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Rosalyn Coleman

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Best known as an actor, Rosalyn is the director of the award-winning short films Allergic To Nuts and Drawing Angel. Both films have been seen on several TV stations nationally and in film festivals in the US and around the world. Rosalyn was awarded "Emerging Filmmaker" at the Cine Noir Film Festival in the busy film production city of Wilmington, North Carolina. With over a dozen film directing credits, including The Last Piece, Twinkle, BFF, Moth To A Flame, and Driving Fish. Rosalyn is slated to direct the feature film "Pulpit Playaz". written by Titus Peoples and Yasha Jackson

Rosalyn is also prepped to direct the feature film "Unravel and Cut," written by Craig, with Viola Davis attached as Executive Producer.

A graduate of Howard University and an MFA from Yale School of Drama, Roz has a keen insight into the actor-director relationship. She is celebrated as an "actors director." She served as on-set acting coach for HBO's 2nd season of the hit series "In Treatment." Rosalyn was hired by the prestigious Cinereach Foundation to coach Sundance directors on their sophomore projects, most notably Terrance Nance, creator of HBO's Random Acts of Flyness.

As an actor, Rosalyn's professional experience includes Broadway, Film and TV. She has acted with Meryl Streep, Viola Davis, Samuel L. Jackson, Halle Berry and Tom Cruise. She appeared nightly in the hit Broadway play "To Kill A Mockingbird," and Rosalyn can be seen in the feature film "Miss Virginia" starring Orange Is The New Black's Uzo Aduba.

A teacher for over 25 years, Roz has had the pleasure to teach students at NYU Tisch, SUNY Purchase, The Actors Center, American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T. MFA program), Actor's Connection, Howard University and Duke Ellington School of the Arts and conducted acting workshops at film festivals around the country.

Broadway credits include: The Piano Lesson To Kill A Mockingbird, Travesties, The Mountaintop, Radio Golf, Seven Guitars, Mule Bone and The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant. Rosalyn's film credits include the recent Rob Peace, written and directed by Chiwetel Ejiofor, also Miss Virginia, The Immortal Jellyfish, Frankie and Alice, Brooklyn's Finest, Vanilla Sky, Our Song, Brown Sugar, and Music of the Heart. Television: Bull, Jessica Jones, The Black List, Blue Bloods, Madam Secretary, Kidnapped, DC, Oz, and Law and Order: SVU and Criminal Intent. Recent off-Broadway credits: The Wedding Band, Native Son and Breakfast with Mugabe.
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    Known for

    Taye Diggs and Sanaa Lathan in Brown Sugar (2002)
    Brown Sugar
    6.5
    • Trish Hofmann
    • 2002
    Frankie & Alice (2010)
    Frankie & Alice
    6.4
    • Pearl
    • 2010
    Zach Galifianakis, Emma Roberts, and Keir Gilchrist in It's Kind of a Funny Story (2010)
    It's Kind of a Funny Story
    7.1
    • Monica
    • 'Under Pressure' Nurse #1
    • 2010
    Angela Bassett, Meryl Streep, and Gloria Estefan in Music of the Heart (1999)
    Music of the Heart
    6.7
    • Mrs. Adisa
    • 1999

    Credits

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    Actress



    • Game Nite
      • Brenda
      • Completed



    • QueenDom PI (2024)
      QueenDom PI
      TV Series
      • Dahlia
      • 2024–2025
    • Mary J. Blige, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Camila Cabello, and Jay Will in Rob Peace (2024)
      Rob Peace
      6.5
      • Jacinta Johnson
      • 2024
    • E. Roger Mitchell, Michael O'Leary, Jerry LaMothe, Julito McCullum, Major Dodge, Mara Hall, Josh Ventura, Brittany L. Smith, Deborah Joy Winans, Jaylon Gordon, B. Simone, Isaac Gooden, Kennedy Chanel, and Jay Jones in Terror Lake Drive (2020)
      Terror Lake Drive
      5.2
      TV Mini Series
      • Real Estate Agent
      • 2023
    • Rosalyn Coleman and Jaylen Axel in Crowbar (2023)
      Crowbar
      Short
      • Donna
      • 2023
    • John Oppong Jr. in The Interrogation (2023)
      The Interrogation
      Short
      • Detective Samuels
      • 2023
    • The Mechanics Rose (2022)
      The Mechanics Rose
      Short
      • Marilyn
      • 2022
    • Seasons- Way of the Soul (2022)
      Seasons- Way of the Soul
      Short
      • Voice of Spring
      • 2022
    • Michael Weatherly in The Necklace (2016)
      Bull
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Judge Leconnell
      • Judge
      • 2017–2021
    • William Zielinski and Whitmer Thomas in The Immortal Jellyfish (2020)
      The Immortal Jellyfish
      • Linda
      • 2020
    • Miss Virginia (2019)
      Miss Virginia
      7.2
      • Rose
      • 2019
    • Krysten Ritter in Jessica Jones (2015)
      Jessica Jones
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Dr. Irene Bickell
      • 2019
    • ctrl alt delete (2017)
      ctrl alt delete
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Joan
      • 2019
    • Melinda (2018)
      Melinda
      • Matilda Dupree
      • 2018
    • Téa Leoni in Madam Secretary (2014)
      Madam Secretary
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Rep. May Everton
      • 2016
    • Fear of Heights (2016)
      Fear of Heights
      Short
      • Mom
      • 2016

    Director



    • Black Boys Don't Sew
      • Director
      • Pre-production



    • Thanksgiving Break (2024)
      Thanksgiving Break
      Short
      • Director
      • 2024
    • Cooking Up a Vlog
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Bombay to New York (2016)
      Bombay to New York
      Short
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Saving Father (2016)
      Saving Father
      Short
      • Director
      • 2016
    • The Last Piece (2014)
      The Last Piece
      Short
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Twinkle (2013)
      Twinkle
      Short
      • Director
      • 2013
    • Back It Up
      Short
      • Director
      • 2013
    • Thyais Walsh, Damian Bailey, Ashley Diane Currie, Richard Lampone, Okema Moore, Krystal Farris, and Ellen Domingos in Justice, the Series (2012)
      Justice, the Series
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2012
    • Cool Kidz
      Short
      • Director
      • 2011
    • The Truth About Beauty and Blogs
      Short
      • Director
      • 2011
    • Hurts Like Love
      Short
      • Director
      • 2011
    • Rise Sunshine (2010)
      Rise Sunshine
      Short
      • Director
      • 2010
    • This Is It
      Short
      • Director
      • 2010
    • Sketchy Future
      Short
      • Director
      • 2010
    • Daddy for Lunch
      Short
      • Director
      • 2010

    Writer



    • Black Sorority Project: The Exodus
      8.9
      • Writer
      • 2006
    • Driving Fish
      9.5
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2002

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    Rosalyn Coleman's Directing Reel
    Demo Reel 10:08
    Rosalyn Coleman's Directing Reel
    Unfamiliar Paintings
    Trailer 1:35
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    • Alternative name
      • Rosalyn Coleman Williams
    • Born
      • July 20
      • Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
    • Spouse
      • Craig T. WilliamsNovember 17, 2001 - present (1 child)
    • Other works
      Plays BettyAnn in "Runaway Home" play by Javon Johnson (Studio Theater, Washington, District of Columbia, USA).

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      Along with Darbi Worley she is creator of the very popular Podcast - Everything Acting.
    • Nickname
      • Roz

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