} Karen Pittman is an American actress. Born in

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and raised in

Nashville, Tennessee Nashville is the capital city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the seat of Davidson County. With a population of 689,447 at the 2020 U.S. census, Nashville is the most populous city in the state, 21st most-populous city in the U.S., and ...

, Pittman received a Bachelor of Arts in Voice and Opera at Northwestern University and a Masters of Fine Arts from NYU's Graduate Acting Program. Pittman has portrayed the character of Jory in the 2012

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production of ''

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'' and has performed in

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's ''

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'' and Netflix's ''

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'', as Lisa and Inspector Priscilla Ridley, respectively. Since 2019, she has starred as Mia Jordan in the

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drama series ''The Morning Show'' for which she was nominated for a SAG award, along with the cast in 2022.

Filmography

Film

Television

Theater

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pittman, Karen Living people American television actresses African-American actresses American stage actresses American film actresses Northwestern University alumni New York University alumni Actresses from Mississippi Actresses from Nashville, Tennessee 21st-century American actresses Theatre World Award winners 21st-century African-American women 21st-century African-American people Year of birth missing (living people)