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Shari Headley

Shari Headley

Known For Acting
Birthday Jul 15, 1964 (61)
Birthplace Queens, New York, USA
Popularity 0.8 (history)
Updated May 21, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Shari Headley (born July 15, 1964) is an American actress. Headley made her acting debut on The Cosby Show in 1985. Since then her career has mostly focused on television acting; she is perhaps best known for portraying police officer Mimi Reed Frye Williams on the popular soap opera All My Children ... from May 1991 to April 1994, briefly returned in February 1995 and again from June 2005 until her final appearance on October 14, 2005. She has also acted occasionally on the big-screen, and is well-known in this capacity for her role of Lisa McDowell, Eddie Murphy's love interest in the comedy Coming to America. Headley co-starred in an episode of Miami Vice in 1984 & on Andy Griffith's Matlock series in 1990 playing a model. The episode entitled, The Cover Girl, aired on November 20, 1990. In 1997, she had a leading role in the short-lived FOX ensemble drama 413 Hope St. Headley also made a cameo appearance in Will Smith's "Wild Wild West" music video and also starred in Blackstreet's video "Before I Let You Go". In 2004, her role was of Mack Johnson's (portrayed by Steve Harvey) wife, Jacqueline in Johnson Family Vacation Headley also portrayed Felicia Boudreau on Guiding Light from November 2001 until May 2002. Headley was married to rapper/actor Christopher "Play" Martin from May 1993 and got divorced in June 1995. In April 1994, Headley gave birth to a son, Skyler Martin. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Coming 2 America

Coming 2 America

2021

as Lisa

Three's Complicated

Three's Complicated

2019

as Imani

Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween

Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween

2018

as Mrs. Carter

I Really Hate My Ex

I Really Hate My Ex

2015

as Wendy

The Congregation

The Congregation

2014

as Maple

Act Like You Love Me

Act Like You Love Me

2013

as Tiana

Johnson Family Vacation

Johnson Family Vacation

2004

as Jacqueline

The Preacher's Wife

The Preacher's Wife

1996

as Arlene Chattan

Kojak: None So Blind

Kojak: None So Blind

1990

as Trish

Kojak: Ariana

Kojak: Ariana

1989

as Trish Van Hogan

Coming to America

Coming to America

1988

as Lisa McDowell

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Tyler Perry's The Haves and the Have Nots

as D.A. Jennifer Sallison

Episodes: 198

First Aired: May 28, 2013

413 Hope St.

as Juanita Barnes

Episodes: 10

First Aired: Sep 11, 1997

On Becoming a God in Central Florida

as Harmony

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Aug 25, 2019

The Wayans Bros.

as Dawn

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 11, 1995

Star

as Houston Connelly

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Dec 14, 2016

House

as Dr. Arlene Marks

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 16, 2004

Castle

as Nicole Cameron

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 09, 2009

Half & Half

as Barbara

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 23, 2002

Veronica Mars

as Vanessa Hamilton

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 22, 2004

One on One

as Pamela

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 03, 2001

Walker, Texas Ranger

as Vanessa St. John

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 21, 1993

Quantum Leap

as Violet Walters

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 26, 1989

Gideon Oliver

as Zina Oliver

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 20, 1989

Love Boat: The Next Wave

as Barbara

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 13, 1998

Switched at Birth

as Gwendolyn Berdick

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 06, 2011

The Cosby Show

as Mrs. Dubois

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1984

Matlock

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Mar 03, 1986

Miami Vice

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 16, 1984

New York Undercover

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 08, 1994

Switched at Birth

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 06, 2011

Celebrity Ghost Stories

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 03, 2009

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