Karen Pittman
Born
Mississippi, U.S.
EducationNorthwestern University (BA)
New York University (MFA)
OccupationActress
Years active2009–present
Children2[1]

Karen Pittman is an American actress. She had recurring roles in The Americans and Luke Cage before starring as Mia Jordan in the Apple TV+ drama series The Morning Show (2019–present) and as Dr. Nya Wallace in the HBO Max comedy-drama, And Just Like That... (2021–present).

Life and career

Born in Mississippi and raised in Nashville, Tennessee, Pittman received a Bachelor of Arts in Voice and Opera at Northwestern University and a Masters of Fine Arts from NYU's Graduate Acting Program.[2][3] 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.[4][5]

Since 2019, Pittman has starred as Mia Jordan in the Apple TV+ drama series The Morning Show for which she was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series, along with the cast in 2022 and 2024.[6][7] In 2021, she began starring as Dr. Nya Wallace in the HBO Max comedy-drama, And Just Like That.... She acted in both series in the same time.[8] In 2022, she played her first leading role, in the romantic drama film, Unthinkably Good Things directed by Terri J. Vaughn.[9][10] She later starred alongside Corey Stoll in the crime drama film, What We Do Next.[11]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2010 Last Night Caroline
2012 The Bourne Legacy Landy Reporter
2013 Begin Again Business Woman
2014 The Rewrite Naomi Watkins
2016 Custody Elaine Dunbar
2017 Was It Rape Then? Fury Short
2017 Detroit Mrs. Dismukes
2017 Benji the Dove Laura
2022 Toy Phone Sofia Short, also executive producer
2022 What We Do Next Sandy James

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2009 Great Performances Mom - Understudy Episode: "Passing Strange"
2009 30 Rock Nurse Episode: "St. Valentine's Day"
2009 Law & Order Amanda Rendina Episode: "Bailout"
2009 Kings TV Reporter Episode: "Prosperity"
2009 Medium Nurse #3 Episode: "The Man in the Mirror"
2010 White Collar Press Secretary Episode: "Need to Know"
2010 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit FBI Agent Wilcox Episode: "Locum"
2011 One Life to Live Nurse #1 Guest role (4 episodes)
2013 The Good Wife Dr. Patricia Serling Episode: "A Precious Commodity"
2014 House of Cards Elizabeth Ward Episode: "Chapter 19"
2014, 2019 The Blacklist Interrogator #2, Miss Holt Episodes: "Berlin (No. 8)", "The Corsican (No. 20)"
2014–2016 The Americans Lisa Recurring role (seasons 2–4)
2016 Horace and Pete Rhonda Episodes: "1.7", "1.8"
2016 Person of Interest Tracey Phillips Episode: "Synecdoche"
2016 Blindspot Elizabeth Gubara Episode: "If Beth"
2016 Madam Secretary Taylor Wilson Episode: "The Race"
2016–2018 Luke Cage Priscilla Ridley
2017 Elementary Daria Wyngold Episode: "Moving Targets"
2017 Love You More Raquel TV short
2018 Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce Patricia Episode: "It Takes Two to Stab Yourself in the Butt"
2019 Live from Lincoln Center Nya Episode: "Pipeline"
2019 NOS4A2 Angela Brewster Episodes: "The Shorter Way", "The Graveyard of What Might Be"
2019–present The Morning Show Mia Jordan Main role
2019 Living with Yourself Lenore Pool
2019 Evil Caroline Hopkins Episodes: ″October 31″, ″Exorcism Part 2″
2020 Yellowstone Willa Hays Recurring role (season 3)
2021–present And Just Like That... Dr. Nya Wallace Main role
2022 Unthinkably Good Things TV film

Theater

Year Title Role Notes
2012-2014 Disgraced Jory Theater World Award[12]
2015 King Liz Liz Rico [2][13][14][15][16]
2017 Pipeline Nya Broadcast on PBS in 2019[17]

References

  1. ^ Myers, Victoria (August 8, 2017). "An Interview With Karen Pittman". The Interval. Retrieved November 12, 2023.
  2. ^ a b Soloski, Alexis (15 July 2015). "Karen Pittman on What It Takes to Be 'King Liz'". New York Times.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Karen Pittman Joins 'The Americans'; Gloria Reuben In 'Mr. Robot'". Deadline. 2014-10-23. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  5. ^ "Why Marvel & Netflix's 'Luke Cage' Feels Like Such A Missed Opportunity". The Playlist. 2016-10-03. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  6. ^ Agard, Chancellor (February 27, 2022). "Brian Cox pays tribute to Ukrainian and Russian actors after 'Succession' SAG Awards win". EW.com. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
  7. ^ "Nominations Announced for the 30th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®" (Press release). Screen Actors Guild. January 10, 2024. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
  8. ^ Winston, Fran (August 9, 2023). "And Just Like That season 2 star speaks out having less screen time". Express.co.uk.
  9. ^ Halterman, Jim (August 26, 2022). "The 'Unthinkably Good Things' Star Previews Hallmark's First Mahogany Film". TV Insider.
  10. ^ McNamara, Bre. "'Unthinkably Good Things' Trailer: Karen Pittman, Erica Ash, Lance Gross And More In First Film Under Hallmark's Mahogany Banner". Shadow and Act.
  11. ^ Kay2023-02-13T09:23:00+00:00, Jeremy. "Blue Fox boards EFM sales on Corey Stoll crime thriller 'What We Do Next' (exclusive)". Screen.((cite web)): CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  12. ^ VIAGAS, ROBERT (May 5, 2015). "Broadway Siblings Megan and Robert Fairchild Among 71st Annual Theatre World Award Winners". Playbill. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ Obenson, Tambay A. "Showtime Is Developing a TV Series Adaptation of Fernanda Coppel's Off-Broadway Play, 'King Liz'". IndieWire. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  15. ^ "Karen Pittman commands basketball soap 'King Liz'". NY Daily News. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  16. ^ Reed, Rex (2015-07-29). "'King Liz' Zeroes in Brilliantly on the Internecine World of Sports". Observer. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  17. ^ Theater, Lincoln Center. "Pipeline". Lincoln Center Theater. Retrieved 2019-02-09.

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