Tia Mowry
Mowry in 2017
Born	Tia Dashon Mowry (1978-07-06)July 6, 1978 (age 46) Gelnhausen,Hesse,West Germany
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Pepperdine University (BS)
Occupations	Actress producer author entrepreneur television personality singer
Years active	1990–present
Spouse	Cory Hardrict ​ ​ (m. 2008; div. 2023)​
Children	2
Relatives	Tamera Mowry (twin sister) Tahj Mowry (brother)

Tia Dashon Mowry (/mɔːri/; July 6, 1978) is an American actress. She first gained recognition for her starring role as Tia Landry in the sitcomSister, Sister (1994–1999), opposite her twin sisterTamera Mowry. The sisters then starred together in the fantasy comedy filmSeventeen Again (2000) and voiced the LaBelle sisters in the animated seriesDetention (1999–2000). The two also starred in theDisney Channel Original MovieTwitches (2005) and its sequel,Twitches Too (2007). They were featured in the reality seriesTia & Tamera from 2011 to 2013.

Mowry voiced Sasha in the animated seriesBratz (2005–2006). She starred asMelanie Barnett in the comedy-drama seriesThe Game (2006–2012, 2015), Stephanie Phillips in the sitcomInstant Mom (2013–2015) and Cocoa McKellan in the sitcomFamily Reunion (2019–2022).

Mowry had starring roles in the teen comedy filmThe Hot Chick (2002), the musical comedy filmThe Mistle-Tones (2012), the romantic comedy filmBaggage Claim (2013) and the drama filmIndivisible (2018).

Mowry and her sister, Tamera, formed a singing group in the early 1990s calledVoices. The group debuted their first single, "Yeah, Yeah, Yeah!", in 1992 and it charted at No. 72 on theBillboard Hot 100.

Tia Dashon Mowry was born inGelnhausen,West Germany, on July 6, 1978. Her mother, Darlene Renée Mowry (née Flowers), managed her children's careers when they were in the groupVoices and also worked as a security guard. Her father, Timothy John Mowry, was in theU.S. Army at the time of her birth and later became a correctional officer with the City ofGlendale Police Department, when the family moved toCalifornia.^[1][2]

Her father is of British and Irish ancestry and her mother is of Afro-Bahamian descent.^[3][4] Her parents met in high school, inMiami, Florida. Both joined the U.S. Army and eventually reached the rank of Sergeant.^[5] Her family is "close-knit" and "very spiritual,"^[2] as the sisters becameborn-again Christians when they were eight.^[6]

Tia is two minutes younger than her twin sister,Tamera.^[7] Tamera was born first, at 4:30pm, followed by Tia at 4:32pm.^{[citation needed]} She also has two younger brothers, actorTahj Mowry and musician Tavior Mowry, who played college football forUniversity of California, Davis.

Mowry and her sister began entering pageants and talent shows while their family was stationed atFort Hood, Texas. Mowry's mom Darlene removed the twins from the early 90s R&B girl groupVoices after a disagreement with management prior to the release of their debut album. At age 12, they convinced their mother to move to California with them so they could pursue acting. She agreed, on the condition that they land an acting job within the first month of their stay. In 1990, their family moved to California permanently, settling in Los Angeles, and she and her sister began appearing in commercials and small roles.

She is well known for playing Tia Landry, a twin separated at birth and reunited with her sister as a teenager in the showSister, Sister. The series was developed for them after a producer spotted them on the set ofFull House, a show on which their brother made regular appearances.Sister, Sister was initially onABC but was cancelled by the network after two years and picked up byThe WB, where it ran for another four years. During its run, they guest-starred on theSister, Sister crossover episode ofThe Jamie Foxx Show and appeared on an episode of their brotherTahj Mowry's sitcomSmart Guy and did voice-over work for theKids' WB seriesDetention.

After the show ended, both Mowry and her sister studiedpsychology atPepperdine University. She also went to Europe to study humanities and Italian for a period.^[8] Both she and her sister appeared in theRob Schneider comedy filmThe Hot Chick, playing cheerleaders. Mowry also did voice-overs for the4KidsTV cartoonBratz as the voice of Sasha. In 2005, Mowry and her sister both starred in theDisney Channel Original MovieTwitches and reprised their roles in its sequel,Twitches Too and before co-starred in the 2000 movieSeventeen Again. Tia also appeared on an episode of her sister's television show,Strong Medicine, in January 2006, playing the role of Keisha, the twin sister of Tamera Mowry's character, Dr. Kayla Thornton. Mowry has a starring role in theBET television seriesThe Game asMelanie Barnett. Mowry has been nominated for aTeen Choice Award and anNAACP Image Award for best actress in a comedy.

In theBlue's Clues episode "Blue's Birthday", Mowry and her sister make a cameo appearance as two of the celebrities wishing Blue a happy birthday. Their only line is said in unison: "Happy Birthday, Blue!" Beginning in July 2011, theStyle Network began airingTia & Tamera, a reality show which follows the day-to-day lives of the twins; Tia being pregnant and Tamera planning her wedding. Mowry and her sister are both singers. They have showcased their vocal abilities on episodes ofSister Sister, including covers of "You Can't Hurry Love", "Amazing Grace" and "I'm Going Down", which Tamera performed. They also sang the theme song during season five and six.

In May 2012, Mowry published her first book,Oh, Baby: Pregnancy Tales and Advice from One Hot Mama to Another, about her pregnancy and being a working mother.^[9] In May 2012, Mowry revealed on Twitter that she would not be returning toThe Game, for a sixth season. From 2013 to 2015 she starred in theNickMom/Nick at Nite seriesInstant Mom.^[10]

From 2015 to 2017, Mowry starred in herCooking Channel seriesTia Mowry at Home,^[11] where she made everything from macaroni and cheese, cake, pie, curry chicken, collard greens, shakshuka, potato, galette and various types of cocktails. Some of her guest stars included herThe Game co-stars Hosea Sanchez, Wendy Raquel Robinson, and Brittany Daniel, as well asLilly Singh from YouTube and singerKelly Rowland.

In 2016, Mowry started a podcast onPodcastOne calledMostly Mom with Tia Mowry.^[12] On April 29, 2016, she appeared with hertwin sister on the daytime talk showThe Real, where she promoted her new bookTwintution. Since 2019, she has starred on the Netflix comedy series,Family Reunion. The show has been nominated for Outstanding Children's Program three years in a row at theNAACP Image Awards, winning in 2020 and 2021.^[13]

In September 2021, Mowry released her second cookbook,The Quick Fix Kitchen, published byRodale Books.^[14] The book includes mealtime hacks, tips to bring joy and balance to the kitchen and easy, delicious and healthy recipes the entire family will love. In 2021, Tia partnered with Gibson to release an extensive homeware collection,Spice! by Tia Mowry.^[15] In 2023, Mowry launched a haircare line named4u by Tia.

Mowry met actorCory Hardrict on the set of their film,Hollywood Horror.^[16] The two dated for six years, then became engaged on Christmas Day 2006.^[17] They married in California on April 20, 2008.^[18] On January 11, 2011,People announced that Mowry and Hardrict were expecting their first child; Mowry made the announcement herself on106 & Park. The pregnancy was documented on the showTia & Tamera featuring her sister,Tamera Mowry, on theStyle Network.^[19] She gave birth to a son in 2011.^{[20][21][22][23]} On November 8, 2017, Mowry announced that she was pregnant with her second child,^[24] a girl.^[25] Their daughter was born in 2018.^[26][23][27]

On October 4, 2022, Mowry announced via her Instagram account that she and Hardrict were separating after 14 years of marriage due toirreconcilable differences.^[28]In April 2023, Mowry and Hardrict finalized their divorce after 15 years of marriage.^[29]

• 1998: Inducted into theNickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards Hall of Fame with her sisterTamera Mowry

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