Garcelle Beauvais was born on November 26, 1966 in St. Marc, Haiti. She is an ex model and an actress.
Biography and Career :
Her parents are Maria Claire and Axel and she has six older siblings. Their parents divorced and she went with her mother to Massachusetts. She attended classes at a boarding school and when she was 16 she moved again, this time to Miami. After only one year she went to New York because she wanted to be a fashion model and an actress. She signed a contract with Ford Models Agency. She appeared in commercials for Avon, Mary Kay Cosmetics and Clairol, in catalogues for Neiman Marcus and Nordstrom, in Essence and Ebony magazine. Two big names in the fashion industry for whom she modeled for are Calvin Klein and Isaac Mizrahi.
In 2001 she married Mike Ni
lon. Before that she had been married to Daniel Saunders and they have one son, Oliver, born in 1992.
Trivia :
- Her mother, Maria Claire, was a teacher.
- She got a break on Aaron Spelling's tv show, "Models, Inc.".
- She then joined L.A.'s comedy troupe, The Groundlings.
- She was voted one of "The 10 Sexiest Women of 2001" by the readers of Black Men Magazine.
- She is fluent in French.
- She is a former Ford Agency model.
- Measurements: 34B-23-34 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine).
- She was guest-starred on the TV show "Family Matters" (1989) on four separate occasions, each time playing a different character.
Filmography :
- "CSI: Miami" (1 episode, 2006)
- "10.5: Apocalypse" (2006) (TV)
- "Women in Law" (1 episode, 2006)
- "American Gun" (2005)
- "Glamour's 50 Biggest Fashion Do's and Dont's" (2005) (TV)
- "Eyes" (2 episodes, 2005)
- "NYPD Blue" (48 episodes, 2001-2004)
- "Life with Bonnie" (1 episode, 2004)
- "Curb Your Enthusiasm" (1 episode, 2004)
- "Barbershop 2: Back in Business" (2004) (as Garcelle Beauvais-Nilon)
- "R. Kelly: The R. in R&B - The Video Collection" (2003) (V)
- "The Bernie Mac Show" (1 episode, 2003)
- "Second String" (2002) (TV)
- "Bad Company" (2002)
- "Titans" (1 episode, 2001)
- "The Jamie Foxx Show" (97 episodes, 1996-2001)
- "Double Take" (2001)
- "Opposite Sex" (8 episodes, 2000)
- "Arliss" (1 episode, 1999)
- "Wild Wild Wes"t (1999)
- "Family Matters" (4 episodes, 1991-1996)
- "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" (2 episodes, 1992-1995)
- "The Wayans Bros." (1 episode, 1995)
- "Models Inc." (25 episodes, 1994-1995)
- "Hangin' with Mr. Cooper" (1 episode, 1993)
- "Every Breath" (1993)
- "Dream On" (1 episode, 1992)
- "Coming to America" (1988)
- "Manhunter" (1986)
- "The Cosby Show" (1 episode, 1986)
- "Miami Vice" (2 episodes, 1984-1985).
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