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My Take
Jasmine Guy is the rare performer who can genuinely do it all: stage, television, film, voice work, singing, dancing. Her Whitley Gilbert on A Different World is the heart of why I rate her, taking a haughty, privileged character and making her beloved enough to win four straight NAACP Image Awards from 1990 to 1993. That is not luck, that is craft, the ability to find warmth inside a role that could easily have been insufferable. I have a soft spot for triple-threats who make versatility look effortless, and Guy belongs firmly in that company.
Overview
Jasmine Chanel Guy (born March 10, 1962) is an American actress, singer, dancer, and director. She portrayed Dina in the 1988 film School Daze and Whitley Gilbert-Wayne on the NBC The Cosby Show spin-off A Different World, which originally ran from 1987 to 1993. Guy won four consecutive NAACP Image Awards from 1990 through 1993 for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for her role on the show.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Jasmine Guy
- Name (Japanese)
- ジャスミン・ガイ
- Reading
- じゃすみん・がい
- Born
- March 10, 1962 (age 64)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Tiger
- Origin
- Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- stage actor / television actor / film actor / voice actor / singer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- North Atlanta High School
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 1990 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series
- 1991 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series
- 1992 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series
- 1993 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | A Different World | — |
6. Links
- Official sitehttps://www.iamjasmineguy.com
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasmine%20Guy
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.