Jasmine Chanel Guy is an American actress, singer, dancer and director. She portrayed Dina in the 1988 film School Daze and Whitley Gilbert-Wayne on the NBC The Cosby Show spin-off A Different World, which originally ran from 1987 to 1993. Guy won four consecutive NAACP Image Awards from 1990 through 1993 for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for her role on the show. She played Roxy Harvey on Dead Like Me and as Sheila "Grams" Bennett on The Vampire Diaries. She also played the role of Gemma on Grey's Anatomy.
Born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Jaye (née Resendes) and William Vincent Guy, she was raised in the affluent historic Collier Heights neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia, where she attended Northside Performing Arts High School. Her mother, a Portuguese American, was a former high-school teacher, and her father, who was African-American, was pastor of the historic Friendship Baptist Church of Atlanta, which served as an early home to Spelman College; he was also a college instructor in philosophy and religion. At the age of 17, she moved to New York City to study dance at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center.During the run of A Different World, Guy released her self-titled debut album in 1990. The album peaked at No. 143 on the US Top 200 Album Chart and spawned three hit singles: "Try Me" (US R&B No. 14); "Another Like My Lover" (US No. 66, US R&B No. 9); and "Just Want to Hold You" (US No. 34, US R&B No. 27), with the last single cracking the main US Top 40 singles chart.
| Date of Birth | 10th March 1962 |
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| Age | 62 Years |
| Zodiac Sign | Pisces |
| Country | United States of America |
| Current City | Boston |
| Birth Place | Boston |
| Nationality | United States of America |
| Citizenship | United States of America |
| Language | American English |
| Reference | IMDB |
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| North Atlanta High School |
| Occupation | stage actor, television actor, film actor, voice actor, singer, dancer, film director |
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