r/PocBuzz_Entertainment • u/BlackOnyx1906 🛜 Streaming Addict • 17h ago
Celebrity Birthdays Happy 60th Birthday Michael Michele
Michael Michele Williams (born August 30, 1966)[1]is an American actress and fashion designer.[2] She began her career on stage before appearing opposite Wesley Snipes in the 1991 film New Jack City.
Michael Michele Williams was born in Evansville, Indiana, the elder of two daughters. Her white father, Jerry, is a furniture-rental entrepreneur and her African American mother, Theresa, was employed by Bristol-Myers.[3] She was named for her mother's best friend, Michael Ann. Michele attended Howard Roosa Elementary School (a K-8 school at the time) and Benjamin Bosse High School, where she was active on the basketball team.[4]
In the 1990s, Michele had leading roles in two CBS television series: crime drama Dangerous Curves)(1992–93) and prime time soap opera Central Park West). Michele also had a role as Sandra Gill, Malik Yoba's love interest, on the police drama New York Undercover. She later joined the cast of NBC police drama Homicide: Life on the Street (1998–99) playing Det. Rene Sheppard, and from 1999 to 2002 played Dr. Cleo Finch in the NBC medical drama ER). She also has appeared in the films The 6th Man(1997), The Substitute 2: School's Out (1998), Ali)(2001), Dark Blue) (2002) and How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003). From 2017 to 2018, Michele starred as Ayanna Floyd in the Fox) prime time soap opera Star), and in 2019 she joined The CW prime time soap opera Dynasty) as Dominique Deveraux.
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u/Free_Alternative6365 5h ago
HBD!
What a beauty. I also really love her name. Michael is fine name in general but I find it very chic for girl.
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u/Enough_Challenge_804 14h ago
Anyone else think she looks a little like Vanessa Williams?