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Jasmine Guy

Jasmine Guy
Jasmine Guy
Born: Mar 10, 1964 in Boston, Massachusetts
Occupation: Actor, Writer, Director,
Active: '80s-2000s
Major Genres: Comedy, Drama
Career Highlights: Stompin' at the Savoy, Diamond Men, Tru Loved
First Major Screen Credit: A Different World: Season 01 (1987)
9 Videos for Jasmine Guy
Dead Like Me: Life After Death (2009) Carrie (2002) Kla$h (1995)
Tru Loved (2007) Diamond Men (2000) Time Out: The Truth About HIV, AIDS and You (1992)
Dead Like Me: Season 01 (2003) Cats Don't Dance (1997) School Daze (1988)
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Biography:

While she appeared in several notable features in the 1980s and 1990s, TV was the star-making venue for Jasmine Guy. A multi-talented performer, Boston-born Guy began her career as a dancer for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center. She moved to acting and television, however, with a part in the TV film At Mother's Request (1987) and a starring role as snooty co-ed beauty Whitley in The Cosby Show spin-off A Different World (1987-1993).

During the show's six season run, Guy also made her feature film debut in Spike Lee's politically charged college comedy/musical School Daze (1988) and co-starred in Eddie Murphy's ill-fated Harlem Nights (1989). Guy further revealed her range in TV movies Runaway (1989), A Killer Among Us (1990), and Stompin' at the Savoy (1992).

After A Different World ended in 1993, Guy continued to be a regular TV presence with numerous guest star roles throughout the 1990s, particularly on Melrose Place and NYPD Blue. Guy also returned to the stage as a musical theater actress in touring companies of {+Grease} and {+Chicago}, played a major role in the feature thriller Kla$h (1995), and made a brief appearance as one of Stephen Rea's former female protégées in the 1999 {~Sundance Film Festival} prizewinner Guinevere.

Guy is married and has one child. ~ Lucia Bozzola, All Movie Guide.