24 Facts About Michael Michele

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Michael Michele Williams was born on August 30,1966 and is an American actress and fashion designer.

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Michael Michele began her career on stage before appearing opposite Wesley Snipes in the 1991 film New Jack City.

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Michael Michele had a role as Malik Yoba's love interest on the police drama New York Undercover.

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Michael Michele later joined the cast of NBC police drama Homicide: Life on the Street playing Det.

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Michael Michele has appeared in the films The 6th Man, Ali, Dark Blue and How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days.

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From 2017 to 2018, Michael Michele starred as Ayanna Floyd in the Fox prime time soap opera Star, and in 2019 she joined The CW prime time soap opera Dynasty as Dominique Deveraux.

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Michael Michele Williams was born in Evansville, Indiana, the elder of two daughters.

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Michael Michele's father, Jerry, is a furniture-rental entrepreneur and her mother, Theresa, was employed by Bristol-Myers.

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Michael Michele was named for her mother's best friend, Michael Ann.

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Michael Michele attended Howard Roosa Elementary School and Benjamin Bosse High School, where she was active on the basketball team.

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In 1991, Michael Michele had a starring role opposite Wesley Snipes in the 1991 film New Jack City directed by Mario Van Peebles.

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Michael Michele left the show in early 1995 to play one of the leads in the CBS prime time soap opera Central Park West alongside Madchen Amick, Lauren Hutton and Raquel Welch.

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In 1998, Michael Michele joined the cast of NBC police drama Homicide: Life on the Street as Det.

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Michael Michele received her first NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series nomination for this role.

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Michael Michele later joined another NBC series, medical drama ER playing Dr Cleo Finch from 1999 to 2002, for three seasons.

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In 2001, Michael Michele played Veronica Porche Ali in the biographical drama film Ali opposite Will Smith.

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Michael Michele later had two more movie roles: crime drama Dark Blue and romantic comedy How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days.

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Michael Michele returned to television in 2004, with a starring role in the short-lived UPN legal drama series Kevin Hill opposite Taye Diggs.

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In 2009, Michael Michele starred in the Hallmark Channel film Relative Stranger with fellow ER cast member Eriq La Salle.

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In 2011, Michael Michele had a recurring role on the CW teen drama Gossip Girl.

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In 2017, Michael Michele returned to series regular work playing villainous Ayanna Floyd, president of the record label, in the Fox prime time soap opera Star.

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Michael Michele's character was described as a modern-day black Alexis Carrington.

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Michael Michele was cast in a recurring role in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series Queen Sugar.

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On March 22,2019, it was announced that Michael Michele had been cast as Dominique Deveraux for later in the second season of the Dynasty reboot series.