The Cast of 'Crooklyn': Where Are They Now?
Checking in on the stars of Spike Lee's 1994 classic.
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Twenty-nine years ago this weekend marks the anniversary of Spike Lee's classic film Crooklyn, which hit theaters May 13, 1994. The film tells the story of a young girl, Troy, who grows up in a house full of boys. We're catching up with the cast to see what they've been up to since 1994. (Photo: 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks)
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Alfre Woodard - Miss Woodard has been a busy bee since starring as family matriarch Carolyn Carmichael in the film. The four-time Emmy winner was a series regular on Desperate Housewives, and maintained a prolific film career that included roles in Love & Basketball, Something New and this year's Best Picture Academy Award winner 12 Years a Slave. Woodard will next be seen as the president of the United States in the TV drama State of Affairs. (Photo: Michael Buckner/Getty Images) (Photo: 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks)
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Delroy Lindo played patriarch and musician Woody Carmicheal in the film, which marked the second time the actor had worked with Lee. He went on to have a prolific career as a character actor in films and television, starring in such films as Congo, Gone in Sixty Seconds and Get Shorty. In 2020, he starred in another Lee film, Da Five Bloods and in 2022 he was incredible in They Harder They Fall as Bass Reeves, which earned him an NAACP Image Award nomination for outstanding actor. He can currently be seen on Hulu's Unprisoned, which also stars Kerry Washington. (Photo: Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images)
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Vondie Curtis-Hall played family relative Uncle Brown. A gifted character actor, he is best known for his regular series role on medical drama Chicago Hope. Curtis-Hall is also a director whose films include Gridlock'd, Waist Deep and Redemption: The Stan 'Tookie' Williams Story, which starred Jamie Foxx. Most recently, he appeared in 2019's Harriet, a biopic on Harriet Tubman and he can currently be seen in the Netflix series The Recruit. (Photo: Cindy Ord/Getty Images for Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences)
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Alfre Woodard - Miss Woodard has been a busy bee since starring as family matriarch Carolyn Carmichael in the film. The four-time Emmy winner was a series regular on Desperate Housewives, and maintained a prolific film career that included roles in Love & Basketball, Something New and this year's Best Picture Academy Award winner 12 Years a Slave. Woodard will next be seen as the president of the United States in the TV drama State of Affairs. (Photo: Michael Buckner/Getty Images) (Photo: 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks)
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Best known for his role in the 1979 cult classic The Warriors, Kelly played the deodorant-challenged next-door neighbor Tony Eyes in Crooklyn. The actor, who is also a celebrated stage performer, continued his career primarily in television. He starred on Gossip Girl from 2008 until 2011 and later on HBO's Bored to Death. Today, he can be heard on a podcast series called The Catcher. (Photo: Brad Barket/Getty Images)
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Hot off the success of his 1993 club banger "Supermodel (You Better Work)," RuPaul landed a small but memorable cameo in the film. Ru went on to have an illustrious career as a performer, actor, singer, producer and LGBTQ advocate. He created the hit reality series RuPaul's Drag Race, which has made him a cultural icon spin-offs all over the world. (Photo: Michael Buckner/Getty Images for LOGO)
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This Spike Lee regular, best known for his long-running role on Shonda Rhimes' series Grey's Anatomy, seems to be on the rebound after taking a hiatus from Hollywood following the gay slur scandal that got him fired from the popular series. Today, Washington is more known for his antics on social media, including attacking the NAACP, and supporting disgraced President Donald Trump for several years. (Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)