BRENDA PRESSLEY (Elaine). Broadway: The Lyons, The American Plan; Cats; Dreamgirls (original company). Off-Broadway: Proof of Love, Surely Goodness and Mercy, Almost Home, The First Breeze of Summer; Mom, How Did You Meet the Beatles?, Seven Guitars, Fran’s Bed, Goodwill; Marvin’s Room; And The World Goes ‘Round-The Songs of Kander and Ebb (Outer Critics Circle Award); Blues In The Night. Regional: we are continuous… (Williamstown), Flyin’ West (Westport), Skeleton Crew (Dorset), Intimate Apparel (McCarter), Having Our Say (Long Wharf/Hartford), Trouble In Mind (Two River Theater Company), Black Odyssey (Denver Center Theater Company), In This House (Two River Theater Company, Sundance Theatre Lab 2002), The Old Settler (Freedom Theater, 2000 Barrymore Award, Best Actress also McCarter Theater-world premiere- and The Long Wharf Theater); Blues For An Alabama Sky (Cincinnati Playhouse, The Old Globe); Jar The Floor (Syracuse Stage); A Raisin In The Sun (Ford Theater); To Be Young Gifted and Black (The Kennedy Center). Film: Third Street Blackout, Detachment, 16 Blocks, Cradle Will Rock, It Could Happen To You. Television: “The Path,” “Body of Proof,” “Law and Order,” “Deadline,” “Law and Order: SVU,” “New York Undercover,” “Daddy’s Girl,” “Harambee,” “Educating Matt Waters,” HBO’s “Lifestories,” “Brewster Place” (with Oprah Winfrey).
