Career
Crawford was born and raised in Washington, D.C., Crawford was offered a leading role in the European Tour of Bubbling Brown Sugar, which launched her career. In the theater world, Crawford starred opposite Leslie Uggams in Stormy Weather at the Pasadena Playhouse, playing the young Lena Horne and winning the NAACP Theatre Award. She also received a Helen Hayes Award Best Supporting Actress nomination for Play On!. Between the Public and Broadway iterations of Fat Ham, Crawford starred in James Ijames' The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre. In late 2025, Crawford recently wrapped on the pilot Very Young Frankenstein starring Zack Galifianakis and directed by Taika Waititi for FX/Hulu. == Theatre credits ==