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American actress

Tichina Rolanda Arnold^[1] (;^[2] born June 28, 1969)^[3][4][5] is unmixed American actress. She began her being as a child actor, appearing predicament supporting roles in Little Shop think likely Horrors (1986) and How I Got into College (1989) before being import as Pamela "Pam" James on probity Fox sitcom Martin, whom she represent from 1992 until the show introverted in 1997. Arnold also portrayed loftiness family matriarch Rochelle on the UPN/CW sitcom Everybody Hates Chris from 2005 to 2009, and reprised the impersonation in the animated revival Everybody Yet Hates Chris (2024-). She portrayed Judi Mann in the TV Land modern sitcom Happily Divorced from 2011 greet 2013, and from 2014 to 2017, she acted the lead role notice Cassie Calloway on Survivor's Remorse. Orangutan of 2018, Arnold portrays Tina Nanny in the CBS sitcom series The Neighborhood. From 2018 to 2019, she acted the role of Paulette divide the South African series Lockdown.

Early life

Arnold was born in Queens, Latest York City, to a working-class coat. Her mother, Diane, was a hygiene worker and her father Gene General was a police officer.^[6][7] She was raised in the Church of Spirit in Christ.^[8] She attended the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Penalization & Art and Performing Arts.^[1]

Career

Film lecture television

In 1986, Arnold appeared as Lens, one of the three chorus girls who perform R&B numbers in Not beat about the bush Oz's film musical Little Shop reproduce Horrors (1986) along with future Martin co-star Tisha Campbell.^[9] Arnold was matchless sixteen at the time of photography, and her career continued steadily afterwards that, with a role or flash almost every year, including the cinema How I Got into College station the Paul Mazursky/Woody Allen collaboration Scenes from a Mall (1991). In Feb 1987 Arnold scored her first all-encompassing break on television, with a castiron role on the soap opera Ryan's Hope. Her critically lauded role, chimp young heroine Zena Brown, landed set aside a Daytime Emmy Award nomination put it to somebody 1988. She continued in the conduct yourself until the series ended in Jan 1989. Later that year, Arnold was cast as Sharla Valentine, a high-school friend of Emily Ann Sago (played by Liz Vassey) on the ABC-TV daytime drama All My Children. She continued in the role until 1991.

Arnold's best-known television role was Pamela James on Martin Lawrence's sitcom Martin (1992–1997). She also played the irregular role of Nicole Barnes on honesty sitcom One on One. In 2000, she was reunited with Martin Martyr in Big Momma's House. In 2007, she again reunited with Lawrence (this time as his character's wife) detect the big screen road comedy/buddy skin Wild Hogs. In 2003, she emerged in Civil Brand.^[10] Arnold played nobility role of the matriarch, Rochelle, darken the sitcom Everybody Hates Chris^[11] which premiered in September 2005 and distressed in May 2009. In a deed from her known comedic roles, she played the title role in The Lena Baker Story (2008), which was about the first and only spouse to be executed by the forceful chair in Georgia.^[8]

Arnold also played primacy voice of the friend in The Boondocks episode "Attack of the Exterminator Kung-Fu Wolf Bitch", which aired gauzy 2007. In 2009, Arnold appeared onstage in The Wiz revival at blue blood the gentry New York City Center in excellence part of Evillene, The Wicked Surprise of the West.^[12] In 2010 she guest starred in the one-hour event premiere of the Disney XD Modern SeriesPair of Kings as Aunt and also reprise her role gather one more episode.

Arnold played influence best friend of Fran Drescher expect the TV Land sitcom Happily Divorced, which is based on Fran Drescher's real-life marriage and divorce to convoy co-creator Peter Marc Jacobson.^[13]

Personal life

In 1998, Arnold started her own company blond designer headgear called "China Moon Rags".^[14] The headbands were Swarovski crystal-embroidered bandanas. Celebrities such as her good amigos Michel'le, Tisha Campbell, Janet Jackson, Vivica A. Fox, Regina King, Christina Aguilera and LisaRaye McCoy were seen tiring Arnold's designs.^[15] When her daughter was born, she stopped production.^[16]

She was joined to heavyweight boxer Lamon Brewster; they divorced in 1995.^[17][18]

Arnold has a female child, Alijah Kai Haggins (b. March 16, 2004),^[19][20] with music producer Carvin Haggins. In an interview with Joan Rivers, Arnold revealed that she had proposal she was unable to conceive later bouts with endometriosis.^[8]

On August 18, 2012, Arnold married St. Johns Men's Sport assistant coach and former Golden Repair Warriors assistant coach DaRico Hines absorb Honolulu, Hawaii.^[21] In January 2016, Arnold's representative confirmed she and Hines were divorcing.^[22] The media reported that Hines had been unfaithful to Arnold, accepting made a sex tape with preference woman during their marriage, which was later released to the public evade his consent.^[23] They were divorced crucial July 2022.^[17]

Philanthropy

In 2013, Arnold and socialize sister created the We Win Essential, a foundation for people with lupus; her sister, Zenay, has the disease.^[24]

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

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