Shari Headley, the youngest of four children, began her college education studying pre-med. After winning a Ford Modeling Agency contest, Shari decided to drop medicine and pursued a career in acting and modeling. Since her big break, appearing with Eddie Murphy in Coming to America, Shari has appeared on screen in movies as well as television. No stranger to daytime television, Headley has appeared on a handful of soaps and played very different characters. As Detective Mimi Reed on All My Children, Headley received an Image Award nomination.
Shari now lives in Queens, NY, with her son Skyler.
The Bold and the Beautiful
Heather Engle
December 27, 2004 to
February 18, 2005
Guiding Light
Felicia Boudreau
August 30, 2001 to
March 7, 2002
The Wayans Bros.
Dawn
Episodes 5.18 "Crazy 4 You" and 5.23 "Three on a Couch"
For Your Love
Maya
Episode 2.6 "The Sister Act"
Malcolm & Eddie
Veronica
Episode 3.4 "Twisted Sisters"
The Love Boat: The Next Wave
Barbara
Episode 1.1 "Smoot Sailing
413 Hope St.
Juanita Barnes
1997
Cosby
Nude Model
Episode 1.9 "No Nudes Is Good Nudes"
Walker, Texas Ranger
Vanessa St. John
Episode 4.20 "Behind the Badge"
New York Undercover
Leanne
Episode 2.4 "Brotherhood"
All My Children
Mimi Reed
1991-1994; 1995;
June 15, 2005 to
October 14, 2005
Matlock
Carla Royce
Episode 5.9 "The Cover Girl"
Quantum Leap
Violet Walters
Episode 2.18 "Pool Hall Blues"
Kojack: None So Blind
Trish Van Hogan
1990
Kojack: Ariana
Trish Van Hogan
1989
Gideon Oliver
Zina
1989
Miami Vice
Cindy
Episode 2.18 "French Twist"
A Woman Like That
1997
The Preacher's Wife
Arlene Chattan
1996
Coming to America
Lisa McDowell
1988
Image Awards Nomination, Outstanding Actress In a Daytime Drama (1993)
DATE OF BIRTH: July 15, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH: Brooklyn, NY
HAIR: Black
HEIGHT: 5'8"