Carol Lynn Maillard
Carol Lynn Maillard was one of the founding members of the
African American a cappella ensemble
Sweet Honey in the Rock. She is an accomplished actress, singer and composer. Her acting credits include roles on
Broadway (Eubie, Comin' Uptown,
Beehive);
off-Broadway (in several Negro Ensemble Company productions and in the New York Shakespeare Festival); television (
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf,
Hallelujah); and film (
Beloved,
Thirty to Life). Maillard has also been a guest vocalist for artists
Horace Silver and
Betty Buckley.