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Acting

Phylicia Rashād

Career: Active from 1984 to 2025, busiest in 2020 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles: 27
top three billing

Average score: 65/100

Highest rated: Soul
81/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 50 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Phylicia Rashād Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Violence
2.8, average 4.1
Historical
1.2, average 2.6
Adrenaline
3.6, average 4.8
Scare
1.5, average 2.6

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 8
Psychological Thriller 3
Family Dynamics 2
Family Drama 2
Social Commentary 2
Family Entertainment 2
Feel-Good Movie 2
Mind-Bending 2
Mystery 2
Psychological Drama 2
Emotionally Heavy 2
Medical Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

73

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

1 title

Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Affair

as Judge Elaine Carter

2020s

18 titles · average score 70

Ruth & Boaz

63

as Naomi

Diarra from Detroit

79

TV show · as Vonda

The Beekeeper

63

as Eloise Parker

Creed III

76

as Mary-Anne Creed

Our Son

64

as Maya

Heaven Down Here

77

as Nancy

The Gilded Age

77

TV show · as Elizabeth Kirkland

Twenty Pearls: The Story of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority

as Narrator (voice)

Soul

81

as Libba Gardner (voice)

A Fall from Grace

40

as Sarah

Black Box

64

as Lillian

Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey

71

as Grandmother Journey

2010s

20 titles · average score 64

David Makes Man

79

TV show · as Dr. Woods-Trap

Creed II

73

as Mary Anne Creed

The Good Fight

80

TV show · as Renetta Clark

Jean-Claude Van Johnson

71

TV show · as Jane

This Is Us

83

TV show · as Carol Clarke

Creed

79

as Mary Anne Creed

Empire

70

TV show · as Diana DuBois

Do No Harm

45

TV show · as Dr. Vanessa Young

Steel Magnolias

61

as Clairee

Good Deeds

50

as Wilimena Deeds

Frankie & Alice

48

as Edna

Just Wright

54

as Ella McKnight

2000s

8 titles · average score 70

A Raisin in the Sun

75

as Lena Younger

Psych

71

TV show · as Winnifred Guster

Grey's Anatomy

75

TV show · as Nell Timms

Everybody Hates Chris

87

TV show

Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man

68

as Cassandra Hawkins

The Old Settler

61

as Elizabeth Barney

The Visit

53

as Dr. Coles

Bull

TV show

1990s

16 titles · average score 61

Little Bill

52

TV show · as Brenda Glover (voice)

Free of Eden

79

as Desiree

Cosby

41

TV show · as Ruth Lucas

The Babysitter's Seduction

52

as Kate Jacobs

Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored

71

as Ma Ponk

The Possession of Michael D.

52

as Dr. Marion Hale (Psychiatrist)

Touched by an Angel

44

TV show · as Elizabeth Jessup

David's Mother

69

as Gladys Johnson

as Mayor Turner

Jailbirds

as Janice Grant

Polly: Comin' Home!

79

as Aunt Polly

Blossom

57

TV show

1980s

9 titles · average score 70

Polly

81

as Aunt Polly

False Witness

as Lynne Jacobi

Mickey's 60th Birthday

68

as Disneyland Cleaning Lady

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

81

TV show · as Jane Goodfellow (voice)

Uncle Tom's Cabin

63

as Eliza

A Different World

47

TV show · as Clair Huxtable

The Cosby Show

74

TV show · as Clair Huxtable

Reading Rainbow

81

TV show · as Narrator (voice)

American Playhouse

69

TV show · as Mayor Turner

1940s

1 title

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

TV show