Claim: Tamera Mowry was in a family.

Tia Dashon Mowry-Hardrict -LRB- -LSB- ` tiːə _ 'm ɔːri -RSB- born July 6 , 1978 -RRB- is an American actress and model . She first gained fame for her teen role as Tia Landry on the ABC/WB sitcom Sister , Sister -LRB- opposite her identical twin sister Tamera Mowry -RRB- . From 2006 until 2012 , she portrayed medical student Melanie Barnett on The CW/BET comedy-drama series The Game . She is also notable for starring in the television movie Twitches and its sequel Twitches Too . Mowry has portrayed Sasha in Bratz and Sashabella in Bratzillaz . From September 2013 to 2015 , Mowry starred in Nickelodeon 's Nick at Nite and TV Land comedy sitcom Instant Mom .   Tia Mowry and her sister Tamera were in a singing group in the early 1990s called Voices . The group debuted their first single `` Yeah , Yeah , Yeah ! '' in 1992 .