Jasmine Guy is an American actress, director, dancer and singer, best known to the world as Whitley Gilbert in the TV series “A Different World”

Jasmine Guy Parents

Born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Jaye (née Resendes) and William Vincent Guy, Jasmine Guy was raised in the affluent historic Collier Heights neighbourhood of Atlanta, Georgia, where she attended Northside Performing Arts High School.

Her mother, a Portuguese American, was a former high-school teacher, and her father, who was African-American, was pastor of the historic Friendship Baptist Church of Atlanta, which served as an early home to Spelman College; he was also a college instructor in philosophy and religion.

Jasmine Guy Biography

Jasmine Guy was born on 10 March 1962 under the Pisces zodiac sign, in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, the daughter of the Reverend William Guy, pastor of the historic Friendship Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, and his wife, Jaye Rudolph, a former high-school teacher.

She is 61 years old.

Jasmine Guy stands at the height of 5ft 2ins (1.57m), weighs approximately 130lbs (58kgs)

Although born in Boston, Jasmine grew up in Atlanta, with her sister, Monica Guy.

At just 17 years old, Jasmine moved to New York City, where she enrolled at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center to study dance.

Jasmine Guy has a sister called Monica Guy

When it comes to her personal life, Jasmine was married to Terrence Duckett, an American businessman and current consultant for the healthcare organization, Opaceplus, from 1998 until 2008; the two welcomed a daughter, Imani Guy Duckett, before divorcing, after which Jasmine filed for bankruptcy, and with her daughter, moved to Atlanta.

As of mid- 2022, Jasmine Guy’s net worth has been estimated to be around $4 million, earned through her successful career as an actress, during which she’s appeared in more than 75 film and TV titles.

She is also best known as Dina in the film “School Daze” (1988), among numerous other roles that she’s secured throughout her career.

Jasmine Guy has turned 60 this year, and is still actively pursuing new roles. Her most recent appearance was in the TV thriller movie “Vanished: Searching for My Sister” (2021), which stars Tatyana Ali and Carolyn Hennesy.

Her upcoming projects include the role of Emma in Tony Tite’s drama film “The Lady Makers”, starring Amber Reign Smith, Danielle Madison, and Lupe Leon. The film is scheduled for a premiere later in 2022.

Jasmine Guy started her career as a Fame Dancer in the Primetime Emmy Award-winning musical drama series “Fame”, featuring in seven episodes of the acclaimed series in a non-speaking role under the choreographer Debbie Allen.

After a few minor stage roles at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in New York City, Jasmine returned to on-screen roles. In 1987, she was selected for her most prominent early role as Whitley Gilbert in the Primetime Emmy Award-nominated TV comedy series “A Different World”, also starring Lisa Bonet and Kadeem Hardison as students at a historically black university, who have a tough time in college.

Concurrently, Jasmine Guy featured in several projects while in “A Different World”; in 1988, she appeared in Spike Lee’s comedy-drama film “School Daze”, starring Laurence Fishburne, Giancarlo Esposito and Tisha Campbell, and in 1989, she co-starred next to Eddie Murphy, Redd Foxx and Richard Pryor in the Academy Award-nominated comedy crime-drama film “Harlem Nights”.

Jasmine Guy also starred in the television drama movie “Runaway” the same year, and in the following year in the television thriller drama movie “A Killer Among Us”, with Anna Maria Horsford and Mykelti Williamson.

The following year, Jasmine Guy featured in the TV mini-series “Queen”, then she starred in the film “Klash” in 1995. She continued with minor roles in the second half of the decade, and ended the ’90s with the role of Linda in the romantic-drama film “Guinevere”.

Jasmine Guy starred as Tina in Dan Cohen’s drama film “Diamond Men” (2000), then she landed the lead role in the drama film “Dying on the Edge” in 2001, and the same year played Juliet Mercier in the Primetime Emmy Award-winning television romantic-drama movie “The Feast of All Saints”, with Robert Ri’chard, Peter Gallagher and Gloria Reuben in the lead roles.

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