---
name: "Karimah Westbrook"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/karimah-westbrook"
fi1m_id: "karimah-westbrook"
imdb_id: "nm0007018"
tmdb_id: 157031
wikidata_id: "Q60609495"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "6 October 1978"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T22:55:18.409700+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Karimah Westbrook

## Identity

Karimah Westbrook

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/karimah-westbrook
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** karimah-westbrook
- **IMDb ID:** nm0007018
- **TMDB ID:** 157031
- **Wikidata ID:** Q60609495
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karimah_Westbrook, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60609495, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0007018/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/157031

Director. Born 6 October 1978 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 6 October 1978, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- **Active:** 2001–2018
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 directing
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 66 (1), 2010s 68 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karimah_Westbrook, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60609495, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0007018/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/157031

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*All American*](https://film.one/tv/all-american.md) (68)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Karimah Westbrook is an American actress. She was born on 6 October 1978 in Chicago, Illinois, and trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.

Westbrook is best known for playing Grace James, the mother of the central character, in the CW series *All American* (2018–present). She has also directed episodes of the series. Her other screen credits include the films *Save the Last Dance* (2001), *The Rum Diary* (2011), *Suburbicon* (2017) and *After We Collided* (2020), as well as guest appearances in *Mad Men* (2010), *Shameless* (2017) and *Masters of Sex* (2014).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, deadline.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1)

- *Save the Last Dance* (2001), Fi1m 66, as Alyssa — [page](https://film.one/film/save-the-last-dance.md)

### Directed (1) — the average rests on these

- *All American* (2018), Fi1m 68, as Grace James — [page](https://film.one/tv/all-american.md)

## Complete filmography (36)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Dream House* (2026), series, as Detective Mya Lawson · Director, Writer, Creator
- *Abigail* (2023), as Donna
- *Panorama* (2022), as Mother
- *We Were Meant To* (2022), Actor
- *Invasion* (2021), series, as Angie
- *POV: Points Of View* (2021), as Vanessa Clairmonde
- *After We Collided* (2020), as Karen Scott
- *Bolden* (2019), as Alice Bolden
- *All American* (2018), series, as Grace James · Director — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/all-american.md)
- *Suburbicon* (2017), as Mrs. Mayers
- *Caged* (2016), as Karrisa Kline
- *Masters of Sex* (2013), series, as Delila — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/masters-of-sex.md)
- *C'mon Man* (2012), as Angel
- *The Rum Diary* (2011), as Papa Nebo
- *Shameless* (2011), series, as Sylvie — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless-2011.md)
- *Louis* (2010), as Alice Bolden
- *Watts and Volts* (2009), Producer
- *American Violet* (2008), as Claudia Johnson
- *Truth Hall* (2008), as Lashon
- *Mad Men* (2007), series, as Sharon — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/mad-men.md)
- *Studio* (2007), as Jasmine Jackson
- *Let's Talk* (2006), as Kamilah
- *Best Kept Secret* (2006), Writer
- *The Tenants* (2006), as Female Partygoer
- *In Justice* (2006), series, as Kendra Smith
- *American Fusion* (2005), as Layla
- *Baadasssss!* (2004), as Ginnie
- *Knuckle Sandwich* (2004), as Nora
- *10-8: Officers on Duty* (2003), series, as Sheila
- *Without a Trace* (2002), series, as Missy
- *Random Acts of Violence* (2002), as Monique
- *Save the Last Dance* (2001), as Alyssa — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/save-the-last-dance.md)
- *Girlfriends* (2000), series, as Melanie Childs
- *Strong Medicine* (2000), series, as Sandy
- *Moesha* (1996), series, as Shania Levy
- *ER* (1994), series, as Sarah Moore — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)

## Gallery

- ![Karimah Westbrook](https://film.one/media/person/3324102/gallery-300d90c78ad2.jpg) Karimah Westbrook — GabboT, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Suburbicon_01_%2836402384053%29.jpg/1280px-Suburbicon_01_%2836402384053%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Karimah Westbrook](https://film.one/media/person/3324102/gallery-4b7d301e79ee.jpg) Karimah Westbrook — Image via TMDB
- ![Karimah Westbrook](https://film.one/media/person/3324102/gallery-e510864db586.jpg) Karimah Westbrook — Image via TMDB

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