HEART IS WHAT DRIVES US AND DETERMINES OUR FATE. THAT IS WHAT I NEED...A PASSIONATE HEART. I NEED MAVERICKS, DISSIDENTS, ADVENTURERS, OUTSIDERS AND REBELS, WHO ASK QUESTIONS, BEND THE RULES AND TAKE RISKS.
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Michael Michele has won acclaim for her portrayals of strong and capable women on television and feature films over her 25-year acting career. She currently co-stars in Lee Daniels' series Star, as Midtown Records owner Ayanna Floyd, on FOX; and in Ava DuVernay's critically acclaimed OWN series, Queen Sugar, as Darlene.
A native of Evansville, Indiana, Michele’s big break came in 1991 when she was cast in Mario Van Peebles’s gritty urban drama, New Jack City; a year later she was a regular on the TV series, Dangerous Curves (CBS). Her performance in the mini-series, Trade Winds (NBC), soon led her to a recurring role on New York Undercover, as attorney Sandy Gill. She then landed a co-starring role on Darren Starr’s splashy nighttime soap, Central Park West.
After appearances in a handful of feature films, Michele scored another major TV role as Detective Rene Sheppard in the Emmy-winning series Homicide: Life On the Street, which earned her a NAACP Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series nomination. She then turned in her badge to star in the top-rated hospital drama, ER, as Dr. Cleo Finch.
Michele’s well-regarded work on that series boosted her stock in the film industry and she soon co-starred alongside Will Smith in the Oscar-nominated feature film, Ali. Later she went on star in the feature film Dark Blue, opposite Kurt Russell, and How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days, opposite Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson. She has also made guest appearances on House (FOX) and The Following (FOX) and most recently seen in CBS's Macgyver & Blue Bloods.
Michele is also the founder of The Roundtable ChitChat, a women’s mentoring foundation, which mentors and empowers women throughout the United States. Now, after more than twenty-five years in front of the camera, Michele has launched MIX66, a film production company, whose first project is the docu-series, Men, which explores the unexpected lives of African American men. Michele resides in N.Y. with her twelve-year-old son.
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