Karen Abercrombie

In this episode of The Love is Podcast, our guest is Karen Abercrombie. She is an award-winning actress, Parents’ Choice Award winning storyteller, award-winning independent film producer, a highly sought-after speaker, and an avid environmentalist. Best known for her award-winning portrayal of the spicy, 80 year old prayer warrior, Miss Clara, in the Kendrick Brothers film, War Room, Karen has an impressive body of work under her belt. She has guest starred on such TV shows as ‘Saved By The Bell’, ‘The Inspectors’, ‘Vampire Diaries’, ‘Ally McBeal’, and ‘Strong Medicine’ to name a few. She has also played recurring characters on OWN’S series, ‘Delilah’ and AMC’S, series, ‘Turn’. As for the stage, Karen has a long list of professional credits – including Off-Broadway performances – to her name. In 2018, Karen formed Earth Mother Entertainment LLC, an independent film production company. Her first film, ‘Discarded Things’ has garnered five Best Actress awards for Karen's role in the film, two Best Picture awards, and three Best Supporting Actor awards. ‘Discarded Things’ is currently playing on Amazon Prime, Pure Flix, YouTube TV and a few other streaming platforms. Karen's latest project is one that has been a dream of hers for a very long time – a new Non-Profit organization, The Village is Alive. The organization makes creative arts and mentoring available to children in underserved communities.