FULL NAME :PHYLICIA RASHAD BIRTH DATE :JUNE 19, 1984 BIRTH PLACE :HOUSTON, TEXAS, UNITED STATES HAIR COLOR :BLACK EYE COLOR :BROWN NATIONALITY :AMERICAN ETHNICITY :AFRICAN-AMERICAN OCCUPATION :ACTRESS, SINGER, AND STAGE DIRECTOR KNOWN FOR :FOR HER ROLE AS CLAIR HUXTABLE ON THE LONG-RUNNING NBC SITCOM THE COSBY SHOW (1984-92), WHICH EARNED HER EMMY AWARD NOMINATIONS IN 1985 AND 1986. SHE WAS DUBBED "THE MOTHER" OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY AT THE 2010 NAACP IMAGE AWARDS. IN 2014, RASHAD BECAME THE FIRST BLACK ACTRESS TO WIN THE TONY AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS IN A PLAY, WHICH SHE WON FOR HER ROLE IN THE REVIVAL OF A RAISIN IN THE SUN. HER OTHER BROADWAY CREDITS INCLUDE INTO THE WOODS (1988), JELLY'S LAST JAM (1993), AND CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF (2008). SHE WON A NAACP IMAGE AWARD WHEN SHE REPRISED HER A RAISIN IN THE SUN ROLE IN THE 2008 TELEVISION ADAPTATION. SHE HAS ALSO APPEARED IN THE FILMS FOR COLORED GIRLS (2010), GOOD DEEDS (2012), AND CREED (2015). GIF AMOUNT :VERY LOW
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