Phylicia Rashād: movies and TV shows
Phylicia Rashād has 97 credits in the archive: 61 films and 36 TV series, from 1948 to 2025. Highest rated: Reading Rainbow (8.3/10).
Career timeline
1948 – 2025 · busiest year: 2020 (7 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Ruth & Boaz | Naomi | Film | 7.5 | 77 |
| 2024 | The Beekeeper | Eloise Parker | Film | 7.3 | 76 |
| 2024 | Diarra from Detroit | Vonda | TV | 4.9 | 76 |
| 2023 | Creed III | Mary-Anne Creed | Film | 7.1 | 75 |
| 2023 | Curses! | Georgia (voice) | TV | 6.2 | 75 |
| 2023 | Heaven Down Here | Nancy | Film | 7.7 | 75 |
| 2023 | Our Son | Maya | Film | 6.3 | 75 |
| 2023 | Being Mary Tyler Moore | Self (voice) | Film | 6.6 | 75 |
| 2022 | Sherri | Self - Guest | TV | 2.6 | 74 |
| 2022 | The Gilded Age | Elizabeth Kirkland | TV | 7.7 | 74 |
| 2022 | Inside the Black Box | TV | 5.0 | 74 | |
| 2021 | tick, tick... BOOM! | "Sunday" Legend #12 | Film | 7.6 | 73 |
| 2021 | Show of Titles | "There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer | Film | — | 73 |
| 2021 | Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous | Anna Campbell | Film | — | 73 |
| 2021 | Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist | Self | Film | 8.0 | 73 |
| 2021 | Twenty Pearls: The Story of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 73 |
| 2020 | Soul | Libba Gardner (voice) | Film | 8.1 | 72 |
| 2020 | Little America | Margaret Jean the Queen | TV | 6.6 | 72 |
| 2020 | A Fall from Grace | Sarah | Film | 7.0 | 72 |
| 2020 | Black Box | Lillian | Film | 6.4 | 72 |
| 2020 | Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey | Grandmother Journey | Film | 6.6 | 72 |
| 2020 | Between the World and Me | Self | Film | 7.9 | 72 |
| 2020 | Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King | Self - Actress | Film | 8.1 | 72 |
| 2019 | Tamron Hall | Self - Guest | TV | 4.7 | 71 |
| 2019 | David Makes Man | Dr. Woods-Trap | TV | 6.7 | 71 |
| 2018 | Station 19 | Pilar | TV | 8.2 | 70 |
| 2018 | Creed II | Mary Anne Creed | Film | 7.0 | 70 |
| 2018 | Charlie's Place | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 70 |
| 2017 | The Good Fight | Renetta Clark | TV | 7.6 | 69 |
| 2017 | Tour de Pharmacy | Victoria Young | Film | 6.7 | 69 |
| 2017 | JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala | Self - Host | Film | — | 69 |
| 2016 | This Is Us | Carol Clarke | TV | 8.2 | 68 |
| 2016 | Jean-Claude Van Johnson | Jane | TV | 6.5 | 68 |
| 2016 | VH1 Hip Hop Honors: All Hail the Queens | Film | — | 68 | |
| 2015 | Empire | Diana DuBois | TV | 7.1 | 67 |
| 2015 | Creed | Mary Anne Creed | Film | 7.4 | 67 |
| 2015 | Emily & Tim | Emily (Segment 5) | Film | 5.6 | 67 |
| 2015 | August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand | Self | Film | — | 67 |
| 2014 | Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee | Self | Film | 1.5 | 66 |
| 2013 | Sofia the First | Mountain Witch (voice) | TV | 7.2 | 65 |
| 2013 | Gods Behaving Badly | Demeter | Film | 2.5 | 65 |
| 2013 | Do No Harm | Dr. Vanessa Young | TV | 6.1 | 65 |
| 2012 | Steel Magnolias | Clairee | Film | 6.9 | 64 |
| 2012 | Good Deeds | Wilimena Deeds | Film | 6.3 | 64 |
| 2011 | Change of Plans | Dorothy | Film | 6.7 | 63 |
| 2010 | Frankie & Alice | Edna | Film | 5.9 | 62 |
| 2010 | Just Wright | Ella McKnight | Film | 6.5 | 62 |
| 2010 | For Colored Girls | Gilda | Film | 6.7 | 62 |
| 2008 | A Raisin in the Sun | Lena Younger | Film | 6.1 | 60 |
| 2008 | Dreams Worth While: The Journey of "A Raisin in the Sun" | Self | Film | — | 60 |
| 2006 | Psych | Winnifred Guster | TV | 7.9 | 58 |
| 2005 | Grey's Anatomy | Nell Timms | TV | 8.2 | 57 |
| 2005 | Grey's Anatomy | TV | 8.2 | 57 | |
| 2005 | Everybody Hates Chris | TV | 8.1 | 57 | |
| 2003 | God and the Inner City | Self (voice) | Film | — | 55 |
| 2002 | NBC 75th Anniversary Special | Self | Film | 6.0 | 54 |
| 2002 | The Cosby Show: A Look Back | Self / Clair Huxtable (archive footage) | Film | 7.8 | 54 |
| 2001 | Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man | Cassandra Hawkins | Film | 6.5 | 53 |
| 2001 | The Visit | Dr. Coles | Film | 7.9 | 53 |
| 2001 | The Old Settler | Elizabeth Barney | Film | 3.8 | 53 |
| 2000 | Bull | TV | 6.8 | 52 | |
| 1999 | Little Bill | Brenda Glover (voice) | TV | 6.9 | 51 |
| 1999 | Free of Eden | Desiree | Film | 9.7 | 51 |
| 1998 | Dinosaur - Preshow | Dr Helen Marsh | Film | 10.0 | 50 |
| 1996 | Cosby | Ruth Lucas | TV | 6.0 | 48 |
| 1996 | The Rosie O'Donnell Show | Self - Guest | TV | 4.1 | 48 |
| 1996 | The Babysitter's Seduction | Kate Jacobs | Film | 5.8 | 48 |
| 1996 | Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored | Ma Ponk | Film | 4.2 | 48 |
| 1995 | Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child | Lady Fulton (voice) | TV | 6.3 | 47 |
| 1995 | In the House | TV | 7.7 | 47 | |
| 1995 | The Possession of Michael D. | Dr. Marion Hale (Psychiatrist) | Film | 5.4 | 47 |
| 1994 | Touched by an Angel | Elizabeth Jessup | TV | 7.2 | 46 |
| 1994 | David's Mother | Gladys Johnson | Film | 8.3 | 46 |
| 1993 | Intimate Portrait | Self | TV | 4.5 | 45 |
| 1993 | Hallelujah | Mayor Turner | Film | 6.5 | 45 |
| 1992 | Bob Hope's Four-Star Christmas Fiesta from San Antonio | Self | Film | — | 44 |
| 1991 | Jailbirds | Janice Grant | Film | 7.7 | 43 |
| 1990 | Blossom | TV | 6.2 | 42 | |
| 1990 | The Earth Day Special | Clair Huxtable | Film | 6.1 | 42 |
| 1990 | Polly: Comin' Home! | Aunt Polly | Film | 8.5 | 42 |
| 1989 | False Witness | Lynne Jacobi | Film | 9.0 | 41 |
| 1989 | Polly | Aunt Polly | Film | 8.2 | 41 |
| 1989 | The Debbie Allen Special | Self | Film | — | 41 |
| 1988 | Mickey's 60th Birthday | Disneyland Cleaning Lady | Film | 6.8 | 40 |
| 1987 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Jane Goodfellow (voice) | TV | 7.8 | 39 |
| 1987 | A Different World | Clair Huxtable | TV | 7.1 | 39 |
| 1987 | Uncle Tom's Cabin | Eliza | Film | 7.0 | 39 |
| 1984 | The Cosby Show | Clair Huxtable | TV | 7.0 | 36 |
| 1983 | Reading Rainbow | Narrator (voice) | TV | 8.3 | 35 |
| 1982 | American Playhouse | Mayor Turner | TV | 6.6 | 34 |
| 1981 | We're Fighting Back | Film | 7.0 | 33 | |
| 1972 | The Broad Coalition | Film | 10.0 | 24 | |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Presenter | TV | — | 8 |
| 1949 | The Emmy Awards | Self | TV | 7.9 | 1 |
| 1948 | Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade | TV | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Family Affair | Judge Elaine Carter | Film | — | — | |
| Coretta Scott | Self - Narrator (voice) | Film | — | — |