Gabrielle Dennis

Gabrielle Dennis
Gabrielle Dennis interviewed about The Bobby Brown Story in 2018
Born	(1978-10-19) October 19, 1978 Ohio, U.S.
Alma mater	Howard University
Occupation(s)	Actress, comedian, singer, television host
Years active	1990–present

Gabrielle Dennis is an American actress and comedian. Known mostly for her work in cable television series (The Game, Blue Mountain State, The Underground). Dennis starred in the Fox medical drama Rosewood alongside Morris Chestnut. In 2018, she began starring as Tilda Johnson in the Marvel Cinematic Universe series, Luke Cage.

Career

Dennis is an American actress with a background in dance, theatre, stand-up comedy, and singing.

In 2008, Dennis won the role of Janay Brice on The CW comedy series The Game. After the show was canceled, fans campaigned for its return where Dennis was able to reprise her role for two more seasons on BET. During her stint on The Game she landed roles in the direct-to-DVD film Bring It On: Fight to the Finish, and The Marc Pease Experience. She played Denise Roy on Spike's Blue Mountain State. She also played on the Nickelodeon show Victorious as a girlfriend of Andre's.

Dennis has since guest-starred on several series including Franklin & Bash, Bones, Justified, and Baby Daddy. In 2015, she landed the role of Pippy Rosewood, the toxicology expert and lesbian sister of Beaumont Rosewood (Chestnut) for Fox's Rosewood.

Dennis is in a recurring role as the sister of Shemar Moore on S.W.A.T. and as Candace on the hit show Insecure.

Dennis played Whitney Houston in the BET miniseries, The Bobby Brown Story, which debuted in the United States and internationally in September 2018.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	Bring It On: Fight to the Finish	Treyvonetta	Video
2009	The Marc Pease Experience	Tracey
2009	The Janky Promoters	Female Fan
2011	Politics of Love	Chelsea
2011	He's Mine Not Yours	Brooke
2012	Back Then	Bobby Jo
2012	Holly's Holiday	Deena	Television film
2014	Black Coffee	Morgan
2014	A Super Secret		Short film
2014	Call Me King	Leena
2015	My First Love	Carmen

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Teen Summit	Co-host	Multiple episodes/seasons
2006	The Underground	Various	Recurring role (11 episodes)
2007	Campus Ladies	Lena	Episode: "Barri & Joan Rush a Black Sorority"
2008	Kanye West and HBO Project	Girl	Television pilot
2008	Wizards of Waverly Place	Candace	Episode: "Quinceanera"
2008	My Name Is Earl	Sassy Black	Episodes: "The Magic Hour", "We've Got Spirit"
2008–2012	The Game	Janay Brice	Recurring role (20 episodes)
2010	Untitled Burr and Hart Project	Tina	Television pilot
2010	Southland	Michelle Hill	Episode: "The Runner"
2010	Blue Mountain State	Denise Roy	Main role (13 episodes)
2012	Franklin & Bash	Nicole Toomin	Episode: "Summer Girls"
2013	What Would Dylan Do?	Cherise	Television pilot
2014	Justified	Gloria	Episodes: "The Kids Aren't All Right", "Good Intentions"
2014	Baby Daddy	Valerie Banks	Episode: "Curious Georgie"
2015	Bones	Alana Jackson	Episode: "The Psychic in the Soup"
2015	Born Again Virgin	Kelly	Television pilot
2015–2017	Rosewood	Pippy	44 episodes
2017–2018	Insecure	Candice Peña	4 episodes
2018–2019	S.W.A.T.	Briana Harrelson	Episode(s): Hoax, Patrol, The LBC
2018	Luke Cage	Tilda Johnson	Main cast
2018	Hell's Kitchen	Herself	Guest diner; Episode: "Families Come to Hell"
2018	The Bobby Brown Story	Whitney Houston	Main cast
2019	American Soul	Tina Turner	Guest
2019	A Black Lady Sketch Show	Various	Main cast

External links

• Gabrielle Dennis on Twitter
• Gabrielle Dennis at IMDb