Jump to content

Chenoa Maxwell

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 70.106.220.229 (talk) at 04:48, 17 April 2022 (→Career: Corrected a typo). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Chenoa Maxwell
Born
Jamaica, Queens, New York, U.S.
Occupation(s)Emotional Intelligence Expert, Actress, Photographer
Known forGirlfriends, Hav Plenty, G
SpouseMartin Morse
Websitehttps://www.livelimitlessly.com/

Chenoa Maxwell (born November 16, 1969) is an American actress and photographer.[1][2][3]

Career

Maxwell is best known for her starring role in the 1997 romantic comedy Hav Plenty and as the recurring character Lena Turner on the hit UPN sitcom Girlfriends.[4] Maxwell starred in docu-reality show Love In The City on OWN, Oprah Winfrey Network. Maxwell has also appeared in the WB sitcom For Your Love and in the 2002 film G,[5] a modernized, loosely-based adaptation of The Great Gatsby starring Richard T. Jones and Blair Underwood, and directed by Christopher Scott Cherot.[6] She appeared in R&B singer Joe's video, What if a Woman. She also had a cameo in the infomercial for 'Yoga Booty Ballet'. Maxwell also appears frequently as a guest expert on WEtv’s Growing Up Hip-Hop.

In 2006, she moved to London to study photography. Her first solo art exhibit, Introspection: India, ran for one month at the Papillion Institute of Art in Los Angeles in March 2011.[7] Her work has been exhibited in the Bay Area, New York City, and Italy.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1997 Hav Plenty Havilland Savage
1999 Cold Feet Denise
2001 Sacred Is the Flesh Erica Fontaine
2001 Malfunction Fadhi
2002 G Sky Hightower
2004 Doing Hard Time Elise Direct-to-video
2009 Lenox Avenue Madison

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1999 For Your Love Angelic Episode: "The Trouble with Angels"
2003–2005 Girlfriends Lena Turner 4 episodes
2014 Love in the City — 8 episodes; reality TV series
2016 Unsung|data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | — Episode: "Hill Harper"
2019 Growing Up Hip Hop|data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | — Episode: "Is That the Joker?"

References

  1. ^ Nykia Spradley (September 28, 2010). "Closet Envy: Photographer Chenoa Maxwell". Essence. Retrieved August 23, 2011.
  2. ^ "Chenoa Maxwell filmography". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2007. Archived from the original on November 9, 2007. Retrieved August 23, 2011.
  3. ^ Jan Peters (September 1999). "Chenoa Maxwell: Hot Stuff!". Just for Black Men. Vol. 3, no. 5. p. 55.
  4. ^ "Having Plenty". The Seam. 2017-05-30. Retrieved 2018-06-13.
  5. ^ Tambay (April 3, 2011). "Flashback To 2005 – "G"". Shadow and Act. Archived from the original on October 8, 2011. Retrieved August 23, 2011.
  6. ^ Claire Coughlan (August 14, 2011). "The great leap from page to screen". Irish Independent. Retrieved August 23, 2011.
  7. ^ Danika (March 28, 2011). "Chenoa Maxwell & Celebrity Friends Present Introspection: INDIA". Poshglam. Retrieved August 23, 2011.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chenoa_Maxwell&oldid=1083120716"