# Garcelle Beauvais

Garcelle Beauvais (French pronunciation:, formerly Beauvais-Nilon; born November 26, 1966) is a Haitian-American actress and television personality. She is best known for her starring roles in the sitcom The Jamie Foxx Show and the crime drama series NYPD Blue. She also appeared in the films Coming to America (1988) and its sequel, Coming 2 America (2021), White House Down (2013), and Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017).
In 2020, Beauvais became a part of the main cast on the reality television series The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. She also co-hosted the daytime talk show The Real (2020–2022) alongside Adrienne Bailon, Loni Love, and Jeannie Mai for its final two seasons.

## Early life

Beauvais was born in Saint-Marc, Haiti to Marie-Claire Beauvais, a nurse, and Axel Jean Pierre, a lawyer. Her parents divorced when she was 3 years old, and when she was 7 she moved with her mother and six older siblings to the United States and they settled in Peabody, Massachusetts, where she enrolled in elementary school. Upon her arrival to the United States, Beauvais originally only spoke French and Creole, but learned English from watching Sesame Street on television.

## Career
### Modeling

Beauvais moved to Miami at 16 to pursue a career in modeling. After driving down from Massachusetts, Beauvais hoped to interview for a modeling agency without an appointment. She was approached at a red light while putting on lipstick by the very owner of the agency she sought to see. After modeling with this agency for about a year, Beauvais, at 17, went to New York City to pursue a career as a fashion model, after signing with the Ford agency living with Eileen Ford and later modeled with Irene Marie Models. She modeled print ads for Avon, Mary Kay, and Clairol and in catalogs for Lerner New York Clothing Line, Neiman Marcus, and Nordstrom and walked the runway for Calvin Klein and Isaac Mizrahi and also shot TV commercials for Burdines.
Beauvais has appeared on the covers of numerous luxury lifestyle and fashion magazines such as CVLUX, Harper's Bazaar, Sheen Magazine, People's Health issue, VIVmag, Essence, Ebony, Jet, Playboy, Vibe and Hype Hair. In 2017, she was featured on five different magazine covers. In June 2019, she appeared in an editorial for Vogue Italia.

### Film and television

In 1984, she made her first television appearance in the crime drama series Miami Vice, in the episode "Give a Little, Take a Little". Beauvais portrayed a rose-bearer in the romantic comedy film Coming to America (1988) at age 19. In 1994, she rose to prominence as an actress for her portrayal of Cynthia Nichols in Aaron Spelling's prime time soap opera Models Inc. From 1996 to 2001, she co-starred in The Jamie Foxx Show as hotel employee Francesca "Fancy" Monroe and the love interest of Jamie Foxx's character, Jamie King.
From 2001 to 2004, she played Assistant District Attorney Valerie Heywood and the love interest of Detective Baldwin Jones, played by Henry Simmons, on NYPD Blue. In 2011 and 2012, Beauvais played Hanna Linden on the TNT law drama Franklin & Bash. In 2013, Beauvais portrayed the First Lady opposite Foxx as the President in the action thriller film White House Down. In 2017, she played the role of Doris Toomes, wife of Michael Keaton's character, Adrian Toomes, in Spider-Man: Homecoming. She starred in R. Kelly's music video for "Down Low (Nobody Has to Know)", as the wife of Ronald Isley and the lover of R. Kelly, delivering the title line as inducement for an affair. In 2001, after the Jamie Foxx Show ended its run, Beauvais appeared in Luther Vandross' music video, "Take You Out," playing Vandross' girlfriend. She also appeared on some episodes of Grimm as Henrietta. In 2016, Beauvais was named as one of the co-hosts of the syndicated infotainment discussion series Hollywood Today Live, after a month-long period of guest hosting the show.
Beauvais recurred as Veronica Garland, the Wicked Stepmother character from Cinderella, on the second season of the web television series Tell Me a Story. She also portrayed Dennis Quaid's love interest in the web television series Merry Happy Whatever. Beauvais joined the cast of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills as the series' first black cast member during its tenth season, which premiered in April 2020. She began co-hosting the daytime talk show The Real for its seventh season in September 2020. Beauvais reprised her role as a rose bearer in the sequel to the romantic comedy film Coming to America, titled Coming 2 America.
In 2022, Beauvais signed a first-look development deal with NBCUniversal Television and Streaming, via her production company Garcelle Beauvais Productions. That same year, she was cast in the Hulu mystery thriller series The Other Black Girl, a television adaptation of the 2021 novel by Zakiya Dalila Harris. In addition, she starred in TV movies Caught in His Web and Black Girl Missing on Lifetime. In April 2024, Deadline announced that Beauvais will be executive producing three original films for Lifetime channel, saying: "I am so excited and grateful to continue my relationship with Lifetime because they immediately understood the importance of creating this new franchise with the Black Girl Missing movies. Having a network that stands by you and supports your mission gives me hope in humanity."
On August 4, 2024, Beauvais and Keltie Knight hosted the Miss USA 2024 beauty pageant.

### Other ventures

In 2008, Beauvais launched a children's jewelry line called Petit Bijou. In 2013, she published a children's book titled I Am Mixed, which tells the story of twins exploring "the thoughts and emotions of being of mixed ethnicities." She hosts the weekly late-night talk show podcast Going to Bed with Garcelle, in which she discusses dating, sex, and relationships with guests.
Her memoir, Love Me As I Am: My Journey from Haiti to Hollywood to Happiness, co-written with Nicole E. Smith, was published by Amistad on April 12, 2022.

#### Interior design

On July 13, 2022, Beauvais launched a home collection, "Garcelle at Home" on HSN. The collection, inspired by her Haitian heritage, includes comforter sets, lamps, pillows, doormats and other accessories.

## Personal life

She was married to producer Daniel Saunders; their marriage ended in divorce. They have a son, Oliver Saunders, born in 1991. Beauvais married Mike Nilon, a talent agent with Creative Artists Agency, in May 2001. Their twin sons, Jax Joseph and Jaid Thomas Nilon, were born on October 18, 2007. They had dealt with treatment over five years for infertility. In April 2010, Beauvais publicly accused Nilon of infidelity after he admitted he had been having an affair for five years. Beauvais filed for divorce on May 10, 2010, seeking joint custody of their sons.
Beauvais is Catholic.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1986 | Manhunter | Young Woman Housebuyer | |
| 1988 | Coming to America | Rose Bearer | |
| 1994 | Every Breath | Woman #2 | |
| 1999 | Wild Wild West | Girl In Water Tower | |
| 2001 | Double Take | Chloe | |
| 2002 | Bad Company | Nicole | |
| 2002 | Second String | Larissa Fullerton | TV movie |
| 2004 | Barbershop 2: Back in Business | Loretta | |
| 2005 | American Gun | Sarah | |
| 2007 | I Know Who Killed Me | Agent Julie Bascome | |
| 2007 | The Cure | Trudie Ericson | TV movie |
| 2009 | Women in Trouble | Maggie | |
| 2010 | Eyes to See | Marie | Short |
| 2012 | David E. Talbert's Suddenly Single | Samantha Stone | Video |
| 2012 | Flight | Deana Coleman | |
| 2013 | White House Down | Alison Sawyer | |
| 2013 | Someone to Love | Natalie Gilbert | |
| 2014 | Small Time | Linda | |
| 2014 | Girlfriends' Getaway | Vicki Holmes | TV movie |
| 2015 | Back to School Mom | Dee Riley | |
| 2015 | A Girl Like Grace | Lisa | |
| 2015 | Girlfriends Getaway 2 | Vicki Holmes | TV movie |
| 2016 | 7 Days | Herself | Short film |
| 2017 | You Get Me | Principal | |
| 2017 | Spider-Man: Homecoming | Doris Toomes | |
| 2018 | Lalo's House | Sister Francine | Short |
| 2021 | Coming 2 America | Grace | |
| 2022 | Caught in His Web | Detective Holland | TV movie |
| 2023 | Black Girl Missing | Cheryl | TV movie |
| 2024 | Terry McMillan Presents: Tempted by Love | Ava Denis | TV movie |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1984–85 | Miami Vice | Waitress/Gabriella | Episode: "Give a Little, Take a Little" & "The Maze" |
| 1986 | The Cosby Show | Nurse | Episode: "An Early Spring" |
| 1991–96 | Family Matters | Various Roles | Guest Cast: Season 3 & 5-7 |
| 1992 | Down the Shore | Liat | Episode: "Schwing Time" |
| 1992 | Dream On | Danica | Episode: "Red All Over" |
| 1992–95 | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Various Roles | Guest Cast: Season 3 & 5-6 |
| 1993 | Hangin' with Mr. Cooper | Keeler | Episode: "Boy Don't Leave" |
| 1993 | Where I Live | Terry | Episode: "Married... with Children" |
| 1994 | Dead at 21 | Officer | Episode: "In Through the Out Door" |
| 1994–95 | Models Inc. | Cynthia Nichols | Main Cast |
| 1995 | The Wayans Bros. | Rachel | Episode: "Fatal Subtraction" |
| 1996–2001 | The Jamie Foxx Show | Francesca "Fancy" Monroe | Main Cast |
| 1999 | Arli$$ | – | Episode: "The Cult of Celebrity" |
| 2000 | Opposite Sex | Ms. Maya Bradley | Recurring Cast |
| 2001 | Titans | Tina | Episode: "She Stoops to Conquer" |
| 2001–04 | NYPD Blue | A.D.A. Valerie Heywood | Main Cast: Season 8–11 |
| 2002 | Journeys in Black | Herself | Episode: "Luther Vandross" |
| 2003 | I Love the '70s | Herself | Episode: "1970" |
| 2003 | The Bernie Mac Show | Vicki | Episode: "Bernie Mac Rope-a-Dope" |
| 2004 | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Renee | Episode: "The Surrogate" |
| 2004 | Life with Bonnie | Dr. Gamz | Episode: "Therabeautic" |
| 2005 | TV Land's Top Ten | Herself | Episode: "Sexiest Men" |
| 2005 | Eyes | Nora Gage | Main Cast |
| 2006 | 10.5: Apocalypse | Natalie Warner | Episode: "Part 1 & 2" |
| 2006 | CSI: Miami | Katrina Iverson | Episode: "Death Pool 100" |
| 2009 | Maneater | Suzee Saunders | Episode: "Part 1 & 2" |
| 2009 | Crash | Connie | Episode: "Johnny Hit and Run Pauline" |
| 2010 | Harry Loves Lisa | Herself | Episode: "Belle Gray Party" |
| 2010 | Human Target | Vivian Cox | Episode: "Lockdown" |
| 2011 | State of Georgia | Gwen Dressel | Episode: "Foot in the Door" |
| 2011–12 | Franklin & Bash | Hanna Linden | Main Cast: Season 1–2 |
| 2012 | The Exes | Kendra | Episode: "Shall We Dance" |
| 2013 | Kris | Herself/Co-Host | Episode: "Episode #1.8" |
| 2013 | Psych | Miranda Sherrod | Episode: "Dead Air" |
| 2013 | Arrested Development | Ophelia Love | Episode: "Off the Hook" |
| 2013 | Necessary Roughness | Lana Langer | Episode: "Swimming with Sharks" |
| 2014 | Playing House | Dr. Jay | Episode: "Let's Have a Baby" |
| 2014 | The Mentalist | Danitra Cass | Recurring Cast: Season 7 |
| 2015 | The Meredith Vieira Show | Herself/Panelist | Episode: "Episode #1.173" |
| 2015 | The View | Herself/Guest Co-Host | Guest Co-Host: Season 18 |
| 2015 | Grimm | Henrietta | Recurring Cast: Season 4 |
| 2015–17 | Hollywood Today Live | Herself/Co-Host | Main Co-Host |
| 2016 | The Doctors | Herself/Guest Co-Host | Episode: "Episode #9.19" |
| 2016 | Hell's Kitchen | Herself/Restaurant Patron | Episode: "10 Chef's Compete" |
| 2016 | Window Warriors | Herself/Host | Main Host |
| 2016–19 | The Magicians | Our Lady Underground | Recurring Cast: Season 1, Guest: Season 2–4 |
| 2017–18 | Chicago Med | Lyla Dempsey | Guest Cast: Season 2–3 |
| 2018 | RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars | Herself/Guest Judge | Episode: "My Best Squirrelfriend's Dragsmaids Wedding Trip" |
| 2018 | Steve | Herself/Panelist | Recurring Panelist: Season 1 |
| 2018 | The Arrangement | Mason | Recurring Cast: Season 2 |
| 2018 | Power | Linda | Episode: "Are We On The Same Team?" |
| 2019 | Siren | Susan Bishop | Recurring Cast: Season 2 |
| 2019 | Middle School Moguls | Mrs. Pierre (voice) | Recurring Cast |
| 2019 | Merry Happy Whatever | Nancy | Recurring Cast |
| 2019–20 | Tell Me a Story | Veronica Garland | Recurring Cast: Season 2 |
| 2020 | Celebrity Family Feud | Herself | Episode: "Episode #7.2" |
| 2020 | Sugar Rush | Herself/Guest Judge | Episode: "Tropical Vacation" |
| 2020 | Carol's Second Act | Tina | Episode: "Plus One" |
| 2020–22 | The Real | Herself/Co-Host | Main Co-Host: Season 7–8 |
| 2020–present | The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills | Herself | Main Cast: Season 10–present |
| 2021 | Entertainment Tonight | Herself/Guest Co-Host | Episode: "Episode #40.148" |
| 2021 | 25 Words or Less | Herself | Recurring Guest |
| 2021 | Beat Shazam | Herself/Celebrity Player | Episode: "Beat Shazam Celebrity Challenge!" |
| 2021 | The Prince | Herself (voice) | Episodes: "Beverly Hills" & "The Flummery Tart" |
| 2022 | Uncensored | Herself | Episode: "Garcelle Beauvais" |
| 2023 | Vanderpump Rules | Herself | Episode: "Mistress in Distress" |
| 2023 | See It Loud: The History of Black Television | Herself | Episode: "Laughing Out Loud" |
| 2023 | Hell's Kitchen | Herself/Restaurant Patron | Episode: "The Dream Begins" |
| 2023 | The Real Murders of Los Angeles | Herself/Narrator | Main Narrator |
| 2023 | Survival of the Thickest | Natasha Karina | Recurring Cast |
| 2023 | Miracle Workers | Margaret | Episode: "Olympus" |
| 2023 | The Other Black Girl | Diana Gordon | Recurring Cast |
| 2024 | Miss USA 2024 | Herself/Host | Main Host |
| 2025 | Denise Richards & Her Wild Things | Herself | 2 episodes |

### Music videos

| Year | Song | Artist |
| 1987 | "Luv's Passion And You" | Chad |
| 1996 | "Down Low (Nobody Has to Know)" | R. Kelly featuring The Isley Brothers |
| 1998 | "Come with Me" | Puff Daddy featuring Jimmy Page |
| 2001 | "Take You Out" | Luther Vandross |
| 2003 | "Dance with My Father" | Luther Vandross |

## Awards and nominations

List of awards and nominations received by Garcelle Beauvais :
| Year | Ceremony | Award | Work | Result |
| 2019 | Los Angeles Mission Gala | Legacy of Vision Award | Herself | Won |
| 2021 | Angels for Humanity | Distinguished Humanitarian Award | Herself | Won |
| 2022 | NAACP Image Awards | Outstanding Host in a Talk or News/Information (Series or Special) –Individual or Ensemble (shared with Adrienne Houghton, Loni Love and Jeannie Mai Jenkins) | The Real | Nominated |
| 2022 | People's Choice Awards | The Reality TV Star of 2022 | The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills | Nominated |
| 2022 | TV Scoop Awards | Favorite Reality Star | The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills | Nominated |
| 2023 | MTV Movie & TV Awards | Best Reality On-Screen Team (shared with Sutton Stracke) | The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills | Nominated |
| 2023 | Black Reel TV Awards | Outstanding TV Movie/Limited Series (shared with Chet Fenster, Jason Egenberg, Robin Conly, Richard Foster, Gordon Gilbertson, Timothy O. Johnson, Kale Futterman, Stacy Mandelberg) | Black Girl Missing | Nominated |
| 2023 | Banff World Media Festival (Banff Rockies Gala) | The Inclusion Award | Herself | Won |
| 2024 | People's Choice Awards | The Reality TV Star of the Year | The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills | Pending |