Meet Jasmine Guy

Learn more about actress Jasmine Guy.

Meet Jasmine Guy - In 1987, Jasmine Guy landed the role of Whitley Gilbert in The Cosby Show spinoff, A Different World. Little did anyone know that A Different World would go on to be a hit for six seasons and making Guy a household name as a result.(Photo: Scott Gries/ImageDirect/Getty Images)
Jasmine Guy - It's a different world where she comes from, which in Jasmine Guy's case is not Alabama, but Boston. A Different World's Southern belle was born in Beantown and spent her early years there before moving to Atlanta.  (Photo: Vince Bucci/Getty Images)
Meet Jasmine Guy - In addition to her TV roles, Guy is a familiar face to the Broadway audience, appearing in several productions including Chicago, Grease, The Wiz and Leader of the Pack.(Photo: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)
Meet Jasmine Guy - A little known fact about Jasmine Guy is she recorded an album in 1990. The self-titled project featured one single that cracked the Billboard Top 40 singles chart.(Photo: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)Meet Jasmine Guy - Jasmine Guy released Afeni Shakur: Evolution of a Revolutionary in 2004, a book on Afeni Shakur, the mother of the late rapper Tupac Shakur.(Photo: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

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Meet Jasmine Guy - Spike Lee casted Jasmine Guy in her first movie role, School Daze. The following year, Guy played Dominique La Rue in Harlem Nights, starring comedian Richard Pryor and Eddie Murphy.(Photo: Vince Bucci/Getty Images)

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