Terri J. Vaughn

Biography: A dedicated actress who has transcended her meager beginnings to become a valuable onscreen commodity, Terri J. Vaughn did her best to keep off of the streets while growing up in San Francisco's Ridgeview Terrace Housing Project -- and one look at her impressive film credits shows that all of the hard work most definitely paid off. The daughter of a hardworking secretary and department-store employee, Vaughn divided her time between studying, singing in the church choir, modeling, and working at McDonald's early on. And while all of this served well to instill the ambitious young woman with a solid sense of self and purpose, her peers weren't always so impressed. It was during this period in her life that Vaughn became a frequent target for neighborhood bullies, which helped her to realize just how hopeless some of her peers truly felt. Later, Vaughn was determined to purchase her own car and go to college -- a goal she ultimately achieved by working as an operator and aA dedicated actress who has transcended her meager beginnings to become a valuable onscreen commodity, Terri J. Vaughn did her best to keep off of the streets while growing up in San Francisco's Ridgeview Terrace Housing Project -- and one look at her impressive film credits shows that all of the hard work most definitely paid off. The daughter of a hardworking secretary and department-store employee, Vaughn divided her time between studying, singing in the church choir, modeling, and working at McDonald's early on. And while all of this served well to instill the ambitious young woman with a solid sense of self and purpose, her peers weren't always so impressed. It was during this period in her life that Vaughn became a frequent target for neighborhood bullies, which helped her to realize just how hopeless some of her peers truly felt. Later, Vaughn was determined to purchase her own car and go to college -- a goal she ultimately achieved by working as an operator and a post-office employee in order to pay both her car payments and her tuition at California State University. At a friend's request, Vaughn participated in the Miss Black California Pageant while a senior at CSU. Her reading of a passage from Ntozake Shange's For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf marked a turning point when she earned a spot in the Los Angeles finals and one of the judges asked her to appear in a play he was producing. Soon spirited away on a 20-city tour of Tellin' It Like It Tiz, Vaughn had finally found her calling in life. Numerous stage roles were quick to follow, with a brief appearance on the hit television series Living Single marking her arrival as a film and television actress. Throughout the 1990s, Vaughn's career gained momentum thanks to parts in such films as Friday, Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood, and 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag, with subsequent television roles in The Steve Harvey Show, Soul Food, and All of Us showing that the rising starlet was equally comfortable on screens both large and small. In 2006 and 2007, respectively, Vaughn could be seen in the independent comedy drama Dirty Laundry and the Tyler Perry drama Daddy's Little Girls. In addition to her acting work, Vaughn has shown her commitment to bettering the lives of young girls growing up in public housing and foster care by founding the Take Wings Foundation -- which aims to motivate, uplift, and inspire adolescents aged 13 to 18 by encouraging them to be positive, productive, and successful. Expand

Terri J. Vaughn's Scores

Average career score: 65
Highest Metascore: 80 Insecure: Season 4
Lowest Metascore: 46 REL: Season 1
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 3
  2. Negative: 0 out of 3
3 tv reviews
Title: Year: Credit: User score:
80 Insecure: Season 4 Apr 12, 2020 Terri J. Vaughn 6.8
46 REL: Season 1 Sep 9, 2018 Tia 2.6
68 Greenleaf: Season 1 Jun 21, 2016 Melisse 6.7
tbd Meet the Browns: Season 4 Jun 2, 2010 Renee tbd
tbd Meet the Browns: Season 3 Nov 4, 2009 Renee tbd
tbd All of Us: Season 4 Oct 1, 2006 Jonelle tbd
tbd All of Us: Season 3 Sep 19, 2005 Jonelle tbd
tbd All of Us: Season 2 Sep 21, 2004 Jonelle Abrahams / Jonelle tbd
tbd All of Us: Season 1 Sep 16, 2003 Jonelle Abrahams / Dirk Black / Jonelle tbd
tbd Soul Food: Season 4 Apr 9, 2003 Eva tbd
tbd Girlfriends: Season 3 Sep 23, 2002 Tasha Nixon / Terri Vaughn tbd
tbd Soul Food: Season 3 Jun 26, 2002 Eva tbd
tbd The Steve Harvey Show: Season 6 Oct 14, 2001 Lovita Alizay Jenkins Robinson / Lovita Jenkins tbd
tbd The Steve Harvey Show: Season 5 Oct 8, 2000 Lovita Alizay Jenkins Robinson / Lovita Jenkins tbd
tbd The Steve Harvey Show: Season 4 Sep 24, 1999 Lovita Alizay Jenkins Robinson / Lovita Jenkins tbd
tbd ER: Season 5 Sep 24, 1998 Betty 8.4
tbd The Steve Harvey Show: Season 3 Sep 18, 1998 Lovita Alizay Jenkins Robinson / Actor / Lovita Jenkins tbd
tbd The Steve Harvey Show: Season 2 Sep 10, 1997 Lovita Alizay Jenkins Robinson / Actor / Lovita Jenkins tbd
tbd Family Matters: Season 6 Sep 23, 1994 Guest tbd
tbd Married with Children: Season 9 Sep 4, 1994 Actor / Connie 8.0