Actor

Nikki
Crawford

Tony–nominated and Obie Award winner for originating the role of “Tedra” in James Ijames’ celebrated 2022 Pulitzer Prize–winning Fat Ham, first at The Public Theater and then at the American Airlines Theatre. Between The Public and Broadway iterations of Fat Ham, starred in James Ijames’ The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company. Guest star roles include recurring role on Sony’s Cruel Intentions; NCIS: Los Angeles; 9-1-1; NCIS; United States of Al; Selena: The Series; and a starring role in Lifetime’s A Country Christmas Harmony. In the theater world, she was handpicked by the legendary Mike Nichols to open the Vegas company of Spamalot for which she was named Vegas Showstopper of the Year. Also starred opposite Leslie Uggams in Stormy Weather at the Pasadena Playhouse playing “Young Lena Horne” and winning the NAACP Theatre Award. B.F.A., Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama.