Garcelle Beauvais
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| Garcelle Beauvais | |
 Beauvais-Nilon at Race to Witch Mountain premiere in March 2009 |
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| Born | Garcelle Beauvais November 26, 1966 Saint-Marc, Haiti |
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| Spouse(s) | Daniel Saunders (? - ?) (divorced) 1 child Mike Nilon (2001-present) 2 children (twins) |
Garcelle Beauvais-Nilon (née Garcelle Beauvais; November 26, 1966) is a Haitian-American actress and former fashion model. She is perhaps best known for her roles as Assistant District Attorney Valerie Heywood in the ABC drama NYPD Blue, and as hotel employee Francesca "Fancy" Monroe on the WB sitcom The Jamie Foxx Show.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early life
Beauvais was born in St. Marc, Haiti, to Maria Claire Beauvais, a nurse, and Axel Jean Pierre, a lawyer.[1] Beauvais has six older siblings. After her parents divorced, Beauvais, her mother and siblings moved to Massachusetts. While her mother was attending nursing school, Beauvais went to boarding school. At age 16, she and her family moved to Miami. She attended both North Miami Beach High School and Miami Norland High School.
[edit] Career
At age seventeen, Beauvais went to New York to pursue a career as a fashion model, and 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 Neiman Marcus and Nordstrom. She has appeared in Essence and Ebony and had a nude pictorial in the August 2007 issue of Playboy. She also walked the catwalk for Calvin Klein and Isaac Mizrahi.[2] In 2008, Garcelle launched her children's jewelry line called Petit Bijou”.[3]
[edit] Personal life
Garcelle has a son, Oliver (born 1991) from her previous marriage to Daniel Saunders. Beauvais has been married to Mike Nilon since 2001. Their twin sons Jax Joseph and Jaid Thomas were born October 18, 2007.
[edit] Filmography
- Manhunter (1986)
- Coming to America (1988)
- Every Breath (1993)
- Wild Wild West (1999)
- Double Take (2001)
- Bad Company (2002)
- BarberShop 2: Back in Business (2004)
- American Gun (2005)
- I Know Who Killed Me (2007)
- Women in Trouble (2009)
[edit] Television work
- Family Matters (1991)
- The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air (1993 & 1995)
- Models, Inc. (1994-1995)
- The Jamie Foxx Show (1996-2001)
- Opposite Sex (2000) (canceled after 8 episodes)
- NYPD Blue (cast member from 2001-2004)
- Luther Vandross - Take You Out (music video) (2001)
- Second String (2002)
- The Bernie Mac Show -seen in one episode 'Rope-a-Dope' as Wesley Snipes's motor-mouth wife (2002)
- Eyes (2005) (canceled after 12 episodes)
- 10.5: Apocalypse (2006)
- The Cure (2007)
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