode: "Everybody Hates Kwanzaa"
2007–14 Psych Winnie Guster Guest cast (season 2-3 & 8)
2008 The Life & Times of Tim The Boss's Wife (voice) Episode: "Theo Strikes Back/Amy Gets Wasted"
A Raisin in the Sun Lena Younger TV movie
2011 Change of Plans Dorothy TV movie
2012 Steel Magnolias Clairee Belcher TV movie
2012–13 The Cleveland Show Dee Dee Tubbs (voice) Guest (season 3), recurring cast (season 4)
2013 Do No Harm Dr. Vanessa Young Main cast
2014 Sofia the First Glacia the Ice Witch (voice) Episode: "Winter's Gift"
2016–17 Jean-Claude Van Johnson Jane Main cast
2016–18 Empire Diana DuBois Recurring cast (season 3–5)
2017 When We Rise Yvette Flunder Episode: "Night IV: Part VI and VII"
Tour de Pharmacy Victoria Young TV movie
2019 The Rocketeer May Songbird (voice) Episode: "Songbird Soars Again"
2019–21 This Is Us Carol Clarke Guest (season 3–4), recurring cast (season 5)
David Makes Man Dr. Woods-Trap Main cast (season 1), guest (season 2)
2020 Station 19 Pilar Episode: "Ice Ice Baby"
13 Reasons Why Pastor Recurring cast (season 4)
2021 Grey's Anatomy Nell Timms Episode: "Sign O' the Times"
2022 The Good Fight Renetta Clark Recurring cast (season 6)
Little America Margaret Jean the Queen Episode: "Mr. Song"
2023 The Crossover Barbara Episode: "Huddle Up"
Curses! Georgia Snitker (voice) Recurring cast
2024 Diarra from Detroit Vonda Main cast

Theatre

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Year Title Role Venue Ref.
1971 Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death Performer Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Broadway [51]
1975 The Wiz Field Mouse / Munchkin Majestic Theatre, Broadway [52]
1981 Dreamgirls Ensemble Imperial Theatre, Broadway [53]
1988 Into the Woods The Witch (Replacement) Martin Beck Theatre, Broadway [54]
1992 Jelly's Last Jam Anita (Replacement) Virginia Theatre, Broadway [55]
2004 A Raisin in the Sun Lena Younger Royale Theatre, Broadway [56]
2004 Gem of the Ocean Aunt Esther Walter Kerr Theatre, Broadway [57]
2005 A Wonderful Life Miss Bailey Shubert Theatre, Broadway [58]
2007 Cymbeline Queen Vivian Beaumont Theatre, Broadway [59]
2008 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Big Mama Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway [60]
2009 August: Osage County Violet Weston (Replacement) Imperial Theatre, Broadway [61]
2022 Skeleton Crew Faye Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, Broadway [62]
2023 Purlie Victorious Producer only Music Box Theatre, Broadway [63]

Awards and honors

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Year Association Category Work Result Ref.
1985 People's Choice Awards Favorite Female Performer in a New TV Program The Cosby Show Won[a]
Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Nominated
1986 Nominated
1988 NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series Won
1989 Won
People's Choice Awards Favorite Female TV Performer Won
1990 Favorite Female TV Performer Nominated
1997 NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series Cosby Won
1998 Nominated
1999 Satellite Awards Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy Nominated
2002 NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special The Old Settler Nominated
2004 Tony Awards Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play A Raisin in the Sun Won [64]
Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Actress in a Play Won
Drama League Awards Distinguished Performance Nominated
Outer Critics Circle Awards Outstanding Actress in a Play Nominated
2005 Tony Awards Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play Gem of the Ocean Nominated
2008 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie A Raisin in the Sun Nominated
2009 NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special Won
Screen Actors Guild Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie Nominated
2011 Black Reel Awards Outstanding Supporting Actress For Colored Girls Won
NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Nominated
2013 Good Deeds Nominated
2015 The BET Honors Theatrical Arts Award N/A (Honoree) Won
2019 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series This Is Us Nominated
2020 Nominated
2021 Nominated
NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey Won [65]
Outstanding Character Voice Performance – Motion Picture Soul Nominated
2022 Tony Awards Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play Skeleton Crew Won [66]
Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Actress in a Play Won
Drama League Awards Distinguished Performance Nominated
Outer Critics Circle Awards Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play Nominated

Notes

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  1. ^ Shared with Angela Lansbury for Murder She Wrote.

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