
Acting
Erica Faye Watson
Erica Faye Watson is an American stand-up comedian and actress native of Chicago, Illinois.
Acting credits
7.3In Harlem in 1987, Claireece "Precious" Jones is a 16-year-old African American girl born into a life no one would want. She's pregnant for the second time by her absent father, and at home she must wait hand and foot on her mother, an angry woman who abuses her emotionally and physically. School is chaotic and Precious has reached the ninth grade with good marks and a secret – she can't read.
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
2009
6.6A woman turns to prescription medication as a way of handling her anxiety concerning her husband's upcoming release from prison.
Side Effects
2013
5.7A modern day adaptation of the ancient Greek play Lysistrata by Aristophanes, set against the backdrop of gang violence in Chicago.
Chi-Raq
2015
NRThe story is set in the late 1980s in Chicago. Two children, born to a Korean mother and African-American father, are forced to live with the tangled consequences of their parents' decisions while struggling to traverse a new life in the Windy City.
BlacKorea
2017
5.4After ten years, Sheldon returns from New York City to Paris, Georgia. His mother Evelyn, a laundress who is stubborn, ornery, opinionated, mean-spirited, insulting, and inflexible, has sent a ten-year-old boy who says he's Sheldon's son up to see Sheldon. Sheldon comes home to straighten things out. Old arguments flare up - between mother and son and between brothers. Sheldon wants no part of fatherhood or family. Then, someone else from New York shows up at Evelyn's door, bringing a new set of challenges. Will this family ever stop airing its dirty laundry? And what of Sheldon: where is his pride? Can he, in the words of James Baldwin, go where his blood beats and live the life he has?
Dirty Laundry
2006
NRThe Worst Kind of Thoughtful is the first comedy special of its kind. Based on the 2018 comedy album by Mike Vecchione, it stars actors, artists, friends, fans, and many of your favorite comedians. It's the first User Generated Comedy Special.
Mike Vecchione: Worst Kind of Thoughtful
2024