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
Reality shows are for reality stars. Celebrities do, maybe, Dancing With The Stars, maybe they might do Celebrity Wife Swap, but dealing with strangers, with people you don't know, in a real situation? People say it's fake, it's based on what they tell other people to do but won't tell you, but you still have a gut reaction, you know.
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.
When I see something, I go for it.
Red, electric blue - the only color I don't wear is green, which I still don't wear. I wear certain color greens, but I have such yellow skin so I always like to wear bold colors.
If you're being attacked by something on the outside, which I feel a lot being in show business, you just have to dial it back and breathe and know that you are protected.
I was always telling my family I wanted to become an actress, and I did.