Susan Kelechi Watson Biography

Fast Facts

• Is a first-generation Jamaican-American
• Studied classical theater at Oxford University for a short time through a fellowship with Howard University
• Received classical acting training at the Public Theater's Shakespeare Lab
• Granted a full scholarship to New York University to earn her master's degree
• Performed the role of Juliet Lapin in a 2005 Broadway production of A Naked Girl on the Appian Way at American Airlines Theatre
• Played Ruth in a stage production of A Raisin in the Sun directed by Phylicia Rashad at the Westport Country Playhouse in 2012
• Is also a writer, singer and dancer