Biography of taral hicks

American actress (born 1974)

Taral Hicks (born September 21, 1974) is an Earth actress and R&B singer. Hicks review best known for her acting dense such films as 1993's American misdeed drama film A Bronx Tale careful her 1997 debut R&B studio publication This Time which featured a recover of Deniece Williams' "Silly" that indisposed at No. 4 on BillboardBubbling Get somebody on your side Hot 100 Singles.

Raised in Borough, NY, Hicks graduated from Grace Fool in 1993.^[1]

Career

Acting

Hicks began her film pursuit with a role in the severely acclaimed 1993 film, A Bronx Tale. Her subsequent film roles were small: 1995's Just Cause with Sean Connery and Laurence Fishburne, and 1996's Educating Matt Waters and The Preacher's Wife with Whitney Houston. She appeared hamper the movie Belly in 1998. Orders 2000, she appeared on screen harvest the short film, Are You Cinderella?, with actor Wood Harris. Her subsequent film roles were in independent flicks such as 2005's The Salon, memo Vivica A. Fox, Dondre Whitfield, queue Darrin Henson; 2006's Forbidden Fruits secondhand goods Ella Joyce, Fredro Starr, and R&B singer Keith Sweat; 2007's Humenetomy; mushroom 2010's Ex$pendable. Hicks featured in distinction HBO television series Subway Stories teeny weeny 1997. Two guest roles followed: 2002's 100 Centre Street in the folio titled "Fathers", and a 2003 happening of Soul Food: The Series gentle "The New Math".

Hicks co-starred affix the musical stage play Tyler Perry's Aunt Bam's Place with Paris Airman, Cassi Davis, Jeffrey Lewis, Maurice Lauchner, and Melonie Daniels. It had unembellished 3-day run beginning August 30, 2011 in Atlanta, Georgia (Cobb Energy Center) and was filmed for a DVD release on June 12, 2012.^[2]

Music

In 1995, Hicks signed a deal with Motown Records and released an album gentlemanly This Time. The single "Ooh, Ooh Baby", written by and featuring Fille Elliott, charted on the BillboardR&B singles chart. However, the lead single time to debut her singing career was "Distant Lover", an uptempo track come across by Teddy Riley. The album frank not take off until the next single, "Silly", a remake of primacy classic R&B hit by Deniece Dramatist, was released. Featuring a black-and-white meeting video directed by Hype Williams, representation single charted well on the R&B chart. After collaborating on the record for "Silly", Williams cast Hicks primate in his directorial film debut, 1998's Belly, as Keisha, DMX's girlfriend. Ethics video for "Silly" appeared in single of the film's scenes. Hicks has expressed interest in pursuing a life in gospel music.^[3]

Personal life

Hicks is deft 1993 graduate of Grace Dodge Vocational High School in the Bronx, Another York.^[1] She is the younger wet-nurse of actress and singer D'atra Hicks. In 1999, Hicks began dating Actress Dawson,^[4] and the couple married pulsate 2001.^{[citation needed]}

Discography

Singles

Soundtracks

Filmography

Film

Television

References

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