Feature Films

Short Films
GAME NITE	Tonya Pinkins
MISS VIRGINIA	RJ Daniel Hanna
THE IMMORTAL JELLYFISH	Dusty Bias
BAD VEGAN AND THE TELEPORTATION MACHINE	Anton Goenechea
EVOLUTION OF A CRIMINAL	Darious Clarke Monroe
IT’S KIND OF A FUNNY STORY	Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck
TWELVE	Joel Schumacher
FRANKIE & ALICE (w/ Halle Berry)	Geoffrey Sax
BROOKLYN’S FINEST	Antwoine Fuqua
INDELIBLE	Randall Dottin
BROWN SUGAR (w/ Taye Diggs)	Rick Famuyiwa
VANILLA SKY (w/ Tom Cruise)	Cameron Crowe
OUR SONG (w/ Kerry Washington)	Jim McKay
MUSIC OF THE HEART (w/ Meryl Streep)	Wes Craven/Miramax
THE TALK MAN	Gene Gallerano
PERSONALS	Mike Sargent
MIXING NIA	Allison Swan
THE OPPORTUNISTS (w/ Christopher Walken)	Myles Connell/Jonathan Demme
EVERYONE'S DEPRESSED	Yanna Kroyt Brandt
SKIRTY WINNER	Jeffery M. Bair
MELINDA	Marishka Phillips
SEARCH PARTY	Tesia Walker
MR PRESIDENT	Kwame Kwei Armah & Hana S. Sharif
THE CONSULTATION	Josh Granger
FATHER'S DAY	Dave Coleman
THE FEELING YOU GET	Michael Brown
A LONG ROAD	Nyle Cavazos Garcia
ONLY JOKING	Michael Patrick Kelly
THE TOMBS	Jerry LaMothe
UNFAMILIAR PAINTINGS	Ernest Alexis
WHAT WE BECAME	James Arlen
HUNG OVER AND OUT	Birgit Rudel

I AM AN ACTOR.

Acting is my touchstone. It's where I started and how I understand story is through how it lives in my body, I feel it. I am seduced by story and words. I love my writer hubby because he always gives me great lines.

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JESSICA JONES	Netflix
BULL	NBC
THE BLACK LIST	CNBC
MADAM SECRETARY	CBS
THE GROUND ON WHICH I STAND	PBS
BLUE BLOODS	CBS
ELEMENTRY	CBS
SPRING/FALL	HBO (Pilot)
NURSE JACKIE	Showtime
WHITE COLLAR	USA
MERCY	NBC (Pilot)
NEW AMSTERDAM	FOX
KIDNAPPED (Recurring)	NBC
LAW & ORDER: CI	NBC/Jim McKay
LAW & ORDER: SVU	NBC/Michael Zinberg
DEADLINE	NBC
OZ	HBO/Alex Zakrewski
D.C	WB/Dick Wolf
THE PIANO LESSON	Lloyd Richards/Hallmark Hall of Fame
AS THE WORLD TURNS	CBS
ONE LIFE TO LIVE	ABC
THE DITCHDIGGER'S DAUGHTERS	Johnny Jensen/Family Channel
NYPD BLUE	ABC
AFRICANS IN AMERICA	PBS

Theatre Credits...

Acting Roles

Broadway
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD us	Bartlett Sher
THE PIANO LESSON us	LaTonya Richardson
TRAVESTIES us	Patrick Marber
THE MOUNTAINTOP us	Kenny Leon
RADIO GOLF us	Kenny Leon
SEVEN GUITARS*	Lloyd Richards
THE PIANO LESSON	Lloyd Richards
MULE BONE	Michael Shultz
BITTER TEARS OF PETRA VON KANT	Ian Belton
*originated role


Off-Broadway
THE WEDDING BAND	Theatre For A New Audience/Awoye Timpo
NATIVE SON	The Acting Company/Seret Scott
BREAKFAST WITH MUGABE	Signature Theatre/David Shookok
ZOOMAN & THE SIGN	Signature Theatre/Steven Henderson
WAR	Rattlestick Theatre/Anders Cato
THE SIN EATER*	59 E 59th Street/Billy Hopkins
CARSON MCCULLERS (HISTORICALLY INACCURATE)*	Playwrights Horizons/Marion McClinton
BREATH, BOOM	Playwrights Horizons/Marion McClinton
THE OLD SETTLER	Primary Stages/Hal Scott
EVERYBODY'S RUBY*	Public Theatre/Roberta Levitow
MAJOR CRIMES*	Actor's Studio/Arthur Penn
INSURRECTION . . . HOLDING HISTORY	Public Theatre/Robert O'Hara
THE DESTINY OF ME	Lucille Lortel/Circle Rep
WYOMING*	78th St Theatre Lab/Eric Nightengale
*originated role

Regional
MISS MAUDE	AD Players/Sheldon Epps
THE MASTER'S TOOLS	Williamstown Theatre Festival/Candis C. Jones
WOMEN IN JEOPARDY	Pioneer Theatre/Karen Azenberg
JULIUS CAESAR	Pensylvania Shakespeare Festival/Patrick Mulcahy
BREAKFAST WITH MUGABE American premiere	Centenary Theatre/David Shookok
LEVEE JAMES*	American Conservatory Theatre
THINGS OF DRY HOURS*	Pittsburch Public Theatre
DOUBT	George Street Playhouse/Anders Cato
THE COLORED MUSEUM	The Alliance Theatre
INTIMATE APPAREL	Philadelphia Drama Guild
PEKONG	American Conservatory Theatre
THE COMEDY OF ERRORS	Shakespeare and Company
THE WINTER'S TALE	Shakespeare and Company
MISS JULIE	Yale Repertory Theatre
LOVE'S LABOURS LOST	Shakespeare Theatre Company/Michael Kahn
THE WINTER'S TALE	Shakespeare Theatre at the Folger
DANCING ON THE CEILING	American Stage Festival
SEVEN GUITARS*	The Goodman
SEVEN GUITARS	Huntington Theatre Company
TWO TRAINS RUNNING	Center Stage
GOD'S HEART*	Trinity Rep/Craig Lucas
A SUNBEAM*	Virginia Stage Company
STARTING MONDAY*	Anne Commire
TROILUS AND CRESSIDA	Yale Repertory Theatre/Andre Belgrader
AS YOU LIKE IT	Yale Theatre
THE SEAGULL	Yale Theatre
NORA	Yale Theatre
RHINESTONES AND PASTE*	Yale Cabaret/Lynn Nottage
RUNAWAY HOME*	Studio Theater
*originated role

In Rehearsal

Levee James

Everybody's Ruby

Frankie and Alice

Everybody's Ruby

This was when I started living on stage.

Frankie and Alice

Backstage at Signature Theatre, Zooman and The Sign

HBO Pilot: Spring Fall

Frankie and Alice

Rachel, Zooman and The Sign

The Tombs

Mommy is an actress

That Feeling You Get directed by Mike Brown

Everybody's Ruby

I wore Meryl Streep's gloves and Angela's Bassett's bathrobe.

Levee James

Mixing Nia - Trailer

Opening Night The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant

As The World Turns, Brenda Manning

Everybody's Ruby

Breath Boom with Yvette Ganier

PSA 64

The Tombs

Mercy

The Sin Eater

It's Kind Of A Funny Story, Nurse Monica et al

The Moutiantop

Indelible with Tristan Wilde

Love, Loss and What I Wore

Seven Guitars with Tommy Hollis and Michele Shay

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Dussy Mae

Breakfast With Mugabe

Hooked Up

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On Set Indelible with Marsha Stephanie Blake and director Randall Dottin

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Repetition is part of creation

It allows me to be free.

TWELVE

Law and Order

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Mr. President, 2015

Search Party

The Green Room episode 004

Celebrating 25 Years Since My Debut

Here's the proof I had to provide IBDB

Julius Caesar Trailer

Breath Boom with Yvette Ganier who later starred in my first film

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With Jimmy On Nurse Jackie.

In Major Crimes with Kelly Curtis and Michael Kelly

In this play directed by Academy Award Winning director Author Penn, with Kelly Curtis, Michael Kelly, so many great actors. I was invited to join the Actor's Studio.