Crystal Boyd is a multifaceted television creator, actress, and writer who has achieved significant success in the entertainment industry. As part of the woman-comedy trio, The Downtown Girls, she has sold four pilots to prominent television studios, including Warner Brothers and SONY.
Recent projects have seen her collaborate with notable industry professionals, such as Gabrielle Union on the NBC series BLACK GIRL MAGIC, produced by Sony Pictures Television, and Elizabeth Banks on the TBS show DOWNTOWN GIRLS. The Downtown Girls are currently developing an animated series about service animals in Los Angeles, in partnership with Warner Bros. Animation, through the lens of two dogs and a cat.
Crystal's roots are in the DMV, where she was born and raised. Her mother, a dedicated DC pre-school arts teacher, and her father, who taught at Banneker High School in the Howard-Shaw area for 30 years, instilled in her a strong sense of community and education. Despite her strong ties to the region, Crystal chose to attend New York University, where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in musical theater from the Tisch School of the Arts.
During her time at NYU, Crystal had the opportunity to perform in iconic venues such as Radio City Music Hall and Madison Square Garden, in front of crowds of 40,000, in the musical production, The Reality Show. She was fortunate to study under the guidance of renowned theater legend and Tony Award-winning director Liz Swados, learning the skills necessary to create, devise, and perform her own material.
Crystal's college experience was marked by the formation of the woman comedy-trio, The Downtown Girls, with her closest friends Chandra Russell and Emebeit Beyene. Together, they have spent over a decade developing television content, writing, pitching, and selling four pilots to television studios. Additionally, Crystal has appeared as an actress in the HBO Max series SOUTH SIDE and has contributed to sketches on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
