Cheryl Lynn Bruce returns to Steppenwolf's stage in
Intimate Apparel. Most recently she appeared in
The Story at Milwaukee Repertory Theatre. Last season she premiered in Lookingglass Theatre's
Race. She also appeared in Mary Zimmerman's production of
Trojan Women at Goodman Theatre. Ms. Bruce's work in
The Voice of Good Hope at Victory Gardens received a Best Actress Jeff Nomination. She played Bertha in August Wilson's
Joe Turner's Come and Gone at Missouri Repertory, and in 1999 travelled to Graz, Austria to perform works by Suzan-Lori Parks at the famous Steirischer Herbst Arts Festival. Cheryl created the role of Elizabeth Sandry for Steppenwolf Theatre's Tony-winning production of
The Grapes of Wrath. She's performed in regional theatres around the country including BAM, Chicago Theatre Company, Circle-in-the-Square, Crossroads Theatre, Hartford Stage, Huntington Theatre, Kennedy Center, Northlight Theatre, Remains Theatre and Shakespeare Repertory, as well as Broadway and Off-Broadway houses. Her direction of Congo Square Theatre's 2001 production of
From the Mississippi Delta garnered both the African American Arts Alliance and Black Theatre Alliance awards for Best Direction. In 2003 she directed
Spunk, the young company's season opener. Film credits include:
Daughters of the Dust, Music Box, The Fugitive, The Second Voyage of Mimi. Television credits: Oprah Winfrey's
There are No Children Here, To Sir with Love II and
Separate but Equal with Sidney Poitier and
Crime of Innocence.