Biography for
Jasmine Guy More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth

10 March 1962, Boston, Massachusetts USA

Height

5' 2" (1.57 m)

Mini Biography

Remembered mostly as Whitley Gilbert Wayne on the series "A Different World" (1987), Jasmine Guy has a variety of talents. Jasmine was born March 10, 1964, in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1990, Jasmine released a self-titled album with backing vocals on a few songs from her "A Different World" (1987) co-star, Cree Summer. She married Terrence Duckette on August 22, 1998. On March 28, 1999, Jasmine gave birth to a baby girl, Imani. To this day she continues a career in film, theater, and music.

IMDb Mini Biography By: Matthew Ward <matthewdw@hotmail.com>

Spouse

Terrence Duckette

(22 August 1998 - present) (filed for divorce) 1 child

Trivia

Named daughter Imani after the name was used on "A Different World" (1987) as the daughter of the Taylors (played by Dawnn Lewis and Glynn Turman).

Daughter, Imani, born 28 March 1999.

Her father is the Reverend William Guy, pastor of the historic Friendship Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. Her mother is Jaye Rudolph of New Bedford, MA.

Although born in Boston, Massachusetts, Guy was raised in Atlanta, Georgia.

Her sister, Monica Guy, was often her stand-in on the set of "A Different World" (1987).

Teaches dance to underprivileged children.

Was good friends with slain hip-hop MC Tupac Shakur and remains close friends with his mother, Afeni Shakur.

Became a member of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in 1981, at the age of seventeen.

Enjoyed chart and radio play in the 1990s for her R&B single "Try Me."

Wrote a book called "Evolution of a Revolutionary," which is the biography of Afeni Shakur, mother of late actor/hip-hop MC Tupac Shakur.

Has an African American father and a Cape Verdean American mother.

Jasmine Guy is not a member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. This has been confirmed by Ms. Guy and the national HQ of the sorority.