“The Haves and the Have Nots” star and Florida Agricultural
and Mechanical University (FAMU) alumna Angela Robinson will be the keynote
speaker at the 2015 FAMU Homecoming Convocation.
Robinson, who graduated from FAMU in 1987 with a bachelor’s
degree in sociology, is a native of Jacksonville, Fla., and began her acting
career on stage on Broadway and Off-Broadway. On Broadway, she performed in
“The Color Purple” and Off-Broadway in “Dream Girls” and “The Wizard of Oz.”
Before becoming a star on the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN),
prime-time hit television show “The Haves and Have Nots,” Robinson appeared on
“Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.” In 2015, she received the Gracie Award
for Outstanding Female Actor-One to Watch. The Gracie Awards celebrate and
honor programming created for women, by women, and about women, as well as
individuals who have made exemplary contributions in electronic media.