BONITA BRISKER - AEA, - SAG-AFTRA

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TELEVISION

Judge Me Not

Series Regular

ALLBLK TV/Dir: Honesty Edwards

The Couch "Thin Like Me"

Starring

BET HER / Dir: Meagan Good

FBI Most Wanted

Guest Star

CBS / Dir: Milena Govich

Saints & Sinners

Co-Star

Bounce TV / Dir: Russ Parr

Black Lightning

Co-Star

CW / Dir: Robert Townsend

Marriage & Mrs. Cooper (MOW)

Lead

Showtime / Dir: PJ Johnson

The Perfect Wife

Guest Star

Lifetime / Dir: Don Font LeRoy

Grip

Supporting

Showtime / Dir: Julie Dash

Incognito

Supporting

BET Arabesque Films / J Dash

BET on Jazz

Guest Artist

BET / Roy Ayers & Lou Rawls

FILM

R & B "Rhythm & Blood"

Deborah Phillips

Tubi / Dir: Courtney Miller

God's Grace The Sheila Johnson Story

Pastor Lewis

BET + / Dir: Charmin Lee

Killer Instinct

Dr. Kennedy Parker

Dir: Baayan Bakari

Greyson Family Christmas

Dee Greyson

Bounce / Dir: Lisa France

Mouse Ward

Carol Kaminski

Dir: Malika Ali

Cuttin' da Mustard**

Self / Actress / Goneril Lear

Dir: Reed McCants

Her Father's Daughter**

Ananda King

Dir: Paula Brancato

Kiss & Say Goodbye

Mary

Dir: Darryl Smith

No Alibi

Executive Assistant

Dir: Raph Liddle

This Dancing Life

Club Owner

Dir: Juney Smith

THEATER

The Wiz

Glinda

PG Performing Arts/Eric Ruffin

12 Angry Jurors

Juror #8

Amazing Grace Conservatory

Seven Guitars

Louise

Signature Theater/Michele Shay

Bonita & Billie

Billie Holiday

US Tour/Denise Dowse/Vera Katz

Cat's Paw

Jessica Lyons

3rd St Promenade Playhouse

North on South Central (mus.)

Billie Holiday

Wilshire Ebell Theater

Bonita & Billie (musical)

Billie Holiday

Vintage Hollywood Theater

Charles Dutton From Jail to Yale

Lead

UCLA Freud Playhouse (HBO)

Della Reese Presents (musical)

Ensemble

Asst. League Playhouse

Hallelujah City (musical)

Lead / Isadora

Sacramento Benvenuti Theater

Desire Under the Elms

Essie

Odyssey Theater / Jeff Hayden

Opera Noir (musical)

Ensemble

Paramount Studio Theater

Ben Vereen/Della Reese Tribute

Ensemble

Nate Holden Theater

Charles Dutton Serving Time on Stage

Berniece

Baltimore Center Stage

The Vagina Monologues

Coochie Snorcher

Directors Guild Theater

North on South Central (mus.)

Billie Holiday

Stella Adler Theater

Charles Dutton From Jail to Yale

Lead

Kraushaar Theater (Maryland)

A Bird in Flight (musical)

Lead

US Touring Company

Charles Dutton "Unrefined"

Lead

Houseman (Off-Broadway)Theater

Diaries of God's Perfect Nectar

Ensemble (&writer)

Asst. League Playhouse (LA)

Della Reese Message in the Music

Lead / Ensemble

Asst. League Playhouse (LA)

Cubical People

Pashon Wright

Stage 52

Cheaters

Doris

The Whitefire Theater

Feelings

Ensemble (&writer)

Richard Pryor Theater

The Chest

Lead

The Complex Theater

Long Time Since Yesterday

Babbs Wilkerson

Complex / N.C. Theater Fest.

For Colored Girls

Lady in Orange

West Coast Ensemble

Satch's Place

Dorothy Dandridge

West Coast Ensemble

Women Behind Bars

Warden / Granny

Rainbow Theater Co.

Cats

Mona (Cat)

Rainbow Theater Co.

Glamour Girls

Andrea

LATC

AWARDS

NAACP THEATER AWARD:

WINNER BEST ACTRESS

LONG TIME SINCE YESTERDAY

NAACP THEATER AWARD

WINNER BEST ENSEMBLE

NORTH ON SOUTH CENTRAL

HELEN HAYES AWARD

NOMINEE BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

SEVEN GUITARS

HELEN HAYES AWARD

BEST ENSEMBLE

SEVEN GUITARS

NAACP THEATER AWARD

NOMINEE BEST PLAYWRIGHT

FEELINGS

NAACP THEATER AWARDS

WINNER BEST COSTUMES

BONITA & BILLIE HOLIDAY

PAN AFRICAN FILM FESTIVAL

WINNER AUDIENCE CHOICE

CUTTIN' DA MUSTARD

MULTI-DEMENSION FILM FEST

SHORT FILM EXCELLENCE AWARD

SALVATION LOVE

SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL

WINNER AUDIENCE CHOICE

HER FATHER'S DAUGHTER

Lifetime Member of THE ACTORS STUDIO, has worked with Academy Award winners, Martin Landau, Mark Rydell, Ellen Burstyn, and Al Pacino to respectfully name a few. Series Regular on hit show JUDGE ME NOT. Bonita made her off-Broadway debut at the Houseman Theater, starring with Charles S. Dutton in UNREFINED. Her one-woman show, BONITA & BILLIE HOLIDAY toured around the world to sold-out audiences. "Uncanny" reported the LA Times. Co-founder of Agri Smart, Inc., an international farming company in West Africa.

Physical Characteristics / Measurements

Height: 5'4"

Weight: 125 lbs

Certified N.A. / P.A., Chef, Hair Stylist, Medical terminology, Aerobics, Badminton, Basketball, Bowling, Boxing, Cycling, Diving, Equestrian - General, Fishing, Frisbee, Golf, Martial Arts, Mountain Climbing, Roller Skating, Running - General, Softball, Swimming - ability - general, Swimming - backstroke, Swimming - breast stroke, Swimming - diving, Swimming - freestyle, Volleyball, Yoga, Dance Ballroom, Dance Jazz, Dance Tango, Dancer, Diving, Ear Prompter, Firearms, Guitar, Harmonica, Improvisation, Licensed Driver, Singer, Vocal Range: Alto, Vocal Style: Legit, American - Southern Accent, British - BBC English Accent, British - Cockney Accent, Jamaican Accent