Birthday: April 17.
Birthplace: Los Angeles.
Occupation: Actress.
Current home: Los Angeles.
Marital status: Single.
Car: A black 1992 Saab convertible.
Working on: I’m in the movie “Waiting to Exhale,” with Whitney Houston, which comes out in the fall, and I’m in “The Wayan Brothers” on the Warner Brothers network.
The last good movie I saw: “French Kiss.”
I stay home to watch: E! and “Entertainment Tonight.”
Favorite pig-out food: Chunky Monkey ice cream from Ben & Jerry.
Nickname: Chonie.
Favorite performer: Meg Ryan. She does the type of roles I’d like to do.
Personal heroes: Growing up, I looked up to single black women who had careers and did it by themselves, people like Diana Ross and Diahann Carroll.
People always think I’m: Robin Givens.
Nobody knows I’m: Very athletic and a tomboy at heart.
I wish I could control: My sweet tooth.
I’m better than anyone else when it comes to: Being right.
If I could do it over I’d: Change absolutely nothing. I believe in fate. How can I regret what God has planned for me?
I’d give anything to meet: Bill Clinton and a few studio executives.
My fantasy is: I’m walking along the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival.
The best advice my mother ever gave me: “You know what, little girl, you’re good at everything, but you excel at nothing. You need to make up your mind what you want to do.” But I was only 8 years old and I remained scattered.
People in high school thought I was: Stuck up.
If I wasn’t an actress, I’d be: A TV journalist.
Most humbling experience: Living through the earthquake . It let me know that things are not important. If you have your health, you’ll be fine.
Three words that best describe me: Strong, ambitious and determined.
