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$h (1995), and made a brief appearance as one of Stephen Rea's former female protégées in the 1999 Sundance Film Festival prizewinner Guinevere. Guy is married and has one child.
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October Baby
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2012 | |||
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The Heart Specialist
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2011 | |||
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Tru Loved
Actor |
2007 | |||
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Angels Can't Help But Laugh
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2006 | |||
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Dead Like Me: Season 02
Actor |
2004 | |||
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Dead Like Me: Season 01
Actor |
2003 | |||
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Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty
Interviewee |
2003 | |||
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Carrie
Actor |
2002 | |||
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Call Me Claus
Actor |
2001 | |||
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Intimate Portrait: Jasmine Guy
Participant |
2001 | |||
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The Feast of All Saints
Actor |
2001 | |||
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Diamond Men
Actor |
2000 | |||
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Guinevere
Actor |
1999 | |||
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Cats Don't Dance
Voice |
1997 | |||
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Perfect Crime
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1997 | |||
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Kla$h
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1995 | |||
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A Different World: Baby, It's Cold Outside
Screenwriter |
1992 | |||
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Queen
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1992 | |||
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Stompin' at the Savoy
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1992 | |||
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A Different World: War and Peace
Screenwriter |
1991 | |||
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A Different World: The Power of the Pen
Screenwriter |
1990 | |||
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A Killer Among Us
Actor |
1990 | |||
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Harlem Nights
Actor |
1989 | |||
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Runaway
Actor |
1989 | |||
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School Daze
Actor |
1988 | |||
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At Mother's Request
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