Tamera Mowry
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Not be confused with Tia Mowry
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| Born | Tamera Darvette Mowry July 6, 1978 Gelnhausen, Germany |
| Other name(s) | Tami |
Tamera Darvette Mowry (born July 6, 1978) is an American actress. She first gained fame for her role opposite her identical twin sister Tia Mowry in the sitcom Sister, Sister.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early life
Tamera was born in Gelhausen, West Germany.[1] Her parents are Darlene Flowers, who managed her children's careers and also worked as a security guard, and Timothy Mowry, who was in the armed services and later became a police officer in California.[2] Her mother is African American and her father is Italian American; the two met in high school in Miami, Florida, and both joined the U.S. military.[1][2][3] She is older than her twin sister, Tia (by two minutes), younger brother Tavior Mowry and brother Tahj Mowry, who starred in television's Smart Guy. Her family is "close-knit" and "deeply religious",[2] as the sisters became born again Christians when they were eight years old.[4]
[edit] Personal life
After the show ended, both Tamera and her sister studied psychology at Pepperdine University in California. They both appeared in the movie The Hot Chick playing cheerleaders. Mowry played Dr. Kayla Thornton on the Lifetime Television show Strong Medicine from 2004 until February 2005, when the show went off the air. In 2006, they both starred in the Disney Channel Original Movie Twitches, and returned for the sequel, Twitches Too, in 2007.
[edit] Selected filmography
- Hollywood Horror as Allison (2008) (post-production)
- Twitches Too as Camryn Barnes
- Twitches as Camryn Barnes
- Seventeen Again as young grandma Kat
- Family Guy as Esther/ Book Customer
- The Hot Chick as Sissy
- Something to Sing About as Lily
- Sister, Sister as Tamera Campbell
- Detention as Orangejella LaBelle
- Strong Medicine as Kayla Thornton
[edit] Awards
Won
- 1999- Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series- Sister, Sister (shared with Tia Mowry)
- 2000- Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series- Sister, Sister (shared with Tia Mowry)
Won
- 1995- Blimp Award- Favorite Television Actress- Sister, Sister (shared with Tia Mowry)
- 1996- Blimp Award- Favorite Television Actress- Sister, Sister (shared with Tia Mowry)
- 1997- Blimp Award- Favorite Television Actress- Sister, Sister (shared with Tia Mowry)
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ a b !~*Tia and Tamera Mowry*~!
- ^ a b c TIA, TAMERA And TAHJ MOWRY Keep Laughter In The Family With Hit TV Shows `Sister, Sister' And `Smart Guy' - actresses, television - Brief Article - Interview | Jet | Find Articles at BNET.com
- ^ Double Devotion - Today's Christian
- ^ TV's tantalizing twins: Tia and Tamara Mowry share 'Sister Sister' sitcom, schoolwork and singing - Interview | Ebony | Find Articles at BNET.com
