Theresa Randle

Theresa E. Randle (born December 27, 1964) is an American actress. She has appeared in films such as Malcolm X (1992), Sugar Hill (1994), Beverly Hills Cop III (1994), Bad Boys (1995), Girl 6 (1996), Space Jam (1996), Spawn (1997), Bad Boys II (2003), and Bad Boys for Life (2020).
==Life and career==
Randle was born in Gary, Indiana. She began her performing career by studying dance (traditional, modern, jazz) and comedy. She entered Beverly Hills High School with a special program for the exceptionally gifted. At the end of college, she earned her first role at the Los Angeles Inner City Cultural Center and was seen in commercials. She was also involved in acting on the stage. Theatrical roles include In Command of the Children, Sonata, 6 Parts of Musical Broadway, and Fight the Good Fight.
In 1983 she appeared in a George Clinton video, "Last Dance". In 1987, she got her first big-screen break with Maid to Order. For the next three years, she appeared in small roles in films such as Easy Wheels and Heart Condition (1990), with Denzel Washington. She continued in small roles by directors like Abel Ferrara (King of New York [1990]) and Spike Lee (Jungle Fever (1991) and Malcolm X [1992]). Randle also starred with Wesley Snipes in the film Sugar Hill (1994) and also appeared with Eddie Murphy in Beverly Hills Cop III in the same year. She co-starred in CB4 (1993) with Chris Rock, and Bad Boys (1995) with Will Smith and Martin Lawrence, later reprising in the sequels Bad Boys II and Bad Boys for Life. In 1996, she earned her first starring role in Spike Lee's film Girl 6, playing a young out-of-work actress who gets caught up in the seductive yet dark world of phone sex, a subject that's far different from what Spike Lee normally explores in his films. It is often regarded as Lee's most maligned and underappreciated film both critically and commercially as it grossed a dismal $4.9 million on a $12 million budget, and is Randle's only leading role to date. Later that year she appeared in Space Jam (1996) with Michael Jordan and the film adaptation of the comic book Spawn in 1997. 
After 1997, Randle's career cooled considerably and her roles (mostly television projects) became more sporadic. Her next project was not until the year 2000 when she portrayed singer Natalie Cole in Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story. In 2006, Randle played Marine Capt. Amy Jennings in the two Eagle One movies. She later had a role in Shit Year, released in 2010. After 1997's Spawn, Randle's only theatrical releases were 2003's Bad Boys II and 2020's Bad Boys for Life, which was her first project (theatrical or televised) in ten years.
During her her time making movies, Randle also made guest appearances on various television sitcoms and dramas. In 1989, she had a guest starring role in A Different World, followed by a minor role in "The Apartment", an episode of the hit television sitcom Seinfeld two years later. In 2006, Randle signed on to play Patricia Kent on Law & Order: Criminal Intent, replacing Courtney B. Vance as the assistant district attorney assigned to the Major Case Squad, but only appeared in two episodes. In 2007, Randle was a regular cast member of the Lifetime show State of Mind as Dr. Cordelia Banks.
==Filmography==
===Film===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
1987	Maid to Order 	Doni 	
1987	Near Dark 	Lady in Car 	
1989	Easy Wheels 	Ace 	
1990	Heart Condition 	Ciao Chow Club Maitre D'	
1990	The Guardian 	Arlene Russell 	
1990	King of New York 	Raye 	
1991	The Five Heartbeats 	Brenda Williams 	
1991	Jungle Fever 	Inez 	
1992	Malcolm X 	Laura 	
1993	CB4 	Eve 	
1994	Sugar Hill 	Melissa 	
1994	Beverly Hills Cop III 	Janice Perkins 	
1995	Bad Boys 	Theresa Burnett 	
1996	Girl 6 	Girl 6 	
1996	Space Jam 	Juanita Jordan 	
1997	Spawn 	Wanda Blake 	Nominated — Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Supporting Actress - Horror
2000	Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story	Natalie Cole 	Television film
2003	Bad Boys II 	Theresa Burnett 	
2006	The Hunt for Eagle One 	Capt. Amy Jennings 	
2006	The Hunt for Eagle One: Crash Point 	Capt. Amy Jennings 	
2010	Ink 	Nagi 	Short film
2010	S*** Year 	Marion 	
2020	Bad Boys for Life 	Theresa Burnett 	
===Television===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
1989	A Different World 	Elizabeth James 	Episode: "Delusions of Daddyhood"
1991	Seinfeld 	Janice 	Episode: "The Apartment"
1996	The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat	Fairlymother / Voices	Episode: "Comicalamities/Super Felix/Dueling Whiskers"
1997	Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man 	Sassy (voice) 	Episode: "With Friends Like These"
2006	Law & Order: Criminal Intent 	A.D.A. Patricia Kent 	Two episodes
Category:1964 births
Category:Actresses from Los Angeles
Category:Actresses from Gary, Indiana
Category:Living people
Category:American television actresses
Category:African-American actresses
Category:American film actresses
Category:American stage actresses
Category:20th-century American actresses
Category:21st-century American actresses