Karen Pittman

Karen Pittman
Nationality American
Occupation Actress
Years active 2009–present

Karen Pittman is an American stage, film, and television actress.[1] Born in Mississippi and raised in Nashville, Tennessee, Pittman received a Bachelor of Science in Voice and Opera at Northwestern University and a Masters of Fine Arts from NYU's Graduate Acting Program.[2] Pittman has portrayed the character of Jory in the 2012 Lincoln Center production of Disgraced and has performed in FX Network's The Americans and Netflix's Luke Cage, as Lisa and Inspector Priscilla Ridley, respectively.[3][4]

In 2015 Pittman received a Theater World Award for her role in Disgraced.[5]

Filmography

Film

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2011 One Life to Live Nurse #1 4 episodes
2014-2016 The Americans Lisa 7 episodes[6]
2016 Person of Interest Tracey Phillips 1 episode
2016 Horace and Pete Rhonda [7]
2016 Luke Cage Inspector Priscilla Ridley 7 episodes[8][9]
2017 Elementary Daria Wyngold 1 episode

Stage roles

References

  1. ↑ Blank, Matthew (November 11, 2014). "CUE & A: Disgraced Star Karen Pittman on the Challenges of the Project, Her Cooking Skills and Beyonce". Playbill. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  2. 1 2 Soloski, Alexis (15 July 2015). "Karen Pittman on What It Takes to Be 'King Liz'". New York Times.
  3. ↑ "Karen Pittman Joins 'The Americans'; Gloria Reuben In 'Mr. Robot'". Deadline. 2014-10-23. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  4. ↑ "Why Marvel & Netflix's 'Luke Cage' Feels Like Such A Missed Opportunity". The Playlist. 2016-10-03. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  5. ↑ VIAGAS, ROBERT (May 5, 2015). "Broadway Siblings Megan and Robert Fairchild Among 71st Annual Theatre World Award Winners". Playbill. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  6. ↑ Eyerly, Alan (May 5, 2016). "'The Americans' recap: Everybody needs a vacation, even KGB spies". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  7. ↑ Zoller Seitz, Matt. "Horace and Pete Was More Comfortable With Silence Than Any TV Show in Recent Memory". Vulture. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  8. ↑ Bastién, Angelica Jade. "Luke Cage Recap: False Idols". Vulture. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  9. ↑ Mudede, Charles. "In Praise of Black Women Who Get Things Done". The Stranger. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  10. ↑ Burton, Nsenga. "Actress Karen Pittman's Broadway Play Is a Little Dangerous". The Root. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  11. ↑ Burton, Nsenga. "Karen Pittman: Disgraced Star Talks Art and Life". Huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  12. ↑ Isherwood, Charles (2015-07-27). "Review: 'King Liz,' at the Top of Her Game and Wanting More". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  13. ↑ Obenson, Tambay A. "Showtime Is Developing a TV Series Adaptation of Fernanda Coppel's Off-Broadway Play, 'King Liz'". IndieWire. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  14. ↑ "Karen Pittman commands basketball soap 'King Liz'". NY Daily News. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  15. ↑ Reed, Rex (2015-07-29). "'King Liz' Zeroes in Brilliantly on the Internecine World of Sports". Observer. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
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