Tony Award nominee; winner of an NAACP Theater Award, Chicago’s Jefferson Award, and a Grammy for Best Cast Album for Smokey Joe’s Cafe. Additional Broadway credits: Chicago (Velma Kelly), Jelly’s Last Jam, Cats, Legs Diamond, and the original production of Dreamgirls. TV: Smash, Nurse Jackie, and presently Partner Madeline Gilford on The Good Fight. She is the author of The Little Black Book of Backstage Etiquette.