About

Michelle’s latest project, Between the World and Me, a movie adaptation of Ta Nehisi Coates award-winning novel for HBO, is a 2021 nominee for The Critics Choice Award. She was a participant in the award-winning documentary The Apollo and was last seen on stage in the New York Theater Workshop's critically acclaimed production of The House That Will Not Stand by Marcus Gardley. Michelle is best known for her Tony-nominated performance in the Pulitzer-Prize winning play Sweat. Wilson played long-time factory worker Cynthia, a role she originated off-Broadway at the Public Theatre before the show transitioned to Broadway with incredible reviews. In 2017, Sweat received three Tony Award nominations including Best Play and Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role for Wilson. Her other notable theater credits include A Raisin in the Sun, Detroit ’67, Follow Me to Nellie’s, Fahrenheit 451, Two Trains Running, The People Before the Park, and more. Wilson also has memorable turns on the small screen in Bull, Madam Secretary, The Good Fight, Blue Bloods, and E.R., as well as in indie films Nehemiah, Sink, and The Bicycle. The indie film The True Adventures of Wolfboy finds Wilson alongside Jaeden Lieberher and John Turturro.