PHYLICIA RASHAD

Tony Award-winning actress Phylicia Rashad is best known for her role as Clair Huxtable on The Cosby Show. Later, she re-teamed with the lead star, Bill Cosby, to portray Ruth Lucas on the sitcom Cosby. Rashad has also appeared on Broadway, including in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and A Raisin in the Sun, for which she bagged a Tony Award. Additionally, she has done regional theatre at venues such as Washington, DC’s Arena Stage and Atlanta’s Alliance Theatre.

In 2007, the actress tried her hand at directing with Gem of the Ocean, a Seattle Repertory Theatre production. She also directed a revival of Fences by August Wilson. Rashad seemingly enjoyed directing as she continued to focus on Wilson’s work in the following years, making investments in the playwright’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles.