<Tr> <Td> 2014 </Td> <Td> Big Stone Gap </Td> <Td> Leah Grimes </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Table> Television roles <Tr> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> Title </Th> <Th> Role </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1982 </Td> <Td> Fame </Td> <Td> Dancer </Td> <Td> 7 episodes </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1986 </Td> <Td> The Equalizer </Td> <Td> Gloria </Td> <Td> Episode: "Out of the Past" </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> At Mother's Request </Td> <Td> Bank Teller </Td> <Td> TV movie </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1987--1993 </Td> <Td> A Different World </Td> <Td> Whitley Marion Gilbert Wayne </Td> <Td> Main role, 144 episodes </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1989 </Td> <Td> Runaway </Td> <Td> Charlene "Charlie" </Td> <Td> TV movie </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> A Killer Among Us </Td> <Td> Theresa Hopkins </Td> <Td> TV movie </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1991 </Td> <Td> The Fresh Prince of Bel - Air </Td> <Td> Kayla Samuels </Td> <Td> Episode: "Love at First Fight" </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Stompin' at the Savoy </Td> <Td> Alice </Td> <Td> TV movie </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1993 </Td> <Td> Boy Meets Girl </Td> <Td> Lena </Td> <Td> TV movie </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1993 </Td> <Td> Alex Haley's Queen </Td> <Td> Easter </Td> <Td> Miniseries </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1995 </Td> <Td> Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> TV movie; voice role </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1995 - 2000 </Td> <Td> Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child </Td> <Td> Frog Princess Lylah / JoNae </Td> <Td> Voice roles; 2 episodes </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> America's Dream </Td> <Td> Elna Du Vaul </Td> <Td> TV movie; segment: "The Boy Who Painted Christ Black" </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1997 </Td> <Td> Perfect Crime </Td> <Td> Capt . Darnell Russell </Td> <Td> TV movie </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1995 </Td> <Td> Melrose Place </Td> <Td> Caitlin Mills </Td> <Td> 2 episodes </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1995 </Td> <Td> NYPD Blue </Td> <Td> LaVonna Runnels </Td> <Td> Episode: "Heavin' Can Wait" </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1995 - 1997 </Td> <Td> Touched by an Angel </Td> <Td> Kathleen </Td> <Td> 3 episodes </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Living Single </Td> <Td> Dr. Jessica Bryce </Td> <Td> Episode: "Shrink to Fit" </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> The Outer Limits </Td> <Td> Captain Teri Washington </Td> <Td> Episode: "The Heist" </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman </Td> <Td> Angela Winters </Td> <Td> Episodes: "The People vs. Lois Lane" "Dead Lois Walking" </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1997 </Td> <Td> Malcolm & Eddie </Td> <Td> Paige </Td> <Td> Episode: "Two Men and a Baby" </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1999 </Td> <Td> Partners </Td> <Td> Amanda </Td> <Td> Episode: "A Beautiful Day" </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1999 </Td> <Td> Any Day Now </Td> <Td> − </Td> <Td> Episode: "Blue" </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1999 </Td> <Td> Ladies Man </Td> <Td> Allegra </Td> <Td> 3 episodes </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2000 </Td> <Td> Linc's </Td> <Td> Courtney Goode </Td> <Td> Episode: "The Music in Me" </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2001 </Td> <Td> Feast of All Saints </Td> <Td> Juliet Mercier </Td> <Td> TV movie </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2002, 2003 </Td> <Td> Cyberchase </Td> <Td> Ava, Queen of Symmetria / Ms. Fileshare </Td> <Td> 2 Episodes </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2002 </Td> <Td> The Parkers </Td> <Td> Delilah </Td> <Td> Episode: "Lights, Camera, Action" </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2003--2004 </Td> <Td> Dead Like Me </Td> <Td> Roxy Harvey </Td> <Td> Main role, 29 episodes </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2006 </Td> <Td> That's So Raven </Td> <Td> Pistáche </Td> <Td> Episode: "Checkin' Out" </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2009 </Td> <Td> My Parents, My Sister & Me </Td> <Td> Keela Goldman </Td> <Td> Episode: "Starting Over" </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2009 − 2014, 2017 </Td> <Td> The Vampire Diaries </Td> <Td> Sheila Bennett </Td> <Td> Recurring role, 15 episodes </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Drop Dead Diva </Td> <Td> Judge Nona Daniels </Td> <Td> Episode: "Last Year's Model" </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2012 </Td> <Td> Kasha and the Zulu King </Td> <Td> Ngazi </Td> <Td> TV movie </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2014 </Td> <Td> Tyler Perry's If Loving You Is Wrong </Td> <Td> Mattaline </Td> <Td> Episode: "Game Night" </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2016 − 2017 </Td> <Td> K.C. Undercover </Td> <Td> Erica </Td> <Td> Recurring role, 6 episodes </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2017 </Td> <Td> The Quad </Td> <Td> Ella Grace Caldwell </Td> <Td> 3 episodes </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> Title </Th> <Th> Role </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1982 </Td> <Td> Fame </Td> <Td> Dancer </Td> <Td> 7 episodes </Td> </Tr>

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