Brenda Braxton

Brenda Braxton is a native New Yorker who found success on Broadway. She was nominated for a Tony Award for her starring role in Smokey Joe’s Café and has received the NAACP Theater Award, Chicago’s Jefferson Award and a Grammy for Best Musical Show Album. She was last seen as Matron Mamma Morton and Velma Kelly in the Broadway hit CHICAGO The Musical sharing the stage with USHER, Bebe Neuwirth, Rita Wilson, Brian McKnight and Lisa Rinna. Other Broadway Credits include Jelly’s Last Jam, Cats, Legs Diamond and the original production of DREAMGIRLS. Her TV credits include Nurse Jackie, SMASH and most recently Partner Madeline Gilford on The Good Fight on Paramount +. She can also be seen as CAIRO in Girls Getaway Gone Wrong streaming on TUBI. In realizing the importance of giving back, Ms Braxton founded a not -for-profit organization called, Leading Ladies Just for Teens (LLJFT), seminars geared toward empowering young girls to be the best they can be. For her work as founder of LLJFT Ms. Braxton has received the Dr. Martin Luther King “Living the Dream” award, the Josephine Baker Award from the National Council of Negro Women, and the Community Service award given by the National Association of Negro Business Women.