Linda Powell
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Born | Linda Margaret Powell April 16, 1965 Fort Benning, Georgia, U.S. |
Education | College of William and Mary (BA) Circle in the Square Theatre School (GrDip) |
Years active | 1992–present |
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Relatives | Michael Powell (brother) |
Linda Margaret Powell (born April 16, 1965) is an American actress.
Early life
[edit]Linda Margaret Powell was born in Fort Benning, Georgia, on April 16, 1965[1][2]: 115 the daughter of Alma and Colin Powell, the former United States Secretary of State, National Security Advisor and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.[3] She was raised on a series of military bases and attended four different high schools, because of her father's career.[1][2]: 266 After attending Cheyenne Mountain High School in Colorado Springs, Colorado in eleventh grade, Powell graduated from Leavenworth High School in Leavenworth, Kansas in 1983.[2]: 266, 275 She graduated from the College of William and Mary in 1987 with a B.A. in English literature.[3][1][2]: 376 Additionally, she studied theater at the Circle in the Square Theatre School.[3]
Career
[edit]Powell has had a long career of supporting roles in film and television, her most notable roles being Ingrid Mills on Chicago Fire,[3] Pauline Samson in TV mini-series Political Animals[4] and a lawyer in the film Blue Caprice.[3]
Powell has also worked extensively in the theater, starring on Broadway in revivals of Wilder, Wilder, Wilder[3] and On Golden Pond,[1][3] and off Broadway in productions of A Raisin in the Sun,[5] Angela’s Mixtape[6] and The Christians.[7]
Selected filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1998 | American Cuisine | Miller (US Navy officer) | |
2007 | American Gangster | Social Worker | |
2010 | Morning Glory | Louanne | |
2013 | Blue Caprice | Case Worker | |
2015 | Meadowland | Mrs. Williams | |
2019 | The Report | Marcy Morris |
Television
[edit]Year | TV Show | Role | Notes |
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1999–2010 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Lauren White | 9 episodes |
2009 | The Good Wife | Patrice Wilcox | Episode: "Conjugal" |
2012 | Political Animals | Pauline Samson | Miniseries |
2012–2015 | Chicago Fire | Ingrid Mills | 7 episodes |
2021 | Modern Love | Mrs. Vacher | Episode: "Am I...? Maybe This Quiz Will Tell Me" |
Awards and nominations
[edit]Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref |
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2016 | AUDELCO Awards | Best Supporting Actress | The Christians | Nominated | [8] |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Linda Powell: Believing in Synchronicity". afrocentricnews.com. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
- ^ a b c d Powell, Colin L.; Persico, Joseph E. (1996) [1995]. My American Journey. New York: Ballantine Books. ISBN 0-345-46641-1 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b c d e f g Writer, Yvonna Russell (January 2, 2014). "Leading Lady Linda Powell". The Huffington Post. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
- ^ 'Political Animals': Colin Powell's Daughter Linda To Appear Opposite Sigourney Weaver In USA Series
- ^ Hiaasen, Rob. "The General's Daughter". The Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on December 21, 2001. Retrieved November 5, 2022.
- ^ Isherwood, Charles (April 10, 2009). "A Struggle to Grow Up in an Activist's Shadow". The New York Times. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
- ^ "Larry Powell & Linda Powell Cast In The Christians". BroadwayBlack.com. August 4, 2015. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
- ^ "Phylicia Rashad, Marjorie Johnson, Jason Dirden, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Joe Morton, Tina Fabrique, Francois Battiste, Colman Domingo, Maurice Hines Among 2016 AUDELCO Award Nominees; SKELETON CREW AND FAMILIAR Lead with Nine Nods Each". Backstage Pass with Lia Chang. October 1, 2016. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
External links
[edit]- Linda Powell at IMDb
- 1965 births
- 20th-century American actresses
- 21st-century American actresses
- Actresses from Georgia (U.S. state)
- African-American actresses
- American film actresses
- American stage actresses
- American television actresses
- American actors of Jamaican descent
- American people of Scottish descent
- Circle in the Square Theatre School alumni
- College of William & Mary alumni
- Living people
- People from Chattahoochee County, Georgia
- People from Colorado Springs, Colorado
- People from Leavenworth, Kansas
- Family of Colin Powell
- American actor stubs