Double Double Trouble
2026 · Movie
as Ali, Drea
Tami Roman
1970-04-17
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Mount Vernon, New York, USA
Tamisha Akbar (born April 17, 1970) professionally known as Tami Roman, is an American actress, reality television personality, model, and businesswoman. She first gained fame on The Real World: Los Angeles in 1993. During her time on The Real World: Los Angeles, Roman formed her own R&B girl group quartet called Reality. Roman herself was one of the four members and the rapper of the group as well. During the same time, the group signed a record contract with Mercury Records. In 1994, while still under contract with Mercury Records, Roman changed the group's name from Reality to Female. Also in 1994, she married NBA player Kenny Anderson and they have 2 children. They divorced by February 2001. Roman gained more fame as she appeared as the dealer on the 2001 revival of Card Sharks, and on several other shows, including an episode of One on One (season 3, episode 4) and BET’s original tv series, “the Parker’s”, as Dina (season 1, episode 14). After making cameo appearances and starring in supporting roles in various TV shows and films in the 1990s and 2000s, Roman became one of the main cast members and breakout stars of the reality series VH1's Basketball Wives in 2010. She was then cast on the Basketball Wives spinoff Basketball Wives: LA, starting with the fourth season in 2015. Roman appeared on two episodes of the CBS show Extant. Roman could also be heard on Tami Roman's Love Talk & Hot Jamz with advice columnist and rapper Willie D of the Geto Boys and Reggie Youngblood. Roman and her then-boyfriend Reggie Youngblood appeared on Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars for its 3rd season in May 2015; they later married in 2018. In 2022, she hosts the new VH1 reality series Caught in the Act: Unfaithful.
Filmography
Dying to be Famous
2024 · Movie
as Darlene
Girl in the Closet
2023 · Movie
as Mia
Whatever It Takes
2023 · Movie
as Tracy
So Fly Christmas
2023 · Movie
as Dione
Bid for Love
2022 · Movie
as Dr. Simone
Caught in the Act: Unfaithful
2022 · TV Show
as Self - Host
Haus of Vicious
2022 · TV Show
as Chantel Vivian
The Ms. Pat Show
2021 · TV Show
as Denise
The Real World Homecoming
2021 · TV Show
as Self
For Real: The Story of Reality TV
2021 · TV Show
as Self
Tijuana Jackson: Purpose Over Prison
2020 · Movie
as Sharea Jackson
Secret Celebrity RuPaul's Drag Race
2020 · TV Show
as Miss Shenita Cocktail - Contestant
Truth Be Told
2019 · TV Show
as Lillian Scoville
District
2018 · Movie
as Tasha
Carl Weber's The Family Business
2018 · TV Show
as London Duncan
When Love Kills: The Falicia Blakely Story
2017 · Movie
as Stacey
Tales
2017 · TV Show
as Silk
Steve
2017 · TV Show
as Self
Beyond the Game
2014 · Movie
as Reality Presenter
Extant
2014 · TV Show
as Cass Hendy
Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars
2014 · TV Show
as Self
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Belle's
2013 · TV Show
as Loreta Cooper
Life, Love, Soul
2012 · Movie
as Renee Jackson
Basketball Wives LA
2011 · TV Show
as Self
Something Like A Business
2010 · Movie
as Prosecutor
Basketball Wives
2010 · TV Show
as Self
Moonlight
2007 · TV Show
as Maureen
The Last Stand
2006 · Movie
as DeDe Calvin
Sex, Love & Secrets
2005 · TV Show
as Angela
Hair Show
2004 · Movie
as Zora
Summerland
2004 · TV Show
as Leslie Sloan
Hot Parts
2003 · Movie
as Midnight
Hood Rat
2001 · Movie
as Judge Bankhead
MacArthur Park
2001 · Movie
as Rose
One on One
2001 · TV Show
as Elizabeth
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The Real World Reunion: Inside Out
1996 · Movie
as Herself
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996 · TV Show
as Saleslady #1
The Drew Carey Show
1995 · TV Show
as Susan
The Real World
1992 · TV Show
as Herself
MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992 · TV Show
as Self - Presenter
Married... with Children
1987 · TV Show
as Meg
