Jasmine Guy was born on 10 March 1964 in Boston, Massachusetts USA, of African- American (father) and Portuguese-American (mother) descent. Jasmine is an actress, singer, dancer, television director and producer, best known thanks to the popular TV situation comedy called “A Different World”, in which she played Whitley Gilbert. Not only did she become famous after starring in this show, it also helped her in making her way to becoming a millionaire.
So just how rich is Jasmine Guy? According to recent estimations, the overall amount of her net worth reaches $2 million, with her wealth having been accumulated mainly from acting, bus also singing and producing.
Jasmine Guy Net Worth $2 Million
Jasmine, born in Massachusetts, but raised in Atlanta, Georgia, is a daughter of Jaye Rudolph and Reverend William Guy, an ordinary family that had nothing to do with the entertainment industry. Her farther was a pastor, while her mother was working as a teacher in a high school. Guy attended Northside Performing Arts High School (now known as North Atlanta High School) ‘til she moved to New York being seventeen years old. She continued her studies by attending Alvin Ailey American Dance Center, and it was then that she found herself operating in the entertainment industry.
Jasmine started her acting career in the year 1982, when she was given a non-speaking role in the famous TV series “Fame”. Appearing as a dancer, she took part in ten episodes of the show. Her next stop was another TV series called “The Fresh Prince of Bel Air”, in which she appeared once playing Kayla, a girlfriend of Will Smith.
Guy has a long list of achievements in the industry, performing in many famous TV shows year by year. To mention some of them, she starred in “The Cosby Show”, “The Vampire Diaries”, “Drop Dead Diva” and others. Not to forget her appearance in such films as “Harlem Nights”, “October Baby”, “Scary Movie” and many more. Such an impressive resume has played a major role in accumulating revenues to her net worth.
Another interesting fact to mention, in the year 1990 her self-titled debut album was released by the artist herself. Later on, in the year 2004 Guy tried herself as a writer by publishing a book entitled Evolution of a Revolutionary, Afeni Shakur’s biography. Afeni is still Jasmine’s close friend. The book contributed a little to Jasmine’s net worth.
Being 51 years old, Jasmine Guy continues to surprise everyone with her talents. Nowadays, Guy lives in her hometown Atlanta, and is involved in working at Kenny Leon’s True Colors Theater Company, where she holds the position of an executive director. Not only does she do administrative work in the company, but she also continues to perform on stage. These activities are now contributing to her net worth.
Speaking about her personal life, Jasmine Guy married Terrence Duckett in 1998, but after living together for ten years and giving birth to a girl called Imani Duckett, the famous couple eventually divorced in 2008. Among the close friends of Guy we can find Tupac Shakur, one of the world’s most famous rappers, as well as Kadeem Hardison and O.J. Simpson.
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series
Nominations
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Nonfiction, Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Product...
Movies
Harlem Nights, School Daze, Cats Don't Dance, October Baby, Diamond Men, Dead like Me: Life After Death, Scary Movie 5, Big Stone Gap, Tru Loved, Stomp the Yard: Homecoming, America's Dream, Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives, The Heart Specialist, A Killer Among Us, Guinevere, M...
TV Shows
Dead Like Me, A Different World, Alex Haley's Queen, America's Ballroom Challenge
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Fact
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Starring as Velma Kelly in 'Chicago' at the Shubert Theatre, New York, NY. [November 2000]
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(10 December 1996 - 5 January 1997) Touring with Grease!
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Currently starring in the musical Chicago in Las Vegas, Nevada [December 1999]
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Jasmine Guy is not a member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. This has been confirmed by Ms. Guy and the national HQ of the sorority.
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Has an African American father and a Cape Verdean American mother.
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Wrote a book called "Evolution of a Revolutionary," which is the biography of Afeni Shakur, mother of late actor/hip-hop MC Tupac Shakur.
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Enjoyed chart and radio play in the 1990s for her R&B single "Try Me."
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Became a member of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in 1981, at the age of seventeen.
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Was good friends with slain hip-hop MC Tupac Shakur and remains close friends with his mother, Afeni Shakur.
Although born in Boston, Massachusetts, Guy was raised in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Her father is the Reverend William Guy, pastor of the historic Friendship Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. Her mother is Jaye Rudolph of New Bedford, MA.
$2 Million
