Tami Roman
Tamisha Akbar (born April 17, 1970) professionally known as Tami Roman, is an American actress, reality television personality, model, and businesswoman. She first gained fame on The Real World: Los Angeles in 1993. During her time on The Real World: Los Angeles, Roman formed her own R&B girl group quartet called Reality. Roman herself was one of the four members and the rapper of the group as well. During the same time, the group signed a record contract with Mercury Records. In 1994, while still under contract with Mercury Records, Roman changed the group's name from Reality to Female. Also in 1994, she married NBA player Kenny Anderson and they have 2 children. They divorced by February 2001. Roman gained more fame as she appeared as the dealer on the 2001 revival of Card Sharks, and on several other shows, including an episode of One on One (season 3, episode 4) and BET’s original tv series, “the Parker’s”, as Dina (season 1, episode 14). After making cameo appearances and starring in supporting roles in various TV shows and films in the 1990s and 2000s, Roman became one of the main cast members and breakout stars of the reality series VH1's Basketball Wives in 2010. She was then cast on the Basketball Wives spinoff Basketball Wives: LA, starting with the fourth season in 2015. Roman appeared on two episodes of the CBS show Extant. Roman could also be heard on Tami Roman's Love Talk & Hot Jamz with advice columnist and rapper Willie D of the Geto Boys and Reggie Youngblood. Roman and her then-boyfriend Reggie Youngblood appeared on Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars for its 3rd season in May 2015; they later married in 2018. In 2022, she hosts the new VH1 reality series Caught in the Act: Unfaithful.
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- 2024 · Dying to be Famous as Darlene
- 2023 · Whatever It Takes as Tracy
- 2023 · Girl in the Closet as Mia
- 2022 · Haus of Vicious as Chantel Vivian
- 2022 · Caught in the Act: Unfaithful as
- 2022 · Bid for Love as Dr. Simone
- 2021 · The Ms. Pat Show as Denise
- 2021 · For Real: The Story of Reality TV as Self
- 2021 · The Real World Homecoming as Self
- 2020 · Tijuana Jackson: Purpose Over Prison as Sharea Jackson
- 2020 · Secret Celebrity RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Special Guest / Miss Shenita Cocktail
- 2019 · Truth Be Told as Lillian Scoville
- 2018 · Carl Weber's The Family Business as London Duncan
- 2018 · District as Tasha
- 2017 · When Love Kills: The Falicia Blakely Story as Stacey
- 2017 · Tales as Silk
- 2014 · Beyond the Game as Reality Presenter
- 2014 · Extant as Cass Hendy
- 2013 · Belle's as Loreta Cooper
- 2012 · Life, Love, Soul as Renee Jackson
- 2011 · Basketball Wives LA as Self
- 2007 · Moonlight as Maureen
- 2006 · The Last Stand as DeDe Calvin
- 2005 · Sex, Love & Secrets as Angela
- 2004 · Hair Show as Zora
- 2003 · Hot Parts as Midnight
- 2001 · One on One as Elizabeth
- 2001 · Hood Rat as Judge Bankhead
- 2001 · MacArthur Park as Rose
- 1996 · Sabrina, the Teenage Witch as Saleslady #1
- 1996 · The Real World Reunion: Inside Out as Herself
- 1995 · The Drew Carey Show as Susan
- 1992 · The Real World as Herself
- 1987 · Married... with Children as Meg