Awards and Honors
- Awards won
- 1997 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play – An American Daughter
- Awards nominated
- 1987 Los Angeles Drama Critics Award – Fences
- 1992 Obie Award – Boesman and Lena
- 1994, 1995, 1996 Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series - Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?
- 1996 NAACP Image Awards for Informational Youth or Children's Series/Special – Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?
- 1997 NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series – All My Children
- 2000 Obie Award – Jar the Floor
- 2000 AudioFile Awards Golden Voices for the Year
- 2004 Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series – Bear in the Big Blue House (Posthumously nominated)
- Honors
- Lynne Thigpen Elementary School, Joliet, IL
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