Tichina Arnold
Tichina Arnold | |
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 Arnold talks with a fan at Yokota Air Base, Japan, March 24, 2008 | |
| Born | Tichina Rolanda Arnold |
| Occupation | Actress/Singer |
| Years active | 1983–present |
| Spouse | Lamon Brewster (divorced) |
| Website | http://www.myspace.com/tichinaarnold |
Tichina Rolanda Arnold (born June 28, 1969) is an American actress. She is likely best known for her roles as Pamela James on the Fox sitcom Martin from August 1992 until May 1997, and as the matriarch Rochelle on Everybody Hates Chris from September 2005 until May 2009. She also played the recurring role of Nicole Barnes on the television series One on One.
Her other television credits include Listen Up!, Soul Food, The Norm Show, Pacific Blue, The Jamie Foxx Show, All My Children, Law & Order, The Cosby Show and Ryan's Hope.
Biography
Arnold was born to a middle-class family in Queens, New York. Her mother was a sanitation department worker and her father was a police officer [1]. She attended the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts [2]. Her penchant for performing began in her childhood, holding church congregations enthralled as a four-year-old. When she turned eight, her mother and uncle encouraged her to audition, and she won a part in her first play The Me Nobody Knows at the Billie Holiday Theater in Brooklyn [citation needed]. She continued to perform in the theater and at supper clubs, starring in such production as Hair, Romance and Hard Times[citation needed]. She then landed bit parts in TV movies such as The Brass Ring in 1983 and PBS' House of Dies Drear the year after[citation needed].
Personal life
Arnold has a daughter, Alijah Kai (born April 11, 2004 [3][4]), with music producer Carvin Haggins.
In 1998, Arnold started her own company of designer headgear called "China Moon Rags" [5]. The headbands were Swarovski crystal-embroidered bandannas. Celebrities such as her best friend Tisha Campbell, Janet Jackson, Vivica A. Fox, Regina King, Christina Aguilera and LisaRaye McCoy have modeled and been seen wearing Arnold's designs [6]. When her daughter was born, she stopped production. [7]. Arnold and her daughter live in Atlanta, Georgia.
Career
In 1986, Tichina Arnold appeared as Crystal, one of the three chorus girls who perform R&B numbers in Frank Oz's film musical Little Shop of Horrors along with future Martin co-star Tisha Campbell. Arnold was only 15 at the time, and her career continued steadily after that, with a role or two almost every year, including the films How I Got into College and the Paul Mazursky/Woody Allen collaboration Scenes from a Mall (1991). In February 1987 Arnold scored her first big break on television, with a permanent role on the soap opera Ryan's Hope. Her critically lauded role, as young heroine Zena Brown, landed her a Daytime Emmy Award nomination in 1988. She continued in the role until the series ended in January 1989.
Arnold's best-known television role was Pamela James on Martin Lawrence's sitcom Martin (1992–1997). She also played the role of Nicole Barnes on the sitcom One on One. In 2000, she was reunited with Martin Lawrence in Big Momma's House. In 2007, she again reunited with Lawrence (this time as his wife) in the big screen road comedy/buddy film Wild Hogs. In 2003, she appeared in Civil Brand [8]. In a departure from her normally comedic casting, she played the title role in The Lena Baker Story, which was about the first woman to be executed by the electric chair in Georgia. Arnold played the role of the matriarch, Rochelle, on the sitcom Everybody Hates Chris which premiered in September 2005 and ended in May 2009.
Partial filmography
Films
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Television
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Awards and nominations
- BET Awards
- 2006, Best Actress: (Nominated)
- 2007, Best Actress: (Nominated)
- Daytime Emmy Awards
- 1988, Outstanding Ingenue in a Drama Series: Ryan's Hope (Nominated)
- Image Awards
- 1996, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series: Martin (Winner)
- 2006, Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series: Everybody Hates Chris (Winner)
- 2007, Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series: Everybody Hates Chris (Nominated)
- Soap Opera Digest Awards
- 1989, Outstanding Female Newcomer- Daytime: Ryan's Hope (Nominated)
References
- ^ http://www.blackamericaweb.com/site.aspx/Praise/challenge/tarnold122004
- ^ http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1802752951/bio
- ^ http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_15_105/ai_n6006363/ Jet Magainze Bith Announcement
- ^ http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_15_107/ai_n13611431/?tag=rel.res1 Ajilah Kai Baptism
- ^ http://www.chinamoonrag.com
- ^ http://thecrusade.net/2005/09/the-ru-report-175/ September 2005 Interview
- ^ http://realgossip101.blogspot.com/2008/01/tichina-arnold-on-motherhood-gay-rumors.html Essence Magazine 2008 Interview
- ^ Nathan Southern "Allmovie"
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