Biography
Tyra Ferrell is an American actress. She moved from Houston, Texas, to New York after high school and began her career on stage, with roles in Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music (1981) and Ain't Misbehavin' on Broadway.
Ferrell made her screen debut in So Fine (1981) and appeared in films including The Exorcist III (1990), Boyz n the Hood (1991) as Mrs. Baker, Jungle Fever (1991), White Men Can't Jump (1992) and Poetic Justice (1993). On television she had recurring roles in series including Thirtysomething, ER (1994) as Dr. Sarah Langworthy and Empire (2015), and guest appearances in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Chicago P.D. She received NAACP Image Award nominations for her work in Boyz n the Hood and NTSB: The Crash of Flight 323 (2004).
