Phylicia Rashād (née 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, which earned her Emmy Award nominations in 1985 and 1986. She reprised her role on the sitcom A Different World.
She's also known for her roles as Eloise Parker in The Beekeeper, Mary Anne Creed in the Creed film trilogy, Dr. Woods-Trap on OWN's David Makes...
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A Raisin in the Sun
As Lena Younger
Our Son
As Maya
tick, tick... BOOM!
As "Sunday" Legend #12
JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala
As Self - Host
Just Wright
As Ella McKnight
Good Deeds
As Wilimena Deeds
For Colored Girls
As Gilda
The Babysitter's Seduction
As Kate Jacobs
The Broad Coalition
Frankie & Alice
As Edna
Polly
As Aunt Polly
Being Mary Tyler Moore
As Self (voice)
Change of Plans
As Dorothy
Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored
As Ma Ponk
Steel Magnolias
As Clairee
Free of Eden
As Desiree
Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man
As Cassandra Hawkins
Heaven Down Here
As Nancy
The Old Settler
As Elizabeth Barney
The Beekeeper
As Eloise Parker
David's Mother
As Gladys Johnson
Polly: Comin' Home!
As Aunt Polly
Twenty Pearls: The Story of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
As Narrator (voice)
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
As Self
Dinosaur: The Ride - Pre-Show Video
As Dr. Helen Marsh
Jailbirds
As Janice Grant
We're Fighting Back
Uncle Tom's Cabin
As Eliza
Coretta Scott
As Narrator
Emily & Tim
As Emily (Segment 5)
Creed
As Mary Anne Creed
The Possession of Michael D.
As Dr. Marion Hale (Psychiatrist)
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
Mickey's 60th Birthday
As Disneyland Cleaning Lady
Tour de Pharmacy
As Victoria Young
False Witness
As Lynne Jacobi
Creed II
As Mary Anne Creed
Charlie's Place
As Narrator (voice)
The Visit
As Dr. Coles
Soul
As Libba Gardner (voice)
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
As Grandmother Journey
A Fall from Grace
As Sarah
Creed III
As Mary-Anne Creed
Black Box
As Lillian
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
As Self
Between the World and Me
As Self
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
As Self - Actress
Hallelujah
As Mayor Turner
Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist
As Self
Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous
As Anna Campbell
The Cosby Show: A Look Back
As Self / Clair Huxtable (archive footage)
The Earth Day Special
As Clair Huxtable
In the House
A Different World
As Clair Huxtable
Everybody Hates Chris
Psych
As Winnifred Guster
Touched by an Angel
As Elizabeth Jessup
The Cosby Show
As Clair Huxtable
Tamron Hall
As Self - Guest
Blossom
Grey's Anatomy
As Nell Timms
Little Bill
As Brenda Glover (voice)
Cosby
As Ruth Lucas
Bull
Do No Harm
As Dr. Vanessa Young
Intimate Portrait
As Self
Jean-Claude Van Johnson
As Jane
Inside the Black Box
Reading Rainbow
As Narrator (voice)
Curses!
As Georgia Snitker (voice)
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
As Lady Fulton (voice)
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
As Self - Guest
The Good Fight
As Renetta Clark
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
As Jane Goodfellow (voice)
Diarra from Detroit
As Vonda
Sofia the First
As Mountain Witch (voice)
This Is Us
As Carol Clarke
Little America
As Margaret Jean the Queen
David Makes Man
As Dr. Woods-Trap
Tony Awards
As Self - Presenter
Station 19
As Pilar
