Phylicia Rashad

thumb|Phylicia Rashad Phylicia Rashad (born 19 June, 1948 in Houston Texas) is an American actress known for her role in The Cosby Show. She was the first African American woman to win a Tony Award for Best Actress in 2024. Quotes To be held in esteem by other people is, for me, a humbling experience. I grew up in a time where these things begin in childhood—your grandparents, aunts, uncles, your own parents, the teachers in your classrooms There was something about going through a pledge period with other young women who you really didn't know very well Well, you can respect people. But can you depend on that person? Can you trust that person? And can you be depended upon and can you show up? It's not just about what other people do. It's about you, too. in your own thought, you create opportunities and obstacles there's nothing noble about keeping one's self small fame and fortune must be corrupting Phylicia Rashad Opens Up About Overcoming Self-Doubt 13 May, 2021 In mothering, I didn’t think about myself as being a Black mother. I’m a mother I didn’t think about my children being Black children; I think of my children being children The ethnicity is obvious — it’s in our food, it’s in the music we listen to, it’s in the books we read, it’s in the way we live, it’s in the company we keep and the dances that we do I know who I am inner reality creates the outer form The internet has given a lot of anonymous people a very loud voice I didn’t think of myself as a Black mother. I’m a mother. 21 February, 2024 External links Phylicia Rashad Category:Women academics from the United States Category:21st-century African-American women Category:Actors from Houston Category:Tony Award winners Category:Television producers Category:Film producers from the United States Category:Voice actresses Category:1948 births Category:Women born in the 1940s Category:Living people