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Taral Hicks

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Taral Hicks (born on 21, September 1974 in Queens, New York) is an African American R&B singer and actress, sister of singer D'Atra Hicks.

She began her film career with a role alongside Robert De Niro in the 1993 film "A Bronx Tale." Her subsequent film roles were small, 1995's "Just Cause" with Sean Connery and Laurence Fishburne, 1996's "Educating Matt Waters" and "The Preacher's Wife" with Whitney Houston. It wasn't until 1997 in the HBO original film "Subway Stories" that audiences began to take notice. As the "Woman with Flowers" who sang to her mother on the payphone, her performance was widely deemed to be one of the best in the film.

In 1997, Hicks signed a deal with Motown Records and released an album entitled "This Time." The single "Ooh, Ooh Baby," produced and written by, and featuring Missy Elliott, charted on the Billboard R&B singles chart. However, the lead single intended to debut her singing career was "Distant Lover," an uptempo track produced by Teddy Riley. The album didn't take off until the second single, "Silly," a remake of the classic R&B hit by Deniece Williams was released. Featuring a black-and-white video directed by Hype Williams, the single charted well on the R&B chart. After collaborating on the video for "Silly," Hype Williams cast Hicks in his directorial film debut (and in her largest role to date), 1998's "Belly" as Kisha, DMX's girlfriend. The video for "Silly" appeared in one of the film's scenes.

Following the film's release in 1998, Hicks was absent from film and music until 2000, when she appeared on screen in the short film "Are You Cinderella?" with actor Wood Harris. Two television guest roles followed: 2002's "100 Centre Street" in the episode titled "Fathers", and in a 2003 episode of "Soul Food: The Series" titled "The New Math".

Her later film roles were in independent films such as 2005's "The Salon," with Vivica A. Fox, Dondre Whitfield and Darrin Henson, 2006's "Forbidden Fruits" with Ella Joyce, Fredro Starr and R&B singer Keith Sweat, 2007's "Humenetomy," and 2008's "Ex$pendable."
BornSeptember 21, 1974
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Taral Hicks, Stan J. Adams, Sofia Salgado, and Shayna Darice in Bitch Lover (2020)

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Robert De Niro, Lillo Brancato, and Chazz Palminteri in A Bronx Tale (1993)
A Bronx Tale
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  • Jane
  • 1993
DMX and Nas in Belly (1998)
Belly
6.2
  • Kisha
  • 1998
Just Cause (1995)
Just Cause
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  • Lena Brown
  • 1995
Denzel Washington, Whitney Houston, Courtney B. Vance, and Justin Pierre Edmund in The Preacher's Wife (1996)
The Preacher's Wife
5.7
  • Teen
  • 1996

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  • The Agnostic
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  • 10 Minutes Ago
    • Pre-production
  • Friends of Rome
    • Pre-production
  • Jacinth Headlam in Love After (2022)
    Love After
  • A Father's Pride (2022)
    A Father's Pride
  • A Second Chance (2022)
    A Second Chance
  • Sleepyhead (2022)
    Sleepyhead
  • Gaslight 2022 (2022)
    Gaslight 2022
  • Taral Hicks, Stan J. Adams, Sofia Salgado, and Shayna Darice in Bitch Lover (2020)
    Bitch Lover
  • Chase Street (2017)
    Chase Street
  • Taral Hicks, Malik 'Dred' Agyeman, Dyesha Hicks, Raqeeb Green, Shayla Kilpatrick, Zack Banks, Soniya Mari Shabazz, Ryze Hendricks, and Muju Thompson in Falsity: 5 Stories of Betrayal (2019)
    Falsity: 5 Stories of Betrayal
  • King of Newark 2 (2018)
    King of Newark 2
  • Illusions
  • Tina Jetter, Shaheed Shaheed, Crystal Deniro Simmons, Deniro Simmons, and Najawon Polamalu in North Housing Authority (2017)
    North Housing Authority
  • Omar Gooding, Claudia Jordan, Clifton Powell, and Stephen Stix Josey in The Hills (2017)
    The Hills
  • Omar Gooding, Clifton Powell, Maino, and Alonzo Herran JR in King of Newark (2016)
    King of Newark
  • Taral Hicks, Marc John Jefferies, Frances Lozada, Nashawn Kearse, Marcellus Bishop Allen, Pablo Sandstrom, Donnell Stephens, Ryze Hendricks, and Richard Norat in Supposition (2016)
    Supposition
  • The 1 Closest 2 U (2016)
    The 1 Closest 2 U

Producer

  • A Father's Pride (2022)
    A Father's Pride

Soundtrack

  • The Associate (1996)
    The Associate
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Ex$pendable
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Ex$pendable
Belly
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Belly
Belly
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Belly
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Ex$pendable
Humenetomy
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Humenetomy
Bitch Lover trl1
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    • September 21, 1974
    • The Bronx, New York, USA
    • 2001 - present (1 child)
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    Released her R&B album in 1997 entitled "This Time" on the Motown label.

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    She is currently married to Loren Dawson, with whom she has a son, and lives in North Jersey where she is working as a teacher.

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