Jackee Harry
Jackee Harry
Jacqueline Yvonne Harry, known professionally by her mononymous stage name Jackée, is an American actress, director and television personality. She is best known for her roles as Sandra Clark, the sexy nemesis of Mary Jenkins, on the NBC TV series 227, and as Lisa Landry on the ABC/The WB sitcom Sister, Sister. She is noted for being the first and currently only African-American to win an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. She is currently starring...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth14 August 1956
CityWinston-Salem, NC
CountryUnited States of America
Francis Coppola was very generous. We got paid a lot of money and he saw us every day, took us out every night. It was just a lot. Richard Gere was an absolute gentleman. Gregory Hines. You know, I worked with some giants and they were just so smooth. And it was the '80s. That's when people had a lot of money and it was okay to to hang out and be crazy.
If you want to do other things, you have to leave soap operas, otherwise you'll be there forever, which is not bad, you know. Some people have made a great living off of being on soap operas. But if you want to branch out you have to leave early, otherwise you'll never get the shot.
I used to teach. I quote American history and I love words. I've read the dictionary I don't know how many times throughout my life. People say, "You read the dictionary?" I say, "Yes, and you can really believe it."
Well, there's no other person like me. Ain't nobody else like me. It's flattering. I don't like to do it too much because I get tired of me. But people ask, so I get to do it every now and then.
Mostly you don't want to make people feel bad because they carry that with them for the rest of their lives. I've found that. I hurt people on Celebrity Fit Club by being too honest. People loved it, but I was serious. I just hate phony baloneys. I can't do it anymore. I told them no. My tongue is too sharp. It was brutal.
You don't want to be mean to people, but some people are real assholes. And you can't say that on TV - or, you can, but probably, as a celebrity, I can't get away with it. Trust me. Unless you're somebody who can say anything they want, I guess, like Donald Trump.
Women often come up not knowing how to make decisions. We get wishy-washy. We become great wage earners - breadwinners - but we don't know how to control empires.
When I got '227' and broke out from the rest of the cast, I became a workaholic, and I was very lonely.
I'll use men's shirts, I love men's shirts, but you have to get them altered because they're shaped differently and I like them to be fitting.
I was married for four years, then success happened.
I try not to do bad, but sometimes it's irresistible.
I really am a feminist, though I never used to call myself that.
I miss Broadway, what little there is on Broadway now.
I have one weakness: I love meat loaf.