Tami Roman
Roman in 2018
Born	Tamisha Akbar (1970-04-17)April 17, 1970 (age 54)[1] Mount Vernon, New York, U.S.
Nationality	American
Other names	Tami Anderson
Occupations	Television personality model actress singer rapper
Years active	1993–present
Spouses	Kenny Anderson ​ ​ (m. 1994; div. 2001)​ Reggie Youngblood ​ ​ (m. 2018)​
Children	2
Website	officialtamiroman.com

Tamisha Akbar (born April 17, 1970^[1]), known professionally asTami Roman, is an American television personality, model, actress, singer, businesswoman and producer. She first gained fame onThe Real World: Los Angeles in 1993.^[2] After making appearances and landing supporting roles in various television shows and films in the 1990s and 2000s, she became one of the breakout stars ofVH1'sBasketball Wives (2010–2019).^[3] Roman later starred in the television seriesThe Family Business (2018–present),Truth Be Told (2019–2023),Haus of Vicious (2022-present) andThe Ms. Pat Show (2021–present).

During her time onThe Real World: Los Angeles, Roman formed her own "En Vogue-esque" R&B girl group quartet calledReality.^[4] Roman herself was one of the members (alongside Monique Johnson, Donyell Floyd, and Carlett Martin), and the rapper of the group as well. The group would subsequently sign a record contract withMercury Records, and Roman changed the group's name fromReality toFemale. Upon signing, they were offered the opportunity to join other African-American girl groups in recording the remake of R&B singerJoi's song "Freedom" for the motion picture soundtrack album,Panther.^[5] The song featured other R&B girl groups such as En Vogue,SWV,TLC,For Real,Xscape,Brownstone,Y?N-Vee, andChanging Faces alongside solo vocalists such asMary J. Blige,Monica andAaliyah.^[6] Roman's group also participated in cover versions of "If I Were Your Woman" and "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" byAretha Franklin for the film. Unfortunately, no group album materialized after the release of the film soundtrack.

After securing and subsequently losing an acting role in 1991 classicBoyz n the Hood, Roman reportedly began taking acting classes from notable actress and directorChip Fields.^[7] Fields would later assist Roman to parlay her TV fame into a legitimate acting career.^[7] Roman gained more fame as she appeared as the dealer on the 2001 revival ofCard Sharks, and on several other shows, including an episode ofOne on One (season 3, episode 4) and BET’s original tv series,The Parkers, as Dina (season 1, episode 14). In 2010, Roman became one of the main cast members on theVH1 reality seriesBasketball Wives. She was then cast on theBasketball Wives spinoffBasketball Wives LA, starting with the fourth season in 2015. Roman appeared on two episodes of the CBS showExtant. Roman could also be heard onTami Roman's Love Talk & Hot Jamz with advice columnist and rapperWillie D of theGeto Boys and Reggie Youngblood. The show aired on Houston'sKCOH Radio. Roman and her boyfriend Reggie Youngblood appeared onMarriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars for its third season, which premiered May 29, 2015. Roman plans to release both hair and cosmetic lines.^[8]

After Roman released a series of parody short films titled "Bonnet Chronicles" on Instagram, the videos were produced into a scripted series onTIDAL in 2018.^[9]

In 2018, Roman was cast as London Duncan-Grant in theBET crime drama series,The Family Business. In 2019, she had a recurring role oppositeVanessa Bell Calloway in theBounce TV prime time soap opera,Saints & Sinners.^[10] Later that year, Roman joined the cast ofApple TV+ drama series,Truth Be Told starring oppositeOctavia Spencer. The series ended in 2023. In 2021, Roman was cast in theBET+ comedy series,The Ms. Pat Show starring comedianMs. Pat, playing her sister, Denise.^[11] Roman almost didn’t get the part because Ms. Pat refused to have any reality TV stars a part of her cast. Although Ms. Pat Show’s executive producer, Jordan Cooper, wrote Denise with Roman in mind based on her popularBonnet Chronicles.^[12] Also in 2021, Roman founded production company Roman Ramsey Productions.^[13] Her first project was the talk-showGet Into It with Tami Roman forFox Soul.^[14]

In 2022, Roman starred and executive produced the BET drama series,Haus of Vicious.^[15] Later that year she had a supporting role in the drama filmBid For Love for BET+.^[16] In 2023, Roman produced and went to star in the Lifetime thriller filmGirl in the Closet playing the role of sadistic and evil aunt of title character.^[17][18] Also in 2023, Roman starred and executive produced the BET+ filmsWhatever It Takes andSo Fly Christmas.^[19][20]

Roman has been married twice and has two children. On August 26, 1993, Roman married NBA playerKenny Anderson and together they had two daughters, Lyric Chanel (b. 1994) and Jazz Lauren (b. 1996). Roman and Anderson later divorced in February 2001.^[21] Roman met and started dating Reggie Youngblood in 2013. They got married on August 17, 2018 in Las Vegas, which was documented on their spinoff special "Tami Ever After".^[22]

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