Jasmine Guy (born March 10, 1962) is an American actress, director,
singer and dancer. Guy is known for her role as Dina in the 1988 film
School Daze and as Whitley Gilbert-Wayne on the NBC The Cosby Show
spin-off A Different World, which originally ran from 1987 to 1993.
Guy won six consecutive NAACP Image Awards from 1990 through 1995 for
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for her role on the show.
She is also known as Roxy Harvey on Dead Like Me and as Sheila "Grams"
Bennet on The Vampire Diaries .Born in Boston, Massachusetts, to an
African-American father and Portuguese-American mother, Guy was raised
in the affluent historic Collier Heights neighborhood of Atlanta,
Georgia, where she attended what was then called the Northside
Performing Arts High School, later renamed North Atlanta High School.
Her mother, the former Jaye Rudolph (born 1937), was a former
high-school teacher, and her father, the Reverend William Guy (born
1937), was pastor of the historic Friendship Baptist Church of
Atlanta, which served as an early home to Spelman College; he was also
a college instructor in philosophy and religion. At the age of 17, she
moved to New York City to study dance at the Alvin Ailey American
Dance Center.Guy began her television career with a non-speaking role,
as a dancer, in seven episodes of the 1982 television series Fame
under the direction of choreographer Debbie Allen.Guy today remains
best known for her starring role as Whitley Gilbert in the television
sitcom A Different World. A spin-off of The Cosby Show and created by
Bill Cosby himself, the show aired from 1987 to 1993 on NBC. Guy wrote
three episodes of the show and directed one, in addition to appearing
in every episode: she started as a co-star, but ended up replacing the
show's original star Lisa Bonet, who left the series. Guy was
nominated for and won six consecutive NAACP Image Awards for
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.
singer and dancer. Guy is known for her role as Dina in the 1988 film
School Daze and as Whitley Gilbert-Wayne on the NBC The Cosby Show
spin-off A Different World, which originally ran from 1987 to 1993.
Guy won six consecutive NAACP Image Awards from 1990 through 1995 for
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for her role on the show.
She is also known as Roxy Harvey on Dead Like Me and as Sheila "Grams"
Bennet on The Vampire Diaries .Born in Boston, Massachusetts, to an
African-American father and Portuguese-American mother, Guy was raised
in the affluent historic Collier Heights neighborhood of Atlanta,
Georgia, where she attended what was then called the Northside
Performing Arts High School, later renamed North Atlanta High School.
Her mother, the former Jaye Rudolph (born 1937), was a former
high-school teacher, and her father, the Reverend William Guy (born
1937), was pastor of the historic Friendship Baptist Church of
Atlanta, which served as an early home to Spelman College; he was also
a college instructor in philosophy and religion. At the age of 17, she
moved to New York City to study dance at the Alvin Ailey American
Dance Center.Guy began her television career with a non-speaking role,
as a dancer, in seven episodes of the 1982 television series Fame
under the direction of choreographer Debbie Allen.Guy today remains
best known for her starring role as Whitley Gilbert in the television
sitcom A Different World. A spin-off of The Cosby Show and created by
Bill Cosby himself, the show aired from 1987 to 1993 on NBC. Guy wrote
three episodes of the show and directed one, in addition to appearing
in every episode: she started as a co-star, but ended up replacing the
show's original star Lisa Bonet, who left the series. Guy was
nominated for and won six consecutive NAACP Image Awards for
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.
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