Jackée Harry: Last News

she became the second Black actress to win the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, 35 years after Jackée Harry became the first to do so in 1987. Harry, who won the Emmy for playing Sandra on the NBC comedy series celebrated Ralph's Emmy win with a touching Instagram post where she detailed the  star's monumental moment. «Winning my Emmy was a career highlight, but it was also a lonely experience. For 35 years I’ve been the only black woman to win Outstanding Supporting Actresses in a Comedy Series.

The iconic 90s sitcom Sister Sister has marked its 30th anniversary, with the stars reflecting fondly back on their time on the show. Fans will remember the US series, which launched in 1994, starring identical twin sisters Tia Landry and Tamera Campbell who were separated at birth, only to be reunited as teenagers. The sisters are twins in real life with the surname, Mowry but Tamera has since married and now goes by the surname of Mowry-Housley.

Charna Flam Lifetime’s spring slate of movies kicks off on March 4 with eight new movies premiering back-to-back through April 15. The network today announced the addition of six original films to accompany, “Black Girl Missing” starring Garcelle Beauvais (also of “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills) and “Pride: A Seven Deadly Sins Story,” which will premiere on March 4 and April 8, respectively. The six additional originals — “Girl in the Closet,” “The Hillsdale Adoption Scam,” “Twisted Sister,” “Every Breath She Takes,” “Giving Hope: The Ni’cola Mitchell Story” and “Drunk, Driving, and 17” — have a slew of stars joining the projects, including Tami Roman, Remy Ma, Jackée Harry, Tisha Campbell, Tamala Jones, Mena Suvari, Joy Nash and Keshia Knight Pulliam.

Reba and , there's undeniable humor and characters I adore but there isn't a bone-deep connection that reflects back to me the familiarity and warmth of where I come from. To be honest, I never thought I needed a show like that. As a Southern Black woman, I've grown accustomed, even numb, to not seeing myself and my cultural experiences on screen.

Jackée Harry is a legendary sitcom star — thanks to her iconic roles on and -- but as it turns out, the actress originally had her sights set on a much different career path!Harry sat down with Nischelle Turner as part of ET's celebration of Iconic TV Moms this Mother's Day — «I'll take icon,» she quipped -- where she revealed that she originally wanted nothing to do with comedic roles, having gotten her start in serious theater.«I wanted to do drama… I wanted to win an Oscar, to tell you the truth, that's how I thought of myself in those days,» she recalled with a laugh. «I really thought of myself as being all that and a bag of chips.»Even after landing her breakout role as nosy neighbor Sandra Clark on, Harry remembered, she still didn't think sitcoms were for her.«I didn't intend to be out here in L.A. for longer than seven shows,» she said of the series' initial run.