Jasmine Guy : Biography, Pictures, Photos, Trivia, Address, Filmography (A Different World)

Named daughter Imani after the name was used on "A Different World" (1987) as the daughter of the Taylors (played by Dawnn Lewis and Glynn Turman).

Her father is the Reverend William Guy, pastor of the historic Friendship Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. Her mother is Jaye Rudolph.

Although born in Boston, Massachusetts, Guy was raised in Atlanta, Georgia.

Her sister, Monica Guy, was often her stand-in on the set of "A Different World" (1987).

Teaches dance to underprivileged children.

Was good friends with slain hip-hop MC Tupac Shakur and remains close friends with his mother, Afeni Shakur.

Became a member of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in 1981, at the age of seventeen.

Enjoyed chart and radio play in the 1990s for her R&B single "Try Me."

Wrote a book called "Evolution of a Revolutionary," which is the biography of Afeni Shakur, mother of late actor/hip-hop MC Tupac Shakur.