Trazana Beverley

Trezana Beverley is an American stage and film actress. She received an MFA in Acting from New York Universitys Graduate Acting Program.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), having previously won a Theatre World Award for the Off-Broadway production. She shared a cast Obie Award for the latter. She also won the 1977 Theatre World and Drama Desk Awards for the Broadway version.

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