Elizabeth Omilami

Elizabeth Omilami is an American actress. Born in Atlanta, she studied theater at Hampton University and earned a bachelor's degree there. After college she helped found the People's Survival Theatre, an Atlanta company that put on five shows a year and offered summer arts classes for kids. She later held an arts administration post in New York, then went back to Atlanta. On television she appeared in In the Heat of the Night, and in I'll Fly Away she played Joelyn in a recurring part. Her screen work includes The Blind Side, along with A Time to Kill and Ray. Playwriting was another pursuit; her works include There Is a River in My Soul.