ABOUT CANDACE
Candace Nicholas-Lippman is an actress, spoken word artist, and arts educator with a passion for using her God-given talents to uplift others.
Candace’s acting credits include a leading role on Starz’s Emmy award winning television series Blindspotting, a recurring role on the Freeform/Hulu television series Good Trouble, Guest Star role on the ABC television series Grey’s Anatomy, a recurring role on the new FB Watch Series, Grounded, Tedra in the The Pulitzer Prize winning comedy FAT HAM, Nick Bottom in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Elizabeth in In The Next Room, which earned her an LA Scenie Award and an LA Weekly Award nomination for Best Supporting Female. Additionally, Candace understudied in Tarell McCraney’s Head of Passes at the Mark Taper Forum and was also selected out of over 7,000 hopefuls to perform in the 2016 ABC Diversity Showcase for top network executives.
In 2018 Candace debuted her solo show A Rose Called Candace to rave audience reviews which was followed by multiple successful runs including being showcased in the 26th Annual Los Angeles Women's Theatre Festival Spring 2019. In Fall of 2019, A Rose Called Candace traveled to the East Coast where it made its Off-Broadway debut in the United Solo Theatre Festival, Theatre Row, New York City.
Candace's solo show made its return to Los Angeles June 2024 at the Odyssey Theater Ensemble. She looks forward to adding more dates for the show as well as continuing to build on her personal passions in spoken word and arts education.
She holds a B.A. in Theatre Arts and Dance from California State University Los Angeles and is currently repped by Vault Entertainment.
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING
“A superb Nicholas-Lippman adds gravitas
to the in In The Next Room mix as wet nurse Elizabeth.”
-Steven Stanley, Stage Scene LA
“The play's most moving highlights are embodied
in Candace Nicholas-Lippman’s fine rendering of Elizabeth.”
-LA Weekly
“Nicholas-Lippman’s Elizabeth had a wonderful inner beauty
that started out reserved and blossomed.”
-Cahighways.org
“Candace Nicholas-Lippman imbues her character with sharp comedic instincts while revealing an undercurrent of desperation in her pursuit of a new life. The dynamic between Tedra and Juicy provides some of the play’s most poignant moments, highlighting the complexities of their strained relationship.”
-Stage and Cinema
“The acting is uniformly wonderful…Nicholas-Lippman has explored all the complexities of the lovely but sassy Tedra; we see her as an excited new bride, the mother to a difficult son, a hostess to her neighbors, and an aggrieved and abused widow. She handles her dangerously short skirt with great aplomb.”
-Cochella Valley Independent
“It was so raw, real and beautiful. The way she embodied each character on stage as if there were multiple actors was mind blowing. I have never seen anything like it before. She definitely deserves a Tony Award for this. The entire experience was priceless.”
-LaShae De Lana, New Digital Media.
“I’ve seen literally hundreds of solo plays, some good, some wonderful, all striving to bridge that great divide between the artist and the audience. A play can be entertaining. It can be informative, moving, and powerful but it’s a rare thing indeed to reach into every heart in the room and to change them. A Rose Called Candace does exactly that.”
--Samantha Ronceros, NoHoArts Theatre Editor
“Ms. Candace is the best teacher and I love her so much.”
-Jaedan Poncie, Student
“Sister Candace helped me to not be shy anymore
and encouraged me to be myself and not care what other people think about me.”
-Aaron Taylor
“Because Ms. Candace inspires me,
I’m going to be a dancer, singer, and actor when I grow up.”
-Anaiya Johnson, Student
"Ms. Candace you are so inspirational and I love you and you're always there for all of us. You're one of the best life teachers I could possibly ask for. Okay. Love you Ms. Candace! I want to keep doing theater with you because I get to learn so much not only about performing but about myself and how I can look at the world. Your voice is a gift and I'm so happy you're getting a chance to use it for bigger things."
-Vanessa Andrick, Student