Theresa E. Randle (born December , ) is an American actress. She has
appeared in films such as Malcolm X (), Sugar Hill (), Beverly Hills
Cop III (), Bad Boys (), Girl (), Space Jam (), Spawn (), Bad Boys II
(), and Bad Boys for Life ().Randle was born in Gary, Indiana. She
began her performing career by studying dance (traditional, modern,
jazz) and comedy. She entered Beverly Hills High School with a special
program for the exceptionally gifted. At the end of college, she
earned her first role at the Los Angeles Inner City Cultural Center
and was seen in commercials. She was also involved in acting on the
stage. Theatrical roles include In Command of the Children, Sonata,
Parts of Musical Broadway, and Fight the Good Fight.In she appeared
in a George Clinton video, "Last Dance". In , she got her first
big-screen break with Maid to Order. For the next three years, she
appeared in small roles in films such as Easy Wheels and Heart
Condition (), with Denzel Washington. She continued in small roles by
directors like Abel Ferrara (King of New York ) and Spike Lee (Jungle
Fever () and Malcolm X ). Randle also starred with Wesley Snipes in
the film Sugar Hill () and also appeared with Eddie Murphy in Beverly
Hills Cop III in the same year. She co-starred in CB () with Chris
Rock, and Bad Boys () with Will Smith and Martin Lawrence, later
reprising in the sequels Bad Boys II and Bad Boys for Life. In , she
earned her first starring role in Spike Lee's film Girl , playing a
young out-of-work actress who gets caught up in the seductive yet dark
world of phone sex, a subject that's far different from what Spike Lee
normally explores in his films. It is often regarded as Lee's most
maligned and underappreciated film both critically and commercially as
it grossed a dismal $. million on a $ million budget, and is Randle's
only leading role to date. Later that year she appeared in Space Jam
() with Michael Jordan and the film adaptation of the comic book Spawn
in .After , Randle's rising popularity came to a screeching halt as
her career cooled considerably and her roles (mostly television
projects) became more sporadic. Her next project wasn't until the year
when she portrayed singer Natalie Cole in Livin' for Love: The
Natalie Cole Story. In , Randle played Marine Capt. Amy Jennings in
the two Eagle One movies. She later had a role in Shit Year,[citation
needed] released in . After 's Spawn, Randle's only two theatrical
releases was 's Bad Boys II and 's Bad Boys for Life, which was her
first project (theatrical or televised) in ten years.
appeared in films such as Malcolm X (), Sugar Hill (), Beverly Hills
Cop III (), Bad Boys (), Girl (), Space Jam (), Spawn (), Bad Boys II
(), and Bad Boys for Life ().Randle was born in Gary, Indiana. She
began her performing career by studying dance (traditional, modern,
jazz) and comedy. She entered Beverly Hills High School with a special
program for the exceptionally gifted. At the end of college, she
earned her first role at the Los Angeles Inner City Cultural Center
and was seen in commercials. She was also involved in acting on the
stage. Theatrical roles include In Command of the Children, Sonata,
Parts of Musical Broadway, and Fight the Good Fight.In she appeared
in a George Clinton video, "Last Dance". In , she got her first
big-screen break with Maid to Order. For the next three years, she
appeared in small roles in films such as Easy Wheels and Heart
Condition (), with Denzel Washington. She continued in small roles by
directors like Abel Ferrara (King of New York ) and Spike Lee (Jungle
Fever () and Malcolm X ). Randle also starred with Wesley Snipes in
the film Sugar Hill () and also appeared with Eddie Murphy in Beverly
Hills Cop III in the same year. She co-starred in CB () with Chris
Rock, and Bad Boys () with Will Smith and Martin Lawrence, later
reprising in the sequels Bad Boys II and Bad Boys for Life. In , she
earned her first starring role in Spike Lee's film Girl , playing a
young out-of-work actress who gets caught up in the seductive yet dark
world of phone sex, a subject that's far different from what Spike Lee
normally explores in his films. It is often regarded as Lee's most
maligned and underappreciated film both critically and commercially as
it grossed a dismal $. million on a $ million budget, and is Randle's
only leading role to date. Later that year she appeared in Space Jam
() with Michael Jordan and the film adaptation of the comic book Spawn
in .After , Randle's rising popularity came to a screeching halt as
her career cooled considerably and her roles (mostly television
projects) became more sporadic. Her next project wasn't until the year
when she portrayed singer Natalie Cole in Livin' for Love: The
Natalie Cole Story. In , Randle played Marine Capt. Amy Jennings in
the two Eagle One movies. She later had a role in Shit Year,[citation
needed] released in . After 's Spawn, Randle's only two theatrical
releases was 's Bad Boys II and 's Bad Boys for Life, which was her
first project (theatrical or televised) in ten years.
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