Trazana Beverley
Beverley in 2010
Born	(1945-08-09) August 9, 1945 (age 78)[1] Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1974–present

Trazana Beverley is an American stage and film actress^[2] as well as a lecturer in acting.^[3] She received a BFA in Acting from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.

She was the first African-American actress to receive a Tony Award for "Best Featured Actress in a Play" (for the 1977 Broadway play For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf),^[4] having previously won a Theatre World Award for the Off-Broadway production.^[5] She shared a cast Obie Award for the latter.^[5] She also won the 1977 Theatre World and Drama Desk Awards for the Broadway version.^[4] She later would star in the Arena Stage production of Before It Hits Home.

Filmography

• Resurrection (1980) as Dr. Ellen Baxter
• American Playhouse (2 episodes, 1982, 1983) as Mavis Jackson / Crystal
• Sister Margaret and the Saturday Night Ladies (1987) as Johnny
• Carolina Skeletons (1991) as City Clerk
• In the Line of Duty: Street War (1992) as Goody
• Beloved (1998) as One of 'The Thirty Women'
• Never Again (2001) as Night Nurse