Valarie Rae Miller (born April 16, 1974) is an American
actress
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.
Early life
Born in
Lafayette, Louisiana
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and raised in
Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Texas and the 13th-largest city in the United States. It is the county seat of Tarrant County, covering nearly into four other counties: Denton, Johnson, Parker, and Wise. According ...
, Miller became interested in acting when she was quite young. She attended a high school for the performing arts and landed a number of high-profile commercials while still in college.
On summer vacation in
Los Angeles
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, she took a course in stand-up comedy and went on to perform at such well-known clubs as
The Improv
The Improv is a comedy club franchise. It was founded as a single venue in the Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of New York City in 1963, and expanded into a chain of venues in the late 1970s.
History
Originally, it was a ...
and
The Comedy Store
The Comedy Store is an American comedy club opened in April 1972. It is located in West Hollywood, California, at 8433 Sunset Boulevard on the Sunset Strip. An associated club is located in La Jolla, San Diego, California.
History
The Comedy ...
. Despite offers to go on tour with her stand-up routine, Miller decided to move to Los Angeles and pursue acting.
Acting career
She's best known for her role as
Original Cindy in ''
Dark Angel'' (2000–2002). She hosted two game shows; one was the second season of ''
Gladiators 2000
''Gladiators 2000'' is a children's game show and spin-off of '' American Gladiators''. It was hosted by Ryan Seacrest and Maria Sansone (replaced by Valarie Rae Miller in Season 2). Season 5 ''American Gladiators'' grand champion Peggy Odita ...
'', replacing
Maria Sansone
Maria Grace Sansone (born February 26, 1981) is an American television personality. Sansone is the former co-anchor of ''Good Day LA'' on KTTV Fox 11 in Los Angeles until January 2017 and is a former field reporter for WNBC 4 New York, appearin ...
; the other was (along with
Nick Spano
Nicola Fortunato Spano (born March 16, 1976 in Los Angeles, California) is an American acting coach and former actor. Spano is best known for his role as Donnie Stevens in the Disney Channel Original Series ''Even Stevens'' and Disney Channel O ...
) ''
Peer Pressure
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''. She also hosted ''
One Saturday Morning
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'' on
ABC
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ABC or abc may also refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Broadcasting
* American Broadcasting Company, a commercial U.S. TV broadcaster
** Disney–ABC Television ...
. From Fall 2007 to May 2009, Miller appeared in the television drama ''
Reaper
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'' on
The CW
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. She also appeared in ''
Crank'', in the ''
NCIS'' episode "
Reunion
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* Class reunion
* Family reunion
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Places
* Réunion, a French overseas department and island in the Indian Ocean
* Reunion, Commerce City, Colorado, U ...
", and in the Netflix film ''
Reality High''. She voiced Tiffany Fox,
Lucius Fox
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's daughter, in ''
Batman: The Enemy Within''. She voices Wish Bear in ''
Care Bears: Unlock the Magic'' on
Boomerang
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. She also had a part in the 2002 film "All About the Benjamins" starring Ice Cube and Mike Epps.
External links
*
1974 births
African-American actresses
Living people
Actresses from Louisiana
People from Fort Worth, Texas
People from Lafayette, Louisiana
Actresses from Texas
American television actresses
21st-century African-American people
21st-century African-American women
20th-century African-American people
20th-century African-American women
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