Haitian-American Garcelle Beauvais’ 40 Years of Modeling and Acting from 1986 - 2023!
Garcelle Beauvais portrayed her first acting role in the romantic comedy film Coming to America at age 19
Garcelle Beauvais formerly Beauvais-Nilon; born November 26, 1966 is a Haitian-American actress and television personality. She is best known for her starring roles in the sitcom The Jamie Foxx Show and the crime drama series NYPD Blue. She also appeared in the films Coming to America (1988) and its sequel (2021), White House Down (2013), and Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017). In 2020, Beauvais became a main cast member of the reality television series The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. She also co-hosted the daytime talk show The Real alongside Adrienne Bailon, Loni Love, and Jeannie Mai from 2020 to 2022 for its final two seasons.
Beauvais was born in Saint-Marc, Haiti, to Marie-Claire Beauvais, a nurse, and Axel Jean Pierre, a lawyer. After her parents divorced when she was three years old, she moved with her mother to the United States at age seven along with her six elder siblings and settled in Peabody, Massachusetts where she enrolled in elementary school. Upon her arrival to the United States, Beauvais originally only spoke French and Creole but learned English from watching Sesame Street on television.
Beauvais has had so many roles, there is not enough room to list them here.
She first appeared in the television series Miami Vice in episode 18
Beauvais moved to Miami at 16 in an attempt to pursue a career in modeling. After driving down from Massachusetts, Beauvais hoped to interview for a modeling agency without an appointment. She was approached at a red light while putting on lipstick by the very owner of the agency she sought to see. After modeling with this agency for about a year, Beauvais, at 17, went to New York City to pursue a career as a fashion model, after signing with the Ford agency living with Eileen Ford, and later modeling with Irene Marie Models. She modeled print ads for Avon, Mary Kay, and Clairol and in catalogs for Lerner New York Clothing Line, Neiman Marcus, and Nordstrom and walked the runway for Calvin Klein and Isaac Mizrahi and also shot TV commercials for Burdines.
Beauvais has appeared on the covers of numerous luxury lifestyle and fashion magazines such as CVLUX,Harper's Bazaar,Sheen Magazine,People's Health issue,VIVmag, Essence, Ebony, Jet, Playboy,Vibe and Hype Hair.In 2017, she was featured on five different magazine covers.In June 2019, she appeared in an editorial for Vogue Italia.
Garcelle Beauvais Loves Her 3 Kids
"As much as I love what I have accomplished so far as an actress, I have to say that being a mom — with all of its challenges and rewards — has been the best role of my life," Beauvais wrote, adding that she was the youngest of seven children and her mom has 25 grandchildren.
"I always wanted to have kids, and when I dreamed about my future, I pictured having a boy first and then a girl — the perfect nuclear family," she continued. "Well, we can't always have it our way. But I have to say, I got really lucky!"
Oliver was born in New York City in 1991 when Garcelle was very young. Jax Joseph and twin brother Jaid Thomas were born in 2007. The baby is Oliver’s.
