Phylicia Rashād
1 FOLLOWER • 30 CREDITS • JUN 19, 1948 • 76
Biography
Phylicia Rashād (born Phylicia Ayers-Allen; June 19, 1948) is an American Tony Award winning actress and singer, best known for her role as Clair Huxtable on the long-running NBC sitcom The Cosby Show.
In 2004, Rashād became the first African-American actress to win the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play, for her role in the revival of A Raisin in the Sun. She resumed the role in the 2008 television adaption of A Raisin in the Sun, which earned her the 2009 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special.
Rashād was dubbed "the mother" of the African American community at the 42nd NAACP Image Awards.
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Known For
Tony Awards
This Is Us
Grey's Anatomy
The Good Fight
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Station 19
Touched by an Angel
Little America
A Different World
Psych
Everybody Hates Chris
Curses!
Sofia the First
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
tick, tick... BOOM!
Soul
The Beekeeper
Our Son
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
Creed II
Creed III
Cosby
Creed
Jean-Claude Van Johnson
Steel Magnolias
Black Box
Polly: Comin' Home!
A Fall from Grace
The Cosby Show
Blossom
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