Acting
Mikayla LaShae Bartholomew
San Diego, California, USA
Mikayla LaShae Bartholomew is an American stage and screen actress, best known for her film roles in Academy Award winning film "King Richard", NAACP Image Award winning film "Dear Mama", and the Sundance Film"Grace". Upcoming, she is attached to a series in development with Jon Bernthal at HBO. She holds a BFA in theatre performance, with studied minors in pre-nursing, gender, sexuality and women’s studies from Virginia Commonwealth University. Mikayla is 2020 Special Tony Award recipient for her work with the Broadway Advocacy Coalition and Artist Ambassador at the New York Civil Liberties Union. Other credits: The Salvagers (World Premiere), Angry, Raucous and Shamelessly Gorgeous, So You’re Just Sitting with Her While She Bleeds, The Niceties (RTCC Award Winner), Pure (HBO Max), The Great Khan, WET, A Doll’s House: Part 2. Facilitator/Programs Producer: Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, The Lion King, Girl from the North Country, Broadway for Black Lives Matter… Again, What Now: Unplugged, and the Arts in Action Festival.
Acting credits
7.6The story of how Richard Williams served as a coach to his daughters Venus and Serena, who will soon become two of the most legendary tennis players in history.
King Richard
2021
Struggling actor Levi Moore lands the lead role in ‘Bradshaw’ — a psychological war drama shot inside his own home. As the crew invades his space and a volatile director pushes him to his limits, the line between actor and character dissolves. Haunted by grief, isolation and paranoia, Levi spirals into a breakdown — leaving questions of what is real, what is performance and whether it was ever really about Michael Bradshaw at all.
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NRA 1950s Southern teen questions her faith and sexuality on the eve of her baptism when urged to repent her feelings for her best friend.
Grace
2024
5.3On the eve of her cotillion ball, a young Black girl grapples with her queer identity and questions her purity.
Pure
2021
NRThe death of a musical icon draws different reactions from a father and his young, artistic daughter, forcing them to confront the emotional aftermath of their own tragedy as they begin to heal.
Dear Mama...
2021