Crystal R. Fox (born January 1, 1964) is an American actress and singer. Fox has performed in many stage productions during her career, and is best known for her television roles as Luann Corbin in the NBC/CBS police drama series In the Heat of the Night (1989–1995), and as Hanna Young in the Oprah Winfrey Network prime time soap opera, The Haves and the Have Nots (2013–2021). Fox has also appeared in a number of films, most notably playing the leading role in the 2020 thriller A Fall from Grace.

Fox was born in Tryon, North Carolina. She moved from North Carolina to Atlanta, Georgia in 1979 and attended middle school and high school. She began her professional acting career in the late 1970s, appearing on stage in Atlanta. She is the niece of the late singer Nina Simone and cousin of Lisa Simone Kelly.

Fox has appeared in many stage productions during her career. She has worked in New York City, Alexandria, Silver Spring, and Atlanta, where she lives. She received a Helen Hayes Award nomination for her performance in the 2002 play Home. Her other stage credits include For Colored Girls Who Have Considered.../ When the Rainbow Is Enuf, Antony and Cleopatra, The Comedy of Errors, A Raisin in the Sun, The Colored Museum, The Amen Corner, The Boys from Syracuse, Bessie's Blues, Little Shop of Horrors and The Rocky Horror Picture Show. She was a member of the Alliance Theatre for many years. She received IRNE Awards and Elliot Norton Awards for Best Actress for playing Rose Maxson in the 2009 production of Fences at the Huntington Theatre Company. During 2014–15, she acted as lead in the play Blues for an Alabama Sky.

FILM

1989 Driving Miss Daisy (Katie Bell)
1991 Separate but Equal NAACP (telephone receptionist) Television film
1994 Drop Squad (Zora)
1995 Once Upon a Time...When We Were Colored (Miss Doll)
2001 The Old Settler (Lou Bessie) Segment "Charmaine"
2014 Ir/Reconcilable (Pam) Short film
2016 Coffee Klatch (Cindy Mercer)
2018 Burden (Janice Kennedy )
2020 A Fall from Grace (Grace Waters)
2021 V.C. Andrews' Ruby (Mama Dede)
2021 V.C. Andrews' All That Glitters (Mama Dede)
2021 V.C. Andrews' Hidden Jewel (Mama Dede)

TELEVISION

1989-1995 In the Heat of the Night (Luann Corbin) Series regular, 102 episodes
1996 Savannah (DA Laine Thompkins) Episodes: "From Here to Paternity" and "Creep Throat"
1998 Mama Flora's Family (Ruthana) Miniseries
2001 Law & Order (Mancelli) Episode: "White Lie"
2001 The Sopranos (Nurse) Episode: "Pine Barrens"
2001 Third Watch (Nunez) Episode: "And Zeus Wept"
2010 Tyler Perry's House of Payne
(CJ & Janine's nanny/housekeeper, Ms. Willamina) Recurring role, 5 episodes
2013–2021 The Haves and the Have Nots (Hanna Young) Series regular, 196 episodes
2019 Big Little Lies (Elizabeth Howard) Recurring role, 6 episodes
Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
2020 Utopia (Kim) Recurring role, 3 episodes
2023–2024 The Big Door Prize (Izzy) Main role