Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
6/19/1948
Place of Birth
Houston, Texas, USA
Also Known As
Phylicia Ayers-AllenPhylicia Rashad
Phylicia Rashād
Biography
Phylicia Rashad (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. Known for her roles on stage and screen, she has received two Tony Awards as well as nominations for six Primetime Emmy Awards and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
She is best known for her role as Clair Huxtable on the NBC sitcom The Cosby Show (1984–1992) which earned her two Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series nominations in 1985 and 1986. She also played Ruth ...
Known For
The Beekeeper
as Eloise Parker
The Babysitter's Seduction
as Kate Jacobs
Soul
as Libba Gardner (voice)
Creed
as Mary Anne Creed
Creed II
as Mary Anne Creed
Creed III
as Mary-Anne Creed
Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man
as Cassandra Hawkins
Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored
as Ma Ponk
Just Wright
as Ella McKnight
Bob Hope's Four-Star Christmas Fiesta from San Antonio
as Self
Ruth & Boaz
as Naomi
Change of Plans
as Dorothy
Emily & Tim
as Emily (Segment 5)
Black Box
as Lillian
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
as Grandmother Journey
The Possession of Michael D.
as Dr. Marion Hale (Psychiatrist)
Good Deeds
as Wilimena Deeds
False Witness
as Lynne Jacobi
A Raisin in the Sun
as Lena Younger
Tour de Pharmacy
as Victoria Young
Career Timeline
2023
2021
tick, tick... BOOM!
as "Sunday" Legend #12
Show of Titles
as "There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer
Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist
as Self
Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous
as Anna Campbell
Twenty Pearls: The Story of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
as Narrator (voice)