tonya pinkins

Tony Award-Winning Actor and Author
Tonya Pinkins is a Tony Award-winning actor on stage, television and film. With more than twenty years in daytime television, 9 Broadway shows, including the original Merrily We Role Along, Caroline, Or Change (Tony Nominee) and Jelly’s Last Jam (Tony-winner, Best Supporting Actress), she has a plethora of experience and expertise in theatre, film and the arts. She has played various roles in the television series’ Gotham, Fear the Walking Dead, Wu Tang-American Saga and Madam Secretary. She is currently producing, directing and co-writing Truth & Reconciliation: Womyn Working It Out! Additionally, she is writing, producing, directing and acting in a socio-political horror film titled Red Pill.

Tonya is interested in the ways people veer away from truth in quests for power, connection and belonging and how that detour impacts our world. She joins the GBH Board with excitement to share her lifelong experience and expertise in television, film, theatre and the arts.