Tyra Ferrell

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Tyra Ferrell (born March 29, 1962) is an American actress. Ferrell was born in Houston, Texas. She moved from Houston to New York after high school and began her career on stage including roles on Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music (1981) and Ain't Misbehavin on Broadway. She made her screen debut in a small role in the 1981 comedy film So Fine, and later appeared in Lady Beware, School Daze, The Mighty Quinn, and The Exorcist III. On television, she guest-starred in Hill Street Blues, The Twilight Zone, and Quantum Leap, and had recurring roles on Square One Television, The Bronx Zoo, and Thirtysomething. In 1990, Ferrell was regular cast member on the short-lived CBS sitcom City starring Valerie Harper. In 1991, Ferrell played supporting roles in the films Boyz n the Hood and Jungle Fever. In the same year, she was listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1991" in John A. Willis' Screen World. The following year, she starred alongside Wesley Snipes in the comedy film White Men Can't Jump, and later had supporting roles in Equinox, Poetic Justice and The Perfect Score. Ferrell also played the leading role alongside Mare Winningham in the 1993 Lifetime Television movie Better Off Dead. In 1994, she had the recurring role as Dr. Sarah Langworthy during the first season of the NBC medical drama ER, and from 1996 to 1997 she co-starred alongside Corbin Bernsen on the syndicated science fiction series The Cape. In 2000, Ferrell co-starred alongside Khandi Alexander in the HBO miniseries The Corner. She later guest-starred on Soul Food, The Shield and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. In 2004, she was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special for her role in the ABC television film NTSB: The Crash of Flight 323. She returned to acting ten years later with the leading role in Tasha Smith's directorial debut, Boxed In. In 2015, Ferrell was cast in a recurring role on the second season of Fox's prime-time soap opera Empire.

Known For: Acting

Born: Houston, Texas, USA, 1962-03-29

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1981	So Fine	Receptionist	48
2	1986	Are You My Mother?	Tracy	0
3	1987	Lady Beware	Nan	58
4	1987	Nuts	Cell Woman #2	63
5	1988	School Daze	Tasha	57
6	1989	The Mighty Quinn	Isola	61
7	1989	The Neon Empire	Samantha	10
8	1990	The Exorcist III	Nurse Blaine	63
9	1991	Jungle Fever	Orin Goode	64
10	1991	Boyz n the Hood	Mrs. Baker	76
11	1992	You Must Remember This	Ricki Sewell	0
12	1992	White Men Can't Jump	Rhonda Deane	66
13	1992	Equinox	Sonya Kirk	56
14	1993	Ulterior Motives	Receptionist	40
15	1993	Better Off Dead.	Cutter Dubuque	38
16	1993	Poetic Justice	Jessie	69
17	2004	The Perfect Score	Desmond's Mother	58
18	2015	Boxed in	Gayle	0
19	2019	The Bobby Debarge Story	Etterlene DeBarge	57
20	2020	A New York Christmas Wedding	Alison Wilks	57

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1981	Hill Street Blues		76
2	1984	Hunter	Marguerite Montero	72
3	1985	Moonlighting	Hooker	75
4	1985	The Twilight Zone	Maid (segment "Dead Woman's Shoes")	78
5	1987	The Bronx Zoo		50
6	1987	Full House	Miss Petrie	75
7	1987	thirtysomething		63
8	1989	Quantum Leap	Delilah 'Lila' Berry	80
9	1989	The Neon Empire	Samantha	0
10	1990	City		0
11	1990	The Trials of Rosie O'Neill	Loni Sanders	53
12	1994	ER	Sarah Langworthy	78
13	1996	The Cape	Mission Specialist Tamara St. James	77
14	1996	Early Edition	Dr. Marks	73
15	1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Bethany Taylor	79
16	2000	The Corner		77
17	2000	Soul Food	Frances Lester	70
18	2002	The Shield	Karen Mitchell	81
19	2014	Chicago P.D.	Mrs. Burton	84

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