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Shola Lynch

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  • Producer
  • Director
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Shola Lynch at an event for Free Angela and All Political Prisoners (2012)
Shola Lynch is known for Free Angela and All Political Prisoners (2012), Number One on the Call Sheet (2025) and Chisholm '72: Unbought & Unbossed (2004). She has been married to Vincent Morgan since 1 September 2006.
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      • 5 wins & 7 nominations total

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    Known for

    Free Angela and All Political Prisoners (2012)
    Free Angela and All Political Prisoners
    6.9
    • Producer
    • 2012
    Whoopi Goldberg, Will Smith, Halle Berry, Jamie Foxx, Viola Davis, Kevin Hart, Taraji P. Henson, and Dwayne Johnson in Number One on the Call Sheet (2025)
    Number One on the Call Sheet
    7.9
    TV Mini Series
    • Director
    Chisholm '72: Unbought & Unbossed (2004)
    Chisholm '72: Unbought & Unbossed
    7.4
    • Producer
    • 2004
    Untitled Yusuf D Jackson/Yucaipa Companies Project
    • Director

      Credits

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      Actress

      • Sesame Street (1969)
        Sesame Street
        8.1
        TV Series
        • Shola
        • 1972–1998
      • MuppeTelevision (1987)
        MuppeTelevision
        8.1
        TV Series
        • Shola
        • 1989

      Producer

      • Danny Glover, Vicente Franco, John Lewis, Shola Lynch, Ken Schneider, Alice Walker, Ayanna Pressley, Lisa Blunt Rochester, Abby Ginzberg, Boots Riley, Marta Wohl, Stephanie Mechura, Barbara Lee, Joslyn Rose, Cory Booker, Chinaka Hodge, Kamala Harris, Van Jones, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in Truth to Power (2020)
        Truth to Power
        5.6
        • consulting producer
        • 2020
      • The Talk: Race in America (2017)
        The Talk: Race in America
        6.1
        • producer
        • 2017
      • Free Angela and All Political Prisoners (2012)
        Free Angela and All Political Prisoners
        6.9
        • producer
        • 2012
      • Lessons from Little Rock: A National Report Card (2008)
        Lessons from Little Rock: A National Report Card
        TV Movie
        • producer
        • 2008
      • Ving Rhames in American Gangster (2006)
        American Gangster
        7.7
        TV Series
        • producer
        • 2006–2007
      • Chisholm '72: Unbought & Unbossed (2004)
        Chisholm '72: Unbought & Unbossed
        7.4
        • producer
        • 2004
      • Matters of Race
        TV Mini Series
        • co-producer
        • 2003
      • Do You Believe in Miracles? The Story of the 1980 U.S. Hockey Team (2001)
        Do You Believe in Miracles? The Story of the 1980 U.S. Hockey Team
        8.6
        TV Movie
        • associate producer
        • 2001
      • Louis Armstrong in Jazz (2001)
        Jazz
        8.6
        TV Mini Series
        • associate producer
        • 2001
      • Frank Lloyd Wright in Frank Lloyd Wright (1998)
        Frank Lloyd Wright
        7.8
        • associate producer
        • 1998

      Director

      • Untitled Yusuf D Jackson/Yucaipa Companies Project
        • Director
        • Production Unknown
      • Whoopi Goldberg, Will Smith, Halle Berry, Jamie Foxx, Viola Davis, Kevin Hart, Taraji P. Henson, and Dwayne Johnson in Number One on the Call Sheet (2025)
        Number One on the Call Sheet
        7.9
        TV Mini Series
        • Director
        • 2025
      • We the Economy: 20 Short Films You Can't Afford to Miss (2014)
        We the Economy: 20 Short Films You Can't Afford to Miss
        5.8
        • Director (segment "Monkey Business aka Economic Inequality")
        • 2014
      • Imagine a Future (2013)
        Imagine a Future
        Short
        • Director
        • 2013
      • Nine for IX (2013)
        Nine for IX
        6.3
        TV Series
        • Director
        • 2013
      • Free Angela and All Political Prisoners (2012)
        Free Angela and All Political Prisoners
        6.9
        • Director
        • 2012
      • Angela Davis: Le Combat Continue
        TV Movie
        • Director
        • 2010
      • Chisholm '72: Unbought & Unbossed (2004)
        Chisholm '72: Unbought & Unbossed
        7.4
        • Director
        • 2004

      Personal details

      • Alternative name
        • Sholly Lynch
      • Spouse
        • Vincent MorganSeptember 1, 2006 - present
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        • 1 Interview

      Did you know

      • Trivia
        Is the famous Shola (pronounced SHAH-la) from the early days of Sesame Street (1969).

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