Garcelle Beauvais (, formerly Beauvais-Nilon; born November 26, 1966) is a Haitian-American actress and television personality. She is best known for her starring roles in the sitcom ''

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'' and the crime drama series ''

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''. She also appeared in the films ''

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'' (1988) and its sequel (2021), ''

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'' (2013), and '' Spider-Man: Homecoming'' (2017). In 2020, Beauvais became a main cast member of the reality television series ''

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''. She also co-hosted the daytime talk show ''

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'' alongside

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, and

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from 2020 to 2022 for its final two seasons.

Early life

Beauvais was born in

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, Haiti, to Marie-Claire Beauvais, a nurse, and Axel Jean Pierre, a lawyer. After her parents divorced when she was just three years old, she moved with her mother to the United States at age seven along with her six elder siblings, and settled in Peabody,

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where she enrolled in elementary school. Upon her arrival to the United States, Beauvais originally only spoke French and Creole, but learned English from watching ''

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'' on television.

Career

Modeling

Beauvais moved to

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at 16 in an attempt to pursue a career in modeling. After driving down from

, Beauvais hoped to interview for a modeling agency without an appointment. She was approached at a red light while putting on lipstick by the very owner of the agency she sought to see. After modeling with this agency for about a year, Beauvais, at 17, went to

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to pursue a career as a fashion model, after signing with the Ford agency living with Eileen Ford and later modeled with

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. She modeled print ads for Avon,

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, and

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and in catalogs for Lerner New York Clothing Line,

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, and

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and walked the runway for

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and

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and also shot TV commercials for

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. Beauvais has appeared on the covers of numerous luxury lifestyle and

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such as ''CVLUX'', ''

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'', '' Sheen Magazine'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Jet'', ''

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'',"Garcelle Beauvais Nilon and Her Petit Bijoux"
, blackcelebkids.com, November 17, 2008. ''

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'' and ''

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''. In 2017, she was featured on five different magazine covers.

Film and television

She first appeared in the television series ''Miami Vice'' in episode 18. Beauvais portrayed her first acting role in the romantic comedy film ''

'' at age 19. In 1994, she rose to prominence as an actress for her portrayal of Cynthia Nichols in the primetime

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soap opera ''

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'' From 1996 to 2001, she co-starred in ''

'' as hotel employee Francesca "Fancy" Monroe and the love interest of

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's character,

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. From 2001 to 2004, she played Assistant District Attorney Valerie Heywood and the love interest of Detective Baldwin Jones, played by Henry Simmons on ''

''. In 2011 and 2012, Beauvais played Hanna Linden on the TNT law drama ''

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''. In 2013, Beauvais portrayed the First Lady opposite Foxx as the President in the action thriller film ''

''. In 2017, she played the role of Doris Toomes, wife of

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's character,

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, in '' Spider-Man: Homecoming''. She starred in

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's music video for " Down Low (Nobody Has to Know)", as the wife of

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and the lover of R. Kelly, delivering the title line as inducement for an affair. In 2001, after the ''Jamie Foxx Show'' ended its run, Beauvais appeared in

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' music video, "Take You Out," playing Vandross' girlfriend.Garcelle Beauvais pics
, AskMen.com She also appeared on some episodes of ''

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'' as

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. In 2016, Beauvais was named as one of the co-hosts of the syndicated infotainment discussion series ''

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'' after a month-long period of guest hosting the show. Beauvais recurred as Veronica Garland, the Wicked Stepmother character from

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, on the second season of the web television series '' Tell Me a Story''. She also portrayed

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's love interest in the web television series ''

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''. Beauvais joined the cast of ''

'' as the series' first black cast member during its tenth season, which premiered in April 2020. She began co-hosting the daytime talk show ''

'' for its seventh season in September 2020. Beauvais reprised her role as a rose bearer in the sequel to the romantic comedy film ''

'', titled '' Coming 2 America''. In 2022, Beauvais signed a first-look development deal with

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, via her production company Garcelle Beauvais Productions.

Other ventures

In 2008, Beauvais launched a children's jewelry line called Petit Bijou. In 2013, she published a children's book titled ''I Am Mixed,'' which tells the story of twins exploring "the thoughts and emotions of being of mixed ethnicities." She hosts the weekly late-night talk show podcast ''Going to Bed with Garcelle'', in which she discusses dating, sex, and relationships with guests.

Personal life

She was married to producer Daniel Saunders; their marriage ended in divorce. They have a son, Oliver Saunders, born in 1991. Beauvais married Mike Nilon, a talent agent with

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, in May 2001. Their twin sons, Jax Joseph and Jaid Thomas Nilon, were born on October 18, 2007. They had dealt with treatment over five years for

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. In April 2010, Beauvais publicly accused Nilon of infidelity after he admitted he had been having an affair for five years. Beauvais filed for divorce on May 10, 2010, seeking joint custody of their sons.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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Early life

Career

Modeling

Film and television

Other ventures

Personal life

Filmography

Film

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See also

References

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