---
name: "Phylicia Pearl Mpasi"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/phylicia-pearl-mpasi"
fi1m_id: "phylicia-pearl-mpasi"
imdb_id: "nm9213273"
tmdb_id: 3476701
wikidata_id: "Q124250911"
roles: ["Actor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-03T03:22:20.344090+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."
---

# Phylicia Pearl Mpasi

## Identity

Phylicia Pearl Mpasi

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/phylicia-pearl-mpasi
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** phylicia-pearl-mpasi
- **IMDb ID:** nm9213273
- **TMDB ID:** 3476701
- **Wikidata ID:** Q124250911
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phylicia_Pearl_Mpasi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124250911, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9213273/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3476701

Actor. Born in Silver Spring, Maryland, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Also known as:** Phylicia Pearl
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phylicia_Pearl_Mpasi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124250911, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9213273/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3476701

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Color Purple*](https://film.one/film/the-color-purple-2023.md) (73)

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

## Biography

Phylicia Pearl Mpasi is an American actress and writer. She trained at Elon University, where she studied theatre, and began her career performing in the Broadway production and national tour of the musical *The Lion King*.

Mpasi made her feature film debut as Young Celie in the 2023 musical adaptation of *The Color Purple*. She received the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Breakthrough Performance in a Motion Picture for the role and was part of the ensemble nominated for Screen Actors Guild and Critics' Choice awards. She has also written for the television series *Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies* (2023) and the HBO podcast *We Stay Looking*.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Color Purple* (2023), Fi1m 73, as Young Celie — [page](https://film.one/film/the-color-purple-2023.md)

## Complete filmography (2)

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

- *The Color Purple* (2023), as Young Celie — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/the-color-purple-2023.md)
- *Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies* (2023), series, Staff Writer, Teleplay

## Gallery

- ![Phylicia Pearl Mpasi](https://film.one/media/person/4647707/gallery-90921ca6ea8e.jpg) Phylicia Pearl Mpasi — Image via TMDB
- ![Phylicia Pearl Mpasi](https://film.one/media/person/4647707/gallery-b5311a1e18c9.jpg) Phylicia Pearl Mpasi — Image via TMDB

---
© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/phylicia-pearl-mpasi