Jeannetta Arnette is an American actress. She became known for her television role as Miss Meara on the situation comedy ''

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''. She has also appeared in numerous films, including 1992's ''

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'' and 1999's '' Boys Don't Cry'', and guest-starring roles on television. Arnette grew up in

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and attended high school at

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, studied acting in England and attended college at

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where she began acting in local theatrical productions. She dropped out of college to move to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career there. In 2006, she co-starred in

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's VH1 sitcom, ''

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'' and played Sarah Jean, an innocent death-row inmate, on

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' ''

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''. In 2014, she played in a recurring role in the

series, '' Extant''.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* Living people American film actresses American television actresses Actresses from North Carolina 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American actresses Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-screen-actor-1950s-stub