Antoinette Crowe-Legacy is an American actress best known for her role as Elise Johnson, the daughter of Bumpy Johnson, in the Epix series Godfather of Harlem.
Early life and education Crowe-Legacy was raised in Garland, Texas and attended Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. In 2010, she was a finalist for a National YoungArts Foundation award.
Crowe-Legacy attended Southern Methodist University, performing in a 2013 production of The Odd Couple at the Dallas Theater Center. In 2018, she graduated from the Yale School of Drama, where she received the Carol Finch Dye Award.
Career While at Yale, Crowe-Legacy appeared in productions of Three Sisters, Seven Guitars, and Our Lady of 121st Street. She performed in the Playwrights Horizons premiere of If Pretty Hurts Ugly Must Be a Muhfucka by Tori Sampson and the Off-Broadway premiere of BLKS by Aziza Barnes in 2019. That year, she made her screen debut as Elise Johnson, the daughter of Bumpy Johnson as played by Forest Whitaker, in Godfather of Harlem on Epix.
In 2021, Crowe-Legacy featured in Passing, a film adaptation of the Nella Larsen novel of the same name directed by Rebecca Hall. She also served as the replacement for the role of Kaneisha in that year's Broadway production of Slave Play, a role she had originated during the initial 2017 reading of the play as she attended Yale alongside playwright Jeremy O. Harris.
Crowe-Legacy appeared in two episodes of the 2022 Apple TV+ series WeCrashed as Leslie, a WeWork employee. She performed in the original cast of another Tori Sampson play, This Land Was Made, at the Vineyard Theatre in 2023. That fall, she portrayed Hermione in a production of Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale at the Folger Theatre in Washington, DC.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Ref. 2021 Passing Felise
Television Year Title Role Notes Ref. 2019–2025 Godfather of Harlem Elise Johnson Main Role 2022 WeCrashed Leslie 2 episodes 2022 Line of FireNia Wallace recurring role
Theatre Year Production Role Venue Notes Ref. 2013 The Odd Couple Cecily Pigeon Dallas Theater Center Credited as Antoinette Crowe 2019 If Pretty Hurts Ugly Must Be a Muhfucka Massassi Playwrights Horizons BLKS June Newman Mills Theater 2021 Slave Play Kaneisha August Wilson Theatre Originated the role during the play's 2017 reading at Yale 2023 This Land Was Made Sassy Vineyard Theatre The Winter's Tale Hermione Folger Theatre
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