Crystal Dickinson

Crystal Dickinson is an American actress. She made her Broadway debut in the play Clybourne Park written by Bruce Norris and directed by Pam MacKinnon.

Early life and education Dickinson was born in Belleville, New Jersey, and grew up in Irvington, New Jersey. She graduated from Seton Hall University in 1998 in the College of Communication and the Arts. She also received an MFA from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.

Career Dickinson is best known for her role on the Showtime series The CHI as Detective Toussaint. She has also appeared in other TV series such as New Amsterdam, Feed the Beast, House of Payne and The Good Wife and the films I Origins and This Is Where I Leave You.

She made her Broadway debut in Clybourne Park (2012) and returned to Broadway in You Can't Take It With You (2014).

A recipient of Theatre World Award in 2012 for Clybourne Park, she has also won a Jenny Award for Best Actress. She was nominated for the AUDELCO in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2013.

In 2024, Dickinson starred in August Wilson's Gem of the Ocean at Two River Theater in Red Bank, New Jersey.

Personal life Dickinson is married to actor Brandon J. Dirden.

Filmography

Television

Film

Theatre +YearTitleRoleNotes 2008 The First Breeze of Summer Hope Signature Theatre Company, Off-Broadway 2009 Broke-ology Sonia King Lincoln Center, Off-Broadway 2010 Bottom of the World Abby Atlantic Theater Company, Off-Broadway 2011 Born Bad Sister #2 Soho Repertory Theatre, Off-Broadway 2012 Clybourne Park Francine/Lena Walter Kerr Theatre, Broadway 2013 The Call Drea Playwrights Horizons, Off-Broadway 2013 As You Like It Celia Houston Shakespeare Festival 2013 All The Way Coretta Hamer American Repertory Theatre 2014 You Can't Take It With You Rheba Longacre Theatre, Broadway 2015 Seven Guitars Louise Two River Theater 2016 Signature Plays Sarah Pershing Square Signature Center, Off-Broadway 2017 A Raisin in the Sun Ruth Younger Two River Theater 2018 The Low Road Old Tizzy/Mary Cleere/Ntombi The Public Theater, Off-Broadway 2021 Cullud Wattah Marion The Public Theater, Off-Broadway 2022 Lessons in Survival: 1971 Nikki Giovanni Vineyard Theatre, Off-Broadway 2022 Wine in the Wilderness Tommy Two River Theater 2023 The Trees Sheila Playwrights Horizons, Off-Broadway 2023 Covenant Mama Roundabout Theatre Company, Off-Broadway 2024 Gem of the Ocean Black Mary Two River Theater 2024 The White Chip The Women MCC Theater, Off-Broadway 2024 The Blood Quilt Clementine Lincoln Center, Off-Broadway