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My Take
Tia Mowry interests me less as one half of a famous twin act and more as a study in longevity. Plenty of child stars burn bright and vanish, but she stacked Kids' Choice wins as a kid and then kept earning NAACP Image Awards well into adulthood, including for children's programming. That second act is the hard part, and she navigated it with a steadiness I respect more than any flash of early fame. Staying genuinely beloved across decades is never an accident. To me she's proof that durability in this business is its own kind of talent, quietly earned.
Overview
Tia Dashon Mowry (; July 6, 1978) is an American actress. She first gained recognition for her starring role as Tia Landry in the sitcom Sister, Sister (1994–1999), opposite her twin sister Tamera Mowry. The sisters then starred together in the fantasy comedy film Seventeen Again (2000) and voiced the LaBelle sisters in the animated series Detention (1999–2000).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Tia Mowry
- Name (Japanese)
- ティア・モーリー=ハードリクト
- Reading
- てぃあ・もーりー=はーどりくと
- Born
- July 6, 1978 (age 47)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Horse
- Origin
- Gelnhausen, Darmstadt Government Region, Germany
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 165 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / model / television actor / film actor / voice actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Birmingham High School
- University
- Pepperdine University
Awards & achievements
- 1999 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series
- 2000 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series
- 2020 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Children's Program
- 2021 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Children's Program
- 2022 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Children's Program
- 1995 Kids' Choice Award for Favorite TV Actress
- 1996 Kids' Choice Award for Favorite TV Actress
- 1997 Kids' Choice Award for Favorite TV Actress
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | Sister, Sister | — | |
| Notable work | Twitches | — | |
| Notable work | The Game | — | |
| Notable work | Twitches Too | — | |
| Notable work | Tia & Tamera | — | |
| Notable work | Instant Mom | — |
6. Links
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/tiamowry/
- Xhttps://x.com/TiaMowry
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tia%20Mowry
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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.