Denise Burse

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Film and Television:  The Home, Partner Track, The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey, New Amsterdam, Greenleaf, Black Mirror, Manifest, House of Payne (series regular), Preaching to the Choir, Basquiat, The Juror, Annihilators, Third Watch, Law and Order: SVU, Law and Order, Funny Valentines, Crosby, The Sopranos, Simple Justice, Resting Place, The Boy KingA Time to Triumph, One Life to Live, The Guiding Light, New York Undercover, TriBeCa, H.E.L.P., The Wrath of Becky

Stage: Stranger/As cast in Daphne (Lincoln Center Theatre 3), Toni in Bodies They Ritual (Wild Project), Dot in Dot (Billie Holiday Theatre), Dotty in Dot (Southwest Arts Center), Lena in Brownsville Song (Seattle Repertory), Quilly in The Old Settler (Billie Holiday Theatre), Viola in Dance of the Holy Ghost (Baltimore Center Stage), Mame in Radio Golf (Taper, Seattle, Center Stage), Peggy Clark in Blue (Cinncinati Playhouse/Geva), Rose in Fences (True Colors Theatre Company), Ms. Louise in Waiting to be Invited (Illusion Theatre), Judith B. Kaufman in An American Daughter (Long Wharf), Judith B. Kaufman u/s in An American Daughter (Cort/Lincoln Center), Vera in Seven Guitars (Alliance Theatre), Sarah in African Company Presents… (Cleveland Playhouse), Harriet Tubman in Harriet Returns (National Tour), Fannie Mae Dove in Flying West (Kennedy Center), Rose in Fences (Baltimore Center Stage), Bernice in Piano Lesson (Seattle Rep), Georgia Mayberry in Robert Johnson (New Federal Theatre), Annaetta in Eden (Alliance), Eunice Evers in Miss Evers’ Boys (Illusion), Holly Day in Ground People (American Place Theatre), Isabella in Don Juan of Seville (Classic Stage Company), Heidi in Hannah Davis (Negro Ensemble Company).

Training: Baldwin Burroughs, Spelman College

Awards: Theatre World 1990, Audelco Award 1993 (Best Actress)