Shona Tucker
Shona Tucker is an American actress and director. Beginning in the 1990s, she had roles in several television shows including "Law & Order" and "New York Undercover". She has appeared in regional theater, including at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Off-Broadway at The Public Theater and elsewhere, in films such as 2016's "King Cobra", and on Broadway in original cast of 2018's "To Kill a Mockingbird". She has taught drama at Vassar College since 2008. Life and career. Tucker was born in Louisville Kentucky, where she began acting at the Louisville Youth Performing Arts School. While still  in high school, she began her long relationship with Actors Theatre of Louisville as assistant to Paul Owen, the resident scenic designer as an intern on The Louisville Zoo 2. She has returned to perform at Actors Theatre in five different plays. A Fulbright Scholar, a Schomburg Fellow, and an Audelco Award winner, she earned a BS from Northwestern University and MFA in Acting at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. She has served as Associate Professor of Drama at Vassar College from 2008 to the present. She was a company member at Oregon Shakespeare Festival from 2005 to  2008, acting in such plays as "Fences", "A Midsummer Night's Dream", "Gem of the Ocean", and "Bus Stop". Her Off-Broadway theatre credits include productions at New York Theatre Workshop, Lincoln Center Theater Directors' Lab, The Public Theater, Circle in the Square, Playwrights Horizons, Manhattan Theatre Club, and La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club. She played the role of Rita in the world premiere of the award-winning play "Eclipsed" at Yale Repertory Theatre. She also created the roles of Sherry and Dr. Toros in Pulitzer Prize finalist Amy Herzog's "Mary Jane," also at Yale Repertory Theatre. She created  the roles of Angela and Angie in the world premiere of "Tough Titty" at Williamstown Theatre Festival. Her feature film credits include: James Franco's King Cobra (2016), "Keane" (2004), "Preaching to the Choir" (2005) and "Boys on the Side" (1995) with Whoopi Goldberg and Mary-Louise Parker. Tucker has played roles in a number of television series including "New York Undercover" (recurring), "Queens Supreme", "Law & Order", and "Third Watch". She has also acted in several TV movies and shorts.