Actress
New York
Delissa Reynolds is a New York based actress whose recent television work includes roles on ELSBETH, BET's Diarra from Detroit, a recurring role on Hulu’s WU TANG: An American Saga, guest appearances on NBC's Manifest and Law & Order, CBS's The Good Fight and FBI:Most Wanted, HBO’s Divorce, Netflix’s Orange is the New Black and Luke Cage and CBS’Madam Secretary. She has also Law and Order: SVU, The Beat, and Deadline.
Her film work includes a supporting roles in
A Thousand And One, (A.V. Rockwell, Dir.), MUZZLE (John Stalberg, Jr. Dir.),Two Lives In Pittsburgh, (Brian Silverman,(Dir.), Jerry Schatzberg's The Day The Ponies Come Back, Exp. 36, (Mackenzie Mauro, Dir.), Magic Hour, (Jacqueline Christy, Dir.), work on Halle Berry’s directorial debut, BRUISED, Magic Hour (Jacqueline Christy, Dir.) and award winning shorts Wonder, (HBO, Javier Molina, Dir.)
The Case, (Patrick House, Dir.).
She will be appearing in an upcoming production of WIPEOUT by Aurora Real De Asua and directed by Danilo Gambini at Studio Theatre, Washington, DC. Some of her New York theatre credits include productions of Stephen Adly Guirgis’ The Last Days Of Judas Iscariot at both LAMama Experimental Theatre and The Actor’s Studio and Our Lady of 125th Street also at the Actor’s Studio all directed by Estelle Parsons. She appeared in Joe Pintaro’s Raft of the Medusa at the 10th Annual Planet Connections Theatre Festivity for which she won Best Actress in a Featured Role 2018. Her regional credits include the 2022 world premiere of Dael Orlandersmith's play New Age at Milwaukee Rep., Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird at Bangor’s Penobscot Theatre and Romulus Linny’s adaptation of A Lesson Before Dying at Buffalo’s Studio Arena and Rochester’s Geva Theatre's. Ms. Reynolds is the recipient of the 2022 American Theatre Hall of Fame "Emerging Theatre Artist" fellowship and Lifetime Member and Board member of the Actor’s Studio.