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Appeared in the pilot episode for Living Dolls (1989), a spin-off of Wer ist hier der Boss? (1984). When the show was picked up, her character was rewritten and recast with Halle Berry.

Raised for most of her life in Benton Harbor, Michigan. Her father resides in the area and works at Benton Harbor High School which has among its famous alums Sinbad and Ernie Hudson.

She is of Native American and African American descent.

Her name was one of the many African American actress' mentioned in Halle Berry's 2002 Oscar speech.

Had a career resurgence after appearing in Quentin Tarantino's "Kill Bill" Volume 1 and 2 series.

"Wrong" typecasting: As of November 2019, over the course of 3 years, she has appeared in 13 Lifetime movies with "wrong" in the title. These include The Wrong Cheerleader (2019), The Wrong Tutor (2019), The Wrong Mommy (2019), The Wrong Boy Next Door (2019), The Wrong Stepmother (2019), The Wrong Teacher (2018), The Wrong Friend (2018), The Wrong Cruise (2018), The Wrong Man (2017), The Wrong Crush (2017), The Wrong Student (2017), The Wrong Child (2016), and The Wrong Roommate (2016).

Chosen by "People" magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World. (1997)

Graduated from Golden West College with an Associate Art degree in Social Sciences.

Good friends with Tisha Campbell, and Tichina Arnold.

Booked in Van Nuys, California on December 5, 2007, related to an arrest on drunk driving charges.

Voted one of "The 10 Sexiest Women of 2001" by the readers of Black Men Magazine.

Was chosen by VH1 as one of the "40 Hottest Hotties over 40" in 2005.

Has 2 cats: Tiger and Snookie.

Friends with Wendy Raquel Robinson, Joe Torry, and Whitney Houston.

Ranked #96 on VH1's 100 Hottest Hotties

Accompanied rapper 50 Cent to the MTV Video Music Awards 2003

Was a dancer on Soul Train (1971) from 1982-1983.

Now a spokesperson for Carshield.

Her former husband, Christopher Harvest, is also known as singer Sixx-Nine.