Garcelle Beauvais
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Beauvais at Race to Witch Mountain premiere in March 2009
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| Born | November 26, 1966 St. Marc, Haiti |
| Occupation | Actress, singer, model |
| Years active | 1984–present |
| Spouse(s) | Daniel Saunders (1991–2000) Mike Nilon (2001–2011) |
| Children | 3 |
Garcelle Beauvais (French pronunciation: [gaʁsɛl bovɛ]: born November 26, 1966) is a Haitian-American actress and former fashion model. She is best known for her roles as Francesca "Fancy" Monroe on The WB television sitcom, The Jamie Foxx Show, which ran from 1996 to 2001, and as Valerie Heywood on the ABC crime drama, NYPD Blue.
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Early life
Beauvais was born in Haiti, to Marie-Claire Beauvais, a nurse, and Axel Jean Pierre, a lawyer. After her parents divorced, Garcelle and her six elder siblings moved with their mother to the United States, first to Massachusetts and later to Miami.[1][2][3]
Career
At age seventeen, Beauvais went to New York City to pursue a career as a fashion model, and she was signed with Ford Models and Irene Marie Models in Miami. She modeled print ads for Avon, Mary Kay, and Clairol. Beauvais also modeled in catalogs for Lerner New York Clothing Line, Neiman Marcus, and Nordstrom and walked the catwalk for Calvin Klein and Isaac Mizrahi, as well as TV commercials for Burdines. She has appeared in Essence and Ebony, and is the cover model for the Jet June 6, 2011 issue.[4] She also posed for Playboy's August 2007 issue in a very well received pictorial.[5]
From 1996 to 2001, she co-starred in The Jamie Foxx Show as hotel employee Francesca "Fancy" Monroe and the love interest of Jamie Foxx's character, Jamie King. From 2001 to 2004, she played Assistant District Attorney Valerie Heywood and the love interest of Detective Baldwin Jones (Henry Simmons) on NYPD Blue. In 2011 and 2012, Beauvais played a character on the TNT law drama Franklin & Bash. In 2013 Beauvais once again played the love interest to Jamie Foxx, playing the First Lady while he played the President in White House Down.
She starred in R. Kelly's video for "Down Low (Nobody Has to Know)" in 1996, as the wife of "Mr. Big" and the lover of R. Kelly, delivering the title line as inducement for an affair. In 2001, after the Jamie Foxx Show ended its run, Beauvais appeared in Luther Vandross' music video, "Take You Out", playing Vandross' girlfriend.[3]
She also appeared on some episodes of Grimm as Henrietta.
Awards
- 2013 MPAH Haiti Movie Awards Honorary Award * Motion Picture Association of Haiti
Other ventures
In 2008, Garcelle launched her children's jewelry line called Petit Bijou.[5] In 2013, she published a children's book, I am Mixed, which was about diversity and race.
Personal life
She was married to producer Daniel Saunders, their marriage ended in divorce. They had a son, Oliver Saunders, born in 1991.[4]
Beauvais married Mike Nilon, an Agent for the Creative Artists Agency, on May 12, 2001. Their twin sons, Jax Joseph and Jaid Thomas Nilon, were born on October 18, 2007, after a five-year struggle with infertility.[6][7] In April 2010, it was reported that Beauvais had discovered a five-year extramarital affair by Nilon. She reportedly outed him by sending his co-workers an email, the contents of which were leaked to the New York Post.[8] Beauvais issued a statement on April 9, 2010, explaining that her "focus at this time is on my kids and healing the pain".[9] Beauvais filed for divorce from Nilon on May 10, 2010, seeking joint custody of their sons.[10] The couple's divorce was finalized on April 1, 2011.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Coming to America | Rose bearer | |
| 1999 | Wild Wild West | Belle | |
| 2001 | Double Take | Chloe | |
| 2002 | Bad Company | Nicole | |
| 2004 | Barbershop 2: Back in Business | Loretta | |
| 2005 | American Gun | Sarah | |
| 2007 | I Know Who Killed Me | Agent Julie Bascome | |
| 2009 | Women in Trouble | Maggie | |
| 2010 | Eyes to See | Marie | Short film |
| 2012 | Flight | Deana Coleman | |
| 2013 | White House Down | Alison Sawyer | |
| 2013 | And Then There Was You | Natalie Gilbert | |
| 2014 | Small Time | Linda | Completed |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Miami Vice | Gabriella | Episode: "The Maze" |
| 1991 | Family Matters | Lulu | Episode: "Old and Alone" |
| 1992 | Down the Shore | Liat | Episode: "Schwing Time" |
| 1992 | Dream On | Danica | Episode: "Red All Over" |
| 1992 | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Veronica | Episode: "That's No Lady, That's My Cousin" |
| 1993 | Hangin' with Mr. Cooper | Keeler | Episode: "Boy Don't Leave" |
| 1993 | Where I Live | Terry | Episode: "Married... with Children" |
| 1993 | Family Matters | Garcelle | Episode: "Scenes from a Mall" |
| 1994 | Family Matters | Young Mother Winslow | Episode: "To Be or Not to Be; Part 2" |
| 1994–1995 | Models Inc. | Cynthia Nichols | Main role (25 episodes) |
| 1995 | The Wayans Bros. | Rachel | Episode: "Fatal Subtraction" |
| 1995 | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Herself | Episode: "For Whom the Wedding Bells Toll" |
| 1995 | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Sandra | Episode: "Not, I Barbeque" |
| 1996 | Family Matters | Nicole Moses | Episode: "A Ham Is Born" |
| 1996–2001 | The Jamie Foxx Show | Francesca "Fancy" Monroe | Main role (100 episodes) |
| 2000 | Opposite Sex | Ms. Maya Bradley | Regular role (6 episodes) |
| 2001 | Titans | Tina | Episode: "She Stoops to Conquer" |
| 2001–2004 | NYPD Blue | A.D.A. Valerie Heywood | Regular role (81 episodes) |
| 2002 | Second String | Larissa Fullerton | TV film |
| 2003 | The Bernie Mac Show | Vicki | Episode: "Bernie Mac Rope-a-Dope" |
| 2004 | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Renee | Episode: "The Surrogate" |
| 2004 | Life with Bonnie | Dr. Gamz | Episode: "Therabeautic" |
| 2005–2007 | Eyes | Nora Gage | Main role (12 episodes) |
| 2006 | 10.5: Apocalypse | Natalie Warner | TV miniseries |
| 2006 | CSI: Miami | Katrina Iverson | Episode: "Death Pool 100" |
| 2007 | The Cure | Trudie Ericson | TV film |
| 2009 | Maneater | Suzee Saunders | TV miniseries |
| 2009 | Crash | Connie | Episode: "Johnny Hit and Run Pauline" |
| 2010 | Human Target | Vivian Cox | Episode: "Lockdown" |
| 2011 | State of Georgia | Gwen Dressel | Episode: "Foot in the Door" |
| 2012 | The Exes | Kendra | Episode: "Shall We Dance" |
| 2011–2012 | Franklin & Bash | Hanna Linden | Main role (20 episodes) |
| 2013 | Psych | Miranda Sherrod | Episode: "Dead Air" |
| 2013 | Arrested Development | Ophelia Love | Episode: "Off the Hook" |
| 2013 | Necessary Roughness | Lana Langer | Episode: "Swimming with Sharks" |
| 2013 | Playing House | Dr. Jay | Episode: "Let's Have a Baby" |
| 2015 | Grimm | Henrietta | 3 episodes |
See also
References
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- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Garcelle Beauvais pics, AskMen.com
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Imarenezor, Christine. (2011-06-04) Mag Cover: Garcelle Beauvais Talks Divorce & Life Renewal In Jet Magazine – Concreteloop.Com | Quality Not Quantity. Concreteloop.com. Retrieved on 2013-07-13.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Garcelle Beauvais Nilon and Her Petit Bijoux, blackcelebkids.com, 17 November 2008.
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