Biography
Yvette Cason is an American actress who has worked in film, television and theatre. She trained at the Sewell Music Conservatory in Washington, D.C., and was an understudy for Effie White in the original 1981 Broadway production of Dreamgirls, its 1985 international tour and the 1987 Broadway revival.
In the 2006 feature film adaptation of Dreamgirls, she played May. Her other screen credits include A Wrinkle in Time (2018) as Mrs. Teacher, Shameless (2018) as Mrs. Jackson, NCIS (2020) as Maureen, and Bosch: Legacy (2022) as Judge Alberta Ryan. On stage she appeared in Sisterella (1996) and Play On! (1997 Broadway). She was also crowned Miss Black America D.C. in 1981.
