Chenoa Maxwell (born November 16, 1969) is an American

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Career

Maxwell is best known for her starring role in the 1997

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'' and as the recurring character Lena Turner on the hit

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'' Girlfriends''. Maxwell starred in docu-reality show ''Love In The City'' on

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, Oprah Winfrey Network. Maxwell has also appeared in the WB sitcom ''

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'' and in the 2002 film ''G'', a modernized, loosely-based adaptation of ''

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'' starring

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, and directed by

Christopher Scott Cherot Christopher Scott Cherot is an American film director best known for ''Hav Plenty'' (1997), a true story that he wrote, edited, produced, acted in and directed. Projects Mr. Cherot also directed '' G'', loosely based on ''The Great Gatsby'', as ...

. She appeared in R&B singer Joe's video, ''What if a Woman''. She also had a cameo in the

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for 'Yoga Booty Ballet'. Maxwell also appears frequently as a guest expert on WEtv’s ''Growing Up Hip-Hop''. In 2006, she moved to London to study photography. Her first solo art exhibit, ''Introspection: India'', ran for one month at the Papillion Institute of Art in Los Angeles in March 2011. Her work has been exhibited in the

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, and

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Filmography

Film

Television

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