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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 15, 1964
Place of Birth
Queens, New York, USA
Also Known As
- شری هدلی
Shari Headley
2.2 Popularity
Biography
Shari Headley (born July 15, 1964) is an American actress. Headley made her acting debut on The Cosby Show in 1985. Since then her career has mostly focused on television acting; she is perhaps best known for portraying police officer Mimi Reed Frye Williams on the popular soap opera All My Children from May 1991 to April 1994, briefly returned in February 1995 and again from June 2005 until her final appearance on October 14, 2005. She has also acted occasionally on the big-screen, and is well-known in this capacity for her role of Lisa McDowell, Eddie Murphy's love interest in the comedy Coming to America. Headley co-starred in an episode of Miami Vice in 1984 & on Andy Griffith's Matlock series in 1990 playing a model. The episode entitled, The Cover Girl, aired on November 20, 1990. In 1997, she had a leading role in the short-lived FOX ensemble drama 413 Hope St. Headley also made a cameo appearance in Will Smith's "Wild Wild West" music video and also starred in Blackstreet's video "Before I Let You Go". In 2004, her role was of Mack Johnson's (portrayed by Steve Harvey) wife, Jacqueline in Johnson Family Vacation Headley also portrayed Felicia Boudreau on Guiding Light from November 2001 until May 2002. Headley was married to rapper/actor Christopher "Play" Martin from May 1993 and got divorced in June 1995. In April 1994, Headley gave birth to a son, Skyler Martin. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Known For
6.4
Lisa
Coming 2 America
2021
6.5
Harmony
On Becoming a God in Central Florida
2019
7.7
Imani
Three's Complicated
2019
6.1
Mrs. Carter
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
2018
8.0
Houston Connelly
Star
2016
8.5
Wendy
I Really Hate My Ex
2015
0.0
Maple
The Congregation
2014
5.4
Tiana
Act Like You Love Me
2013
7.5
D.A. Jennifer Sallison
Tyler Perry's The Haves and the Have Nots
2013
7.5
Gwendolyn Berdick
Switched at Birth
2011
Credits
Coming 2 America
as Lisa
2021
6.4
On Becoming a God in Central Florida
as Harmony
2019
6.5
Three's Complicated
as Imani
2019
7.7
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
as Mrs. Carter
2018
6.1
Star
as Houston Connelly
2016
8.0
I Really Hate My Ex
as Wendy
2015
8.5
The Congregation
as Maple
2014
0.0
Act Like You Love Me
as Tiana
2013
5.4
Tyler Perry's The Haves and the Have Nots
as D.A. Jennifer Sallison
2013
7.5
Switched at Birth
as Gwendolyn Berdick
2011
7.5
Switched at Birth
2011
7.5
Celebrity Ghost Stories
as Self
2009
7.3
10 Things I Hate About You
as Marcheline
2009
6.8
Castle
as Nicole Cameron
2009
8.0
Belly 2: Millionaire Boyz Club
as Alexis
2008
5.3
House
as Dr. Arlene Marks
2004
8.6
Veronica Mars
as Vanessa Hamilton
2004
7.8
Johnson Family Vacation
as Jacqueline
2004
5.5
Half & Half
as Barbara
2002
8.2
One on One
as Pamela
2001
8.0
Love Boat: The Next Wave
as Barbara
1998
5.0
413 Hope St.
as Juanita Barnes
1997
0.0
The Preacher's Wife
as Arlene Chattan
1996
5.8
The Wayans Bros.
as Dawn
1995
7.2
New York Undercover
1994
7.2
Walker, Texas Ranger
as Vanessa St. John
1993
6.9
Paris Is Burning
as Self (uncredited)
1991
8.0
Kojak: None So Blind
as Trish
1990
6.0
Kojak: Ariana
as Trish Van Hogan
1989
6.0
Quantum Leap
as Violet Walters
1989
8.0
🎬
Gideon Oliver
as Zina Oliver
1989
5.5
Coming to America
as Lisa McDowell
1988
6.9
Matlock
as Model Carla Royce
1986
7.1
The Cosby Show
as Mrs. Dubois
1984
7.0
Miami Vice
as Cindy
1984
7.5