Garcelle Beauvais
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| Born | Garcelle Beauvais November 26, 1966 Saint-Marc, Haiti |
| Spouse(s) | Daniel Saunders (? - ?) (divorced) 1 child Mike Nilon (2001-present) 2 children |
Garcelle Beauvais-Nilon (born Garcelle Beauvais on November 26, 1966) is a Haitian-American actress and former fashion model. She is known for her role as Assistant District Attorney Valerie Heywood in the TV program NYPD Blue and Francesca Monroe on The Jamie Foxx Show.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early life
Beauvais was born in St. Marc, Haiti, to Maria Claire, a nurse, and Axel Beauvais, a lawyer.[1] Beauvais has six older siblings. After her parents divorced, Beauvais, her mother and siblings moved to Massachusetts. While her mother was attending nursing school, Beauvais went to boarding school. At age 16, the family moved to Miami-Dade area. There she attended both North Miami Beach High School (which is located in North Miami Beach) and Miami Norland High School (which is located in the Norland section of Miami Gardens, Florida.)
[edit] Career
At age seventeen, Beauvais went to New York to pursue a career as a fashion model, and was signed with Ford Models and Irene Marie Models in Miami. She modeled print ads for Avon, Mary Kay and Clairol. Beauvais also modeled in catalogs for Neiman Marcus and Nordstrom. She has appeared in Essence and Ebony and had a nude pictorial in the August 2007 issue of Playboy. She also walked the catwalk for Calvin Klein and Isaac Mizrahi.[2]
[edit] Personal life
Garcelle has a son, Oliver (born 1991) from her previous marriage to Daniel Saunders. Beauvais has been married to Mike Nilon since 2001. Their twin sons Jax Joseph Nilon (8:30 pm, 4lbs 7oz) and Jaid Thomas Nilon (8:31 pm, 4lbs 9oz) were born October 18, 2007.
[edit] Filmography
- Manhunter (1986)
- Coming to America (1988)
- Every Breath (1993)
- Wild Wild West (1999)
- Double Take (2001)
- Bad Company (2002)
- BarberShop 2: Back in Business (2004)
- The Death Trip (2004)
- American Gun (2005)
- I Know Who Killed Me (2007)
[edit] Television work
- The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air (1993)
- Models, Inc. (1994-1995)
- The Jamie Foxx Show (1996-2001)
- Opposite Sex (2000) (canceled after 8 episodes)
- NYPD Blue (cast member from 2001-2004)
- Second String (2002)
- Eyes (2005) (canceled after 12 episodes)
- 10.5: Apocalypse (2006)
- The Cure (2007)
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