Biography for
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Date of Birth

13 October 1968, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

Birth Name

Tisha Michelle Campbell

Height

5' 4½" (1.64 m)

Mini Biography

Tisha Campbell's first TV appearance was at the age of 8, on episode #006 of the PBS show "The Big Blue Marble" (1974). The show featured stories on the life and culture of children from around the world. In her segment, Tisha was shown playing with her brother, going to school with her mother who was also her voice coach, and singing at a jazz concert in New York's Greenwich Village.

IMDb Mini Biography By: illgetby

Spouse

Duane Martin

(17 August 1996 - present) 2 children

Trivia

Sued her "Martin" (1992) co-star Martin Lawrence for sexual harassment. She abruptly left the show during its last season, and her character's disappearance was explained in the show's storyline as having left Detroit to run one of the L.A. offices.

Released a music album in the 1990s, featuring her hit single "Push".

Her mother, Mona Campbell, is her manager.

Graduated from Newark Arts High School in Newark, New Jersey.

A member of Diva Simply Singing, a group which raises funds for minority AIDS projects.

Gave birth to first child, a son, Xen Martin, who weighed 8 pounds 11 ounces. [8 August 2001]

Says she named her son, Xen, with an X, because as she and husband Duane Martin were driving to an ultrasound they were listening to rapper Xzibit, and later in the ultrasound they saw that the baby was in the womb making Xzibit's signature sign with his arms crossed in an X.

Good friends with Vivica A. Fox.

Works frequently with Tichina Arnold

Oldest of 4 children (including her brother, Jermaine Campbell.

Daughter of Mona Campbell and Clifton Campbell.

Her son, Xen, has autism.

Expecting her second child. [February 4, 2009].

Gave birth to her second child, a boy named Ezekiel Czar Martin, on September 8th, 2009 in Los Angeles.