Age: 78
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Phylicia Rashad (née Ayers-Allen; born June 19, 1948) is an American actress. She was most recently dean of the College of Fine Arts at Howard University before her three-year contract ended in May 2024. Known for her roles on stage and screen, she has received two Tony Awards as well as nominations for six Primetime Emmy Awards and a Screen Actors Guild Award. She is best known for her role as Clair Huxtable on the NBC sitcom The Cosby Show (1984–1992) which earned her two Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series nominations in 1985 and 1986. She also played Ruth Lucas on Cosby (1996–2000), and Brenda Glover in Little Bill (1999–2004). She was also Emmy-nominated for her roles in A Raisin in the Sun (2008) and This Is Us (2019–2021). On stage, Rashad became the first Black actress to win the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play, for a revival of A Raisin in the Sun (2004). She won her second Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for Dominique Morisseau's Skeleton Crew (2022). Her other Broadway credits include Into the Woods (1988), Jelly's Last Jam (1993), Gem of the Ocean (2004), and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (2008). She has appeared in various films such as For Colored Girls (2010), Good Deeds (2012), Creed (2015), Creed II (2018), Creed III (2023), and The Beekeeper (2024). She lent her voice to the Disney-Pixar animated film Soul (2020). In the 21st century, she has directed revivals of three plays by August Wilson, in major theaters in Seattle, Princeton, New Jersey; and Los Angeles. She also directed Purpose (play) in its 2024-2025 run at the Helen Hayes Theater on Broadway.
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Libba, Joe's mother
for Libba, Joe's mother in Soul 2
Suggested by isabellarosa
22 is our new protagonist in the movie, who is now in Tina Fey's body. She now has a passion for music like Joe, only singing and not Jazz. She and Joe now have 3 daughters: Nyoda, Scarlett, and Alessandra (all in order of birth). Nyoda has special powers to crystalize dangerous weapons, like bombs, and stop them from affecting people. Somehow, when we get to two-thirds of the movie being finished, some of Nyoda's powers float into 22, and 22 gets some powers, too. When Nyoda gets captured by our evil Beene, it's all up to 22 to stand up to Beene and stop her from killing Nyoda. Although she is too overprotective of her new family, 22 cares about her children and tries her best to protect them. Beene, our antagonist, is supposed to be in charge of sending souls to the Great Beyond, but she has a nerve on the Gardener family and tries to take over them. Will 22 have a chance to stop her, or will it be too late?
