Phylicia Rashad

Si Phylicia Rashad (ipinanganak 19 Hunyo 1948) ay isang Amerikanang aktres, mang-aawit at stage director. Siya ay nakilala sa kanyang papel bilang Clair Huxtable sa NBC sitcom The Cosby Show (1984-92), dito nakatanggap siya ng mga nominasyon para sa Emmy Award noong 1985 at 1986. Siya ay tinatawag na "Ina" ng ang komuninad ng Africano-Amerikano sa 2010 NAACP Image Awards.

Phylicia Rashad
Rashad at the 2007 Red Dress Collection for The Heart Truth Foundation
Kapanganakan	Phylicia Ayers-Allen (1948-06-19) 19 Hunyo 1948 Houston, Texas, United States
Nagtapos	Howard University
Trabaho	Actress, singer, stage director
Aktibong taon	1972–present
Asawa	William Lancelot Bowles, Jr. (k. 1972–75) Victor Willis (k. 1978–82) Ahmad Rashād (k. 1985–2001)
Anak	2

Noong 2004, si Rashad ang naging unang black na aktress na nanalo ng Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play, para sa kanyang papel sa A Raisin in the Sun. Lumabas rin siya sa iba pang play sa Broadway gaya ng Into the Woods (1988), Jelly's Last Jam (1993), Gem of the Ocean (2004), at Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (2008). Nanalo siya ng isang NAACP Image Award nang ginampanan niyang mula ang kanyang papel mula sa A Raisin in the Sun para sa isang paglalapat sa telebisyon noong 2008. Lumabas rin siya sa mga pelikulang For Colored Girls (2010), Good Deeds (2012), at Creed (2015).

Filmography

Telebisyon

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1976	Delvecchio	Ventita Ray	Episode: "Wax Job"
1983–84	One Life to Live	Courtney Wright	Regular role
1984–92	The Cosby Show	Clair Hanks Huxtable	195 episodes
1985	Santa Barbara	Felicia Dalton	3 episodes
1985	The Love Boat	Lonette Becker	Episode: "A Day in Port"
1987	Uncle Tom's Cabin	Eliza	Movie
1988	Mickey's 60th Birthday	Herself	Movie
1988–90	A Different World	Clair Hanks Huxtable	4 episodes
1989	False Witness	Lynne Jacobi	Movie
1989	Polly	Aunt Polly	Movie
1990	Reading Rainbow	Herself	Episode: "Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters"
1990	Polly: Comin' Home!	Aunt Polly	Movie
1990	The Earth Day Special	Clair Huxtable	Special
1991	Jailbirds	Janice Grant	Movie
1991	Blossom	Blossom's Dream Mom	Episode: "Blossom's Blossom"
1993	American Playhouse	Mayor Turner	Episode: "Hallelujah"
1994	David's Mother	Gladys Johnson	Movie
1994–2002	Touched by an Angel	Elizabeth Jessup	2 episodes
1995	The Possession of Michael D	Dr. Marion Hale	Movie
1995	In the House	Rowena	Episode: "Sister Act"
1996	The Babysitter's Seduction	Detective Kate Jacobs	Movie
1996–2000	Cosby	Ruth Lucas	92 episodes
1998	Intimate Portrait	Herself/Narrator	4 episodes
1999	Free of Eden	Desiree	Movie
2001	Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man	Cassandra Hawkins	Movie
2001	The Old Settler	Elizabeth	Movie
1999–2004	Little Bill	Brenda (voice)	Main role (21 episodes)
2007	Working in the Theatre	Actor	Episode: "August Wilson's Legacy"
2007	Everybody Hates Chris	Kathleen Devereaux	Episode: "Everybody Hates Kwanzaa"
2007–14	Psych	Winnie Guster	3 episodes
2008	A Raisin in the Sun	Lena Younger	Movie
2008	The Life & Times of Tim	The Boss's Wife (voice)	Episode: "Theo Strikes Back/Amy Gets Wasted"
2012	The Cleveland Show	Dee Dee Tubbs (voice)	4 episodes
2012	Steel Magnolias	Clairee	Movie
2013	Gods Behaving Badly	Demeter	Filmed in 2011
2013	Do No Harm	Dr. Vanessa Young	Supporting role (all 13 episodes)
2014	Sofia the First	Glacia the Ice Witch (voice)	Episode: "Winter's Gift"
2016–17	Empire	Diana DuBois	5 episodes
2017	When We Rise	Bishop Yvette A. Flunder	2 episodes

Pelikula

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored	Ma Ponk
2000	Loving Jezebel	Alice Melville
2000	The Visit	Dr. Coles
2010	Just Wright	Ella McKnight
2010	Frankie & Alice	Edna
2010	For Colored Girls	Gilda
2012	Good Deeds	Wilimena
2015	Creed	Mary Anne Creed