Karimah Westbrook
Karimah Westbrook is an accomplished actress, writer and producer who stars as devoted single parent Grace James in the hit series "All American," on The CW which was just renewed for a third season. Her inspiring and relatable performance earned Westbrook a Black Reel nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. Westbrook's big break came when she fearlessly crashed a Chicago audition for the feature film 'Save the Last Dance,' despite having no appointment or representation. She landed a role in the Paramount box-office hit and never looked back, enrolling in the Academy of Dramatic Arts West and relocating to Los Angeles to pursue her acting career.
Since then, Westbrook has captured the attention of audiences with diverseroles in television, film and theater. She has guest starred in many hit shows, including Showtime's award-winning dramedy "Shameless" and "Masters of Sex," Freeform's family series "The Fosters" and AMC's period drama "Mad Men." On the big screen, Westbrook starred opposite Matt Damon and Julianne Moorein George Clooney's "Suburbicon." Westbrook starred in "American Violet" opposite Alfre Woodard, "The Rum Diary" with Johnny Depp and the indie feature "Bolden." Her role in the romantic comedy "American Fusion" required the versatile actress to learn Mandarin Chinese. Most recently she was added to the cast of After We Collided, a film adaptation of the bestsellers book series After.
Karimah Westbrook is an accomplished actress, writer and producer who stars as devoted single parent Grace James in the hit series "All American," on The CW which was just renewed for a third season. Her inspiring and relatable performance earned Westbrook a Black Reel nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. Westbrook's big break came when she fearlessly crashed a Chicago audition for the feature film 'Save the Last Dance,' despite having no appointment or representation. She landed a role in the Paramount box-office hit and never looked back, enrolling in the Academy of Dramatic Arts West and relocating to Los Angeles to pursue her acting career.
Since then, Westbrook has captured the attention of audiences with diverseroles in television, film and theater. She has guest starred in many hit shows, including Showtime's award-winning dramedy "Shameless" and "Masters of Sex," Freeform's family series "The Fosters" and AMC's period drama "Mad Men." On the big screen, Westbrook starred opposite Matt Damon and Julianne Moorein George Clooney's "Suburbicon." Westbrook starred in "American Violet" opposite Alfre Woodard, "The Rum Diary" with Johnny Depp and the indie feature "Bolden." Her role in the romantic comedy "American Fusion" required the versatile actress to learn Mandarin Chinese. Most recently she was added to the cast of After We Collided, a film adaptation of the bestsellers book series After.
