Although her husband, Andre Braugher, carried a heftier load of on-screen credits, Ami Brabson is no slouch. Brabson’s work both on stage and screen is widely varied, from the iconic stageplay “Fences” to the NBC drama “Law & Order,” according to her official bio. Brabson holds an MFA from Tisch, one of the foremost acting programs in the country. Brabson and Braugher met while studying at Julliard together. They premiered a play in New York together in 2014, “Tough Titty” at the Paradise Factory, in which the couple performed. Outside of acting, she’s even known as a cabaret singer.
Her best-known role, however, is arguably that of Mary Pembleton in “Homicide: Life on the Street.” That’s right, she played alongside her real-life husband as his on-screen wife as well. Braugher told The Washington Post that he enjoyed working alongside his wife. “I think she’s a fine actress,” he told the outlet. “We already have a history together and we understand each other so we communicate very easily. We have similar tastes about what is good and bad in the course of a scene and we agree about the complexities of each of our characters and things seem to go quite well and I enjoy it a lot.”