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American actress, director, singer, and dancer (born 1962)

Person · Open Library

Works
2

Top works

  • Skinny Dipping in the Pool of Womanhood
  • Afeni Shakur

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1936-07-30
2008 universal fire victimbluesblues rockchicago blueselectric bluesharmonica blues

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
7,769
Total plays
29,826

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Jasmine Guy (born March 10, 1964 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American actress, singer and dancer. She is most well known for her starring role as Southern belle Whitley Gilbert in the television series A Different World. During the run of A Different World, she released her self-titled debut album in 1990, which spawned three Billboard Top 100 hits: "Try Me", "Another Like My Lover", and "Just Want To Hold You." In the spring of 2006, Jasmine <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Jasmine+Guy

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Key facts

Born
Jasmine Chanel Guy , ( 1962-03-10 ) March 10, 1962 (age 64) , Boston , Massachusetts , U.S.
Occupations
Actress singer dancer director
Years active
1982–present
Known for
Whitley Gilbert-Wayne – A Different World , Roxy Harvey – Dead Like Me , Sawyer - Cats Don't Dance
Spouse
Terrence Duckett, ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1998 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2008 ) ​
Awards
NAACP Image Award – (1989, 1991–1993) Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series ( A Different World ) , Primetime Emmy Award – (2023) Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series ( Chronicles of Jessica Wu )
Origin
Atlanta , Georgia , U.S.
Genres
R&B pop new jack swing country
Label
Warner Bros.

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Encyclopedic overview

Jasmine Chanel Guy (born March 10, 1962) is an American actress, singer, dancer, and director. She portrayed Dina in the 1988 film School Daze and Whitley Gilbert-Wayne on the NBC The Cosby Show spin-off A Different World, which originally ran from 1987 to 1993. Guy won four consecutive NAACP Image Awards from 1990 through 1993 for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for her role on the show. She played Roxy Harvey on Dead Like Me and as Sheila "Grams" Bennett on The Vampire Diaries. She also played the role of Gemma on Grey's Anatomy.

Early life

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