Garcelle Beauvais (French pronunciation: ​[gaÊ sÉ›l bovÉ›]: born
November 26, 1966) is a Haitian-born American actress, television
personality, author, and former fashion model. She is best known for
her starring roles in the sitcom The Jamie Foxx Show and the crime
drama series NYPD Blue. She also appeared in the films Coming to
America (1988), White House Down (2013), and Spider-Man: Homecoming
(2017). In 2020, Beauvais became a main cast member of the reality
television series The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. Today,
Garcelle Beauvais is one of the co-hosts on the daytime talk show The
Real featuring Loni Love, Jeannie Mai and Adrienne Bailon.Beauvais was
born in Saint-Marc, Haiti, to Marie-Claire Beauvais, a nurse, and Axel
Jean Pierre, a lawyer. After her parents divorced when she was a
child, she moved with her mother to the United States at age seven
along with her six elder siblings, and settled in Peabody,
Massachusetts where she enrolled in elementary school. Upon her
arrival to the United States, Beauvais originally only spoke French
and Creole, but learned English from watching Sesame Street on
television. She attended Peabody Veterans Memorial High School until
she was 16.Beauvais moved to Miami at 16 in an attempt to pursue a
career in modeling. After driving down from Massachusetts, Beauvais
hoped to interview for a modeling agency without an appointment. She
was approached at a red light while putting on lipstick by the very
owner of the agency she sought to see. After modeling with this agency
for about a year, Beauvais, now seventeen, went to New York City to
pursue a career as a fashion model, after signing with the Ford agency
living with Eileen Ford and later modeled with Irene Marie Models. She
modeled print ads for Avon, Mary Kay, and Clairol and in catalogs for
Lerner New York Clothing Line, Neiman Marcus, and Nordstrom and walked
the runway for Calvin Klein and Isaac Mizrahi and also shot TV
commercials for Burdines.
November 26, 1966) is a Haitian-born American actress, television
personality, author, and former fashion model. She is best known for
her starring roles in the sitcom The Jamie Foxx Show and the crime
drama series NYPD Blue. She also appeared in the films Coming to
America (1988), White House Down (2013), and Spider-Man: Homecoming
(2017). In 2020, Beauvais became a main cast member of the reality
television series The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. Today,
Garcelle Beauvais is one of the co-hosts on the daytime talk show The
Real featuring Loni Love, Jeannie Mai and Adrienne Bailon.Beauvais was
born in Saint-Marc, Haiti, to Marie-Claire Beauvais, a nurse, and Axel
Jean Pierre, a lawyer. After her parents divorced when she was a
child, she moved with her mother to the United States at age seven
along with her six elder siblings, and settled in Peabody,
Massachusetts where she enrolled in elementary school. Upon her
arrival to the United States, Beauvais originally only spoke French
and Creole, but learned English from watching Sesame Street on
television. She attended Peabody Veterans Memorial High School until
she was 16.Beauvais moved to Miami at 16 in an attempt to pursue a
career in modeling. After driving down from Massachusetts, Beauvais
hoped to interview for a modeling agency without an appointment. She
was approached at a red light while putting on lipstick by the very
owner of the agency she sought to see. After modeling with this agency
for about a year, Beauvais, now seventeen, went to New York City to
pursue a career as a fashion model, after signing with the Ford agency
living with Eileen Ford and later modeled with Irene Marie Models. She
modeled print ads for Avon, Mary Kay, and Clairol and in catalogs for
Lerner New York Clothing Line, Neiman Marcus, and Nordstrom and walked
the runway for Calvin Klein and Isaac Mizrahi and also shot TV
commercials for Burdines.
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