Myra Lucretia Taylor
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BIO
Broadway: Nine (Tony Award® Best Revival), Macbeth, Electra, Chronicle of a Death Foretold, MuleBone, and A Streetcar Named Desire. Off Broadway: The Rolling Stone (LCT), The Lucky Ones (Ars Nova; Lortel nom., Best Featured Actress in a Musical), School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play (MCC; Special Drama Desk Award, Best Ensemble), Familiar (Playwrights Horizons; Lortel and OCC nominations for Best Featured Actress in a Play). Regional: School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play (CTG; LA Drama Critics’ Circle Best Ensemble – nomination) Where Storms Are Born (Williamstown Theatre Festival, world premiere), Our Town (Long Wharf), Mary (Goodman), The Old Settler (McCarter, Long Wharf, world premieres). National Tour: Wicked (first African American Madame Morrible). International: The Winter’s Tale, Pericles (member Royal Shakespeare Company). TV: Upcoming: “Cortex,” “The Hunt,” Previous: “Atlanta,” “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” “Girls,” “Madam Secretary,” “Elementary,” “Instinct.” Film: Ben is Back, The Big Sick, Catfight, Bushwick, Madeline’s Madeline. WEB: “Best Thing You’ll Ever Do” (Indie Web nom., best supporting actress). Ms. Taylor is a Fox Fellow.
STAGE CREDITS
Movies
[ 1988 ] Friend in Sauna
[ 1994 ] Mother
[ 1996 ] Hospital Dancer
[ 1998 ] Waitress
[ 1999 ] Beverly
[ 2002 ] Gloria
[ 2002 ] Judge Frances Abarbanel
[ 2005 ] Beth
[ 2007 ] Grader
[ 2008 ] Lara
[ 2009 ] Night Nurse
[ 2011 ] Matron
[ 2014 ] Detective Zeleke
[ 2016 ] Donna
[ 2016 ] Mrs. Chaney
[ 2017 ] Ma
[ 2017 ] Nurse Judy
[ 2018 ] Counselor
[ 2018 ] Kaila
[ 2018 ] Sally
[ 2019 ] Gloria
[ 2019 ] Nurse
[ 2020 ] Therapist #3
[ 2022 ] Vivian Neal
TV Shows
Gloria Marks
Myra
Lillie Sands, Donna, Jane Monroe
Nurse Kennedy, Amanda Juno
[ 2022-2024 ] Miri LaVeau
[ 2010-2024 ] Hospital Administrator
[ 2023-2025 ] Noreen
[ 2025-2025 ] Sharon
Awards and Nominations
Myra Lucretia Taylor, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical
winner
Myra Lucretia TaylorSchool Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play
Myra Lucretia Taylor, The Lucky Ones
Myra Lucretia TaylorFamiliar
Myra Lucretia TaylorFamiliar
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Myra Lucretia Taylor has appeared on Broadway in 5 shows.
Myra Lucretia Taylor has not appeared in the West End.
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical (Tony Awards) for Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, Ensemble Award (Drama Desk Awards) for School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play, Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical (The Lortels) for The Lucky Ones, Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Familiar and Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play (The Lortels) for Familiar.
Myra Lucretia Taylor won the Ensemble Award at the Drama Desk Awards for her performance in School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play.
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