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Tatyana Ali

Tatyana Ali

Birthday: 1979-01-24 | Place of Birth: Long Island, New York, USA

On January 24, 1979, Tatyana Marisol Ali was born to Sonia, who was a nurse from Panama, and Sheriff Ali, a retired police officer from Trinidad. At the age of four she started singing and got a taste of fame when she begged her mother to take her to an audition for Sesame Street (1969). She went on to perform in many productions in her native city, New York, including the Broadway show "Fences"--with James Earl Jones and, later, Billy Dee Williams--and the off-Broadway show "Orfeo del Campo". When she was seven she appeared on Star Search (1983) and won twice, receiving a four-star rating when she appeared for a second time. At age 11 Tatyana moved from New York to Los Angeles to establish her career and not long afterwords got her breakthrough role--Will Smith's cousin, "Ashley Banks", from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990). While filming "The Fresh Prince" she also had interesting side projects, including guest roles in television shows such as The Cosby Show (1984), The All New Mickey Mouse Club (1989) (aka "The Mickey Mouse Club"), Kyno's Storytime (1992), Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1990) and Foster's Field Trip (1994).

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2022
Vanished: Searching for My Sister

as    Jada Stallworth/Kayla Davis

2021
A Picture Perfect Holiday

as    Gaby

2020
The Reason

as    Macey

2019
Christmas Hotel

as    Erin

2018
Jingle Belle

as    Belle Williams

2018
Fancy Nancy

as    Bree’s Mom (voice)

2018
Christmas Everlasting

as    Lucy Toomey

2018
Doe

as    Rachel Hutton

2015
November Rule

as    Leah

2015
Fatal Flip

as    Roslyn

2014
Locker 13

as    Lucy

2013
Dear Secret Santa

as    Jennifer

2013
The Last Letter

as    Jillian

2013
Second Generation Wayans

as    Maya

2013
A Very Larry Christmas

as    Nicole

2013
24 Hour Love

as    Simply

2012
Home Again

as    Marva Johnson

2008
Hotel California

as    Jessie

2007
The List

as    Cynthia

2005
Back in the Day

as    Alicia

2004
Nora's Hair Salon

as    Lilleana

2003
2001
The Brothers

as    Cherie Smith

2001
Brother

as    Latifa

1999
Jawbreaker

as    Brenda

1998
The Clown at Midnight

as    Monica