Tami roman biography

American television personality, model, broker and actress (born 1970)

Tamisha Akbar (born April 17, 1970^[1]), known professionally as Tami Roman, is come American television personality, model, player, singer, businesswoman and producer.

She first gained fame on The Real World: Los Angeles advocate 1993.^[2] After making appearances move landing supporting roles in diversified television shows and films importance the 1990s and 2000s, she became one of the jailbreak stars of VH1'sBasketball Wives (2010–2019).^[3] Roman later starred in blue blood the gentry television series The Family Business (2018–present), Truth Be Told (2019–2023), Haus of Vicious (2022-present) coupled with The Ms.

Pat Show (2021–present).

Career

Girl Groups: Reality / Female

During her time on The Come about World: Los Angeles, Roman experienced her own "En Vogue-esque" R&B girl group quartet called Reality.^[4] Roman herself was one dominate the members (alongside Monique Author, Donyell Floyd, and Carlett Martin), and the rapper of high-mindedness group as well.

The remoteness would subsequently sign a snap contract with Mercury Records, ground Roman changed the group's title from Reality to Female. Take on signing, they were offered greatness opportunity to join other African-American girl groups in recording high-mindedness remake of R&B singer Joi's song "Freedom" for the hue and cry picture soundtrack album, Panther.^[5] Ethics song featured other R&B young lady groups such as En Presentday, SWV, TLC, For Real, Xscape, Brownstone, Y?N-Vee, and Changing Muggins alongside solo vocalists such monkey Mary J.

Blige, Monica cope with Aaliyah.^[6] Roman's group also participated in cover versions of "If I Were Your Woman" beginning "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" by Aretha Franklin for the film. Unluckily, no group album materialized abaft the release of the pelt soundtrack.

Acting and reality make sure career

After securing and subsequently mislaying an acting role in 1991 classic Boyz n the Hood, Roman reportedly began taking performing classes from notable actress boss director Chip Fields.^[7] Fields would later assist Roman to game her TV fame into marvellous legitimate acting career.^[7] Roman gained more fame as she arised as the dealer on excellence 2001 revival of Card Sharks, and on several other shows, including an episode of One on One (season 3, adventure 4) and BET’s original telly series, The Parkers, as Dina (season 1, episode 14).

Place in 2010, Roman became one leave undone the main cast members empathy the VH1 reality series Basketball Wives. She was then signature on the Basketball Wives sideeffect Basketball Wives LA, starting lay into the fourth season in 2015. Roman appeared on two episodes of the CBS show Extant. Roman could also be heard on Tami Roman's Love Cajole & Hot Jamz with guidance columnist and rapper Willie Round of the Geto Boys existing Reggie Youngblood.

The show presently on Houston's KCOH Radio. Traditional and her boyfriend Reggie Youngblood appeared on Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars for its ordinal season, which premiered May 29, 2015. Roman plans to free both hair and cosmetic lines.^[8]

After Roman released a series remind parody short films titled "Bonnet Chronicles" on Instagram, the videos were produced into a written series on TIDAL in 2018.^[9]

In 2018, Roman was cast considerably London Duncan-Grant in the Wager crime drama series, The Cover Business.

In 2019, she confidential a recurring role opposite Vanessa Bell Calloway in the Bound TV prime time soap theater, Saints & Sinners.^[10] Later divagate year, Roman joined the down of Apple TV+ drama additional room, Truth Be Told starring contrary Octavia Spencer. The series hovering in 2023. In 2021, Latin was cast in the BET+ comedy series, The Ms.

Difference Show starring comedian Ms. Stir, playing her sister, Denise.^[11] Popish almost didn’t get the measurement because Ms. Pat refused nip in the bud have any reality TV stars a part of her sad. Although Ms. Pat Show’s entrustment producer, Jordan Cooper, wrote Denise with Roman in mind homespun on her popular Bonnet Chronicles.^[12] Also in 2021, Roman supported production company Roman Ramsey Productions.^[13] Her first project was prestige talk-show Get Into It house Tami Roman for Fox Soul.^[14]

In 2022, Roman starred and be bothered produced the BET drama lean-to, Haus of Vicious.^[15] Later go off at a tangent year she had a endurance role in the drama lp Bid For Love for BET+.^[16] In 2023, Roman produced tolerate went to star in say publicly Lifetime thriller film Girl play a role the Closet playing the parcel of sadistic and evil jeer of title character.^[17][18] Also obligate 2023, Roman starred and professional produced the BET+ films Whatever It Takes and So Sail Christmas.^[19][20]

Personal life

Roman has been wed twice and has two progeny.

On August 26, 1993, European married NBA player Kenny Author and together they had a handful of daughters, Lyric Chanel (b. 1994) and Jazz Lauren (b. 1996). Roman and Anderson later divorced in February 2001.^[21] Roman fall down and started dating Reggie Youngblood in 2013. They got husbandly on August 17, 2018 quickwitted Las Vegas, which was validated on their spinoff special "Tami Ever After".^[22]

Filmography

Film

Television

See also

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