# Karen Pittman

Karen Pittman is an American actress. She began her career with small appearances on television shows such as 30 Rock, Law & Order and House of Cards. She went on to land recurring roles in The Americans (2014–2016) and Luke Cage (2016–2018). Pittman rose to prominence starring as Mia Jordan in the Apple TV+ drama series The Morning Show (2019–present) and as Dr. Nya Wallace in the HBO Max comedy-drama, And Just Like That... (2021–2023). Her performance in the third season of The Morning Show earned her a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.

## Early life, family and education

Pittman was born in Mississippi and raised in Nashville, Tennessee.
She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Voice and Opera at Northwestern University and a Masters of Fine Arts from New York University's Graduate Acting Program.

## Career

Pittman has portrayed the character of Jory in the 2012 Lincoln Center production of Disgraced and has performed in FX Network's The Americans and Netflix's Luke Cage, as Lisa and Inspector Priscilla Ridley, respectively.
Since 2019, Pittman has starred as Mia Jordan in the Apple TV+ drama series The Morning Show for which she was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series, along with the cast in 2022 and 2024. For its third season, she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series and the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. In 2021, she began starring as Dr. Nya Wallace in the HBO Max comedy-drama, And Just Like That.... She acted in both series in the same time. In 2022, she played her first leading role, in the romantic drama film, Unthinkably Good Things directed by Terri J. Vaughn. She later starred alongside Corey Stoll in the crime drama film, What We Do Next.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2010 | Last Night | Caroline | |
| 2012 | The Bourne Legacy | Landy Reporter | |
| 2013 | Begin Again | Business Woman | |
| 2014 | The Rewrite | Naomi Watkins | |
| 2016 | Custody | Elaine Dunbar | |
| 2017 | Was It Rape Then? | Fury | Short |
| 2017 | Detroit | Mrs. Dismukes | |
| 2017 | Benji the Dove | Laura | |
| 2022 | Toy Phone | Sofia | Short, also executive producer |
| 2022 | What We Do Next | Sandy James | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2009 | Great Performances | Mom - Understudy | Episode: "Passing Strange" |
| 2009 | 30 Rock | Nurse | Episode: "St. Valentine's Day" |
| 2009 | Law & Order | Amanda Rendina | Episode: "Bailout" |
| 2009 | Kings | TV Reporter | Episode: "Prosperity" |
| 2009 | Medium | Nurse #3 | Episode: "The Man in the Mirror" |
| 2010 | White Collar | Press Secretary | Episode: "Need to Know" |
| 2010 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | FBI Agent Wilcox | Episode: "Locum" |
| 2011 | One Life to Live | Nurse #1 | Guest role (4 episodes) |
| 2013 | The Good Wife | Dr. Patricia Serling | Episode: "A Precious Commodity" |
| 2014 | House of Cards | Elizabeth Ward | Episode: "Chapter 19" |
| 2014, 2019 | The Blacklist | Interrogator #2, Miss Holt | Episodes: "Berlin (No. 8)", "The Corsican (No. 20)" |
| 2014–2016 | The Americans | Lisa | Recurring role (seasons 2–4) |
| 2016 | Horace and Pete | Rhonda | Episodes: "1.7", "1.8" |
| 2016 | Person of Interest | Tracey Phillips | Episode: "Synecdoche" |
| 2016 | Blindspot | Elizabeth Gubara | Episode: "If Beth" |
| 2016 | Madam Secretary | Taylor Wilson | Episode: "The Race" |
| 2016–2018 | Luke Cage | Priscilla Ridley | |
| 2017 | Elementary | Daria Wyngold | Episode: "Moving Targets" |
| 2017 | Love You More | Raquel | TV short |
| 2018 | Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce | Patricia | Episode: "It Takes Two to Stab Yourself in the Butt" |
| 2019 | Live from Lincoln Center | Nya | Episode: "Pipeline" |
| 2019 | NOS4A2 | Angela Brewster | Episodes: "The Shorter Way", "The Graveyard of What Might Be" |
| 2019–present | The Morning Show | Mia Jordan | Main role |
| 2019 | Living with Yourself | Lenore Pool | |
| 2019 | Evil | Caroline Hopkins | Episodes: ″October 31″, ″Exorcism Part 2″ |
| 2020 | Yellowstone | Willa Hays | Recurring role (season 3) |
| 2021–2023 | And Just Like That... | Dr. Nya Wallace | Main role |
| 2022 | Unthinkably Good Things | | TV film |

### Theater

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2012-2014 | Disgraced | Jory | Theater World Award |
| 2015 | King Liz | Liz Rico | |
| 2017 | Pipeline | Nya | Broadcast on PBS in 2019 |