Jasmine Guy | A Different World

Among the many actors who became famous thanks to their time in A Different World, Jasmine Guy is one of them. She started playing the role of Whitley Gilbert-Wayne in The Cosby Show spin-off when the series start in 1987. She continued to play the role for six seasons until the series ended in 1993. For her performance, she won six NAACP Image Awards consecutively. In recent years, she has appeared in The Vampire Diaries, Dead Like Me, and Grey’s Anatomy.

Outside of her career, she was once married to Terrence Duckett for a decade, from 1998 to 2008, with whom she shares a daughter with. In addition, she has been known for her close friendship with the iconic rapper Tupac Shakur. She appeared in Shakur’s music video for his song Temptations. The guy is also credited for penning Afeni Shakur’s biography.