Antoinette Crowe-Legacy

Antoinette Crowe-Legacy
Born
Texas, United States
EducationSouthern Methodist University (BFA)
Yale School of Drama (MFA)
OccupationActress

Antoinette Crowe-Legacy [1] is an American actress best known for her role as Elise Johnson, the daughter of Bumpy Johnson, in the Epix series Godfather of Harlem.[2]

Early life and education

Crowe-Legacy was raised in Garland, Texas and attended Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. In 2010, she was a finalist for a National YoungArts Foundation award.[3]

Crowe-Legacy attended Southern Methodist University, performing in a 2013 production of The Odd Couple at the Dallas Theater Center.[4] In 2018, she graduated from the Yale School of Drama, where she received the Carol Finch Dye Award.[5][6]

Career

While at Yale, Crowe-Legacy appeared in productions of Three Sisters, Seven Guitars, and Our Lady of 121st Street.[7][8] She performed in the Playwrights Horizons premiere of If Pretty Hurts Ugly Must Be a Muhfucka by Tori Sampson and the Off-Broadway premiere of BLKS by Aziza Barnes in 2019.[5][9] That year, she made her screen debut as Elise Johnson, the daughter of Bumpy Johnson as played by Forest Whitaker, in Godfather of Harlem on Epix.[2][6]

In 2021, Crowe-Legacy featured in Passing, a film adaptation of the Nella Larsen novel of the same name directed by Rebecca Hall.[10] She also served as the replacement for the role of Kaneisha in that year's Broadway production of Slave Play, a role she had originated during the initial 2017 reading of the play as she attended Yale alongside playwright Jeremy O. Harris.[11][12]

Crowe-Legacy appeared in two episodes of the 2022 Apple TV+ series WeCrashed as Leslie, a WeWork employee.[13] She performed in the original cast of another Tori Sampson play, This Land Was Made, at the Vineyard Theatre in 2023.[14] That fall, she portrayed Hermione in a production of Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale at the Folger Theatre in Washington, DC.[15]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Ref.
2021 Passing Felise [10]

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2019–2025 Godfather of Harlem Elise Johnson Main Role [2]
2022 WeCrashed Leslie 2 episodes [13]

Theatre

Year Production Role Venue Notes Ref.
2013 The Odd Couple Cecily Pigeon Dallas Theater Center Credited as Antoinette Crowe [4]
2019 If Pretty Hurts Ugly Must Be a Muhfucka Massassi Playwrights Horizons N/a [5]
BLKS June Newman Mills Theater N/a [16]
2021 Slave Play Kaneisha August Wilson Theatre Originated the role during the play's 2017 reading at Yale [12]
2023 This Land Was Made Sassy Vineyard Theatre N/a [14]
The Winter's Tale Hermione Folger Theatre N/a [15]

References

  1. ↑ "School of Drama 2017–2018S". Yale University. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 "Elise Johnson". Epix Press. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  3. ↑ "2010 YoungArts Winners" (PDF). National YoungArts Foundation. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  4. 1 2 Wilson, Lindsey (25 March 2013). "Theater Review: Dallas Theater Center's The Odd Couple Is More Than Merely Enjoyable". D Magazine. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  5. 1 2 3 "Antoinette Crowe-Legacy". Playwrights Horizons. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  6. 1 2 Petski, Denise. "'Godfather Of Harlem': Antoinette Crowe-Legacy Joins Forest Whitaker Epix Series". Deadline. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  7. ↑ "THE THREE SISTERS, Yale School of Drama, 2016". Issuu. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  8. ↑ Minor, E. Kyle. "August Wilson's 'Seven Guitars' captivates at Yale Rep in New Haven". New Haven Register. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  9. ↑ Clement, Olivia. "Paige Gilbert, Alfie Fuller, and Antoinette Crowe-Legacy to Lead Cast of BLKS Off-Broadway". Playbill. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  10. 1 2 Lolo, Yulia. ""Passing": Vibrant Shades of Grey". Golden Globes. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  11. ↑ "Antoinette Crowe-Legacy". Broadway World. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  12. 1 2 Harms, Talaura. "Antoinette Crowe-Legacy Makes Her Broadway Debut With an Old Friend". Playbill. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  13. 1 2 Gomez, Dessi (18 March 2022). "'WeCrashed' Cast and Character Guide: Who Plays Who in the WeWork Series? (Photos)". The Wrap. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  14. 1 2 Rabinowitz, Chloe. "Antoinette Crowe-Legacy, Leland Fowler & More to Star in THIS LAND WAS MADE World Premiere at Vineyard Theatre". Broadway World. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  15. 1 2 Kinsman, Chad (27 October 2023). "Chilling with Hadi Tabbal and Antoinette Crowe-Legacy in 'Winter's Tale' at Folger". DC Theater Arts. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  16. ↑ "Off-Broadway Review: "BLKS" in the Newman Mills Theater at the Robert W. Wilson MCC Theater Space". Theatre Reviews. 10 May 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
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