Tyla Abercrumbie is an American actress, director and playwright. She is best known for playing Nina Williams in the drama series The Chi and Officer Mary Jo Sullivan in the crime series .
Abercrumbie has participated in theatre productions throughout her career as not only an actress but also a director and playwright. She joined the TimeLine Theatre Playwrights Collective, which nutured her when writing and developing her play Relentless, which debuted at the Goodman Theater in 2022. It was originally planned to open in 2020 but was delayed by the Covid-19 pandemic. Set in 1919, it is inspired by people she knew in her Austin community. In 2021, she received a $25,000 grant from Chicago's Raven Theatre to produce a new work.
Asylum (aka Life) is a one woman show written by and starring Abercrombie early in her career (2003) which portrays the conflicting pressures that a modern woman experiences.
Filmography
Film
Short Short Short Short
Television
Episode; Two Days at a Time Episode; Super Boy Episode; Bitsy Big-Boy Episode; Road to Nowhere 2 episodes 2 episodes 2 episodes Episode; Seperation Episode; Light in Darkness Episode; The F**King Study 6 episodes Episode; Born This Way Episode; The Burden of Truth Episode; Tuesday's Child Episode; Revenge Plot Episode; Knick-Knacks and Doodads Episode; College Episode; Trapped 49 episodes Main Role
Theater
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