- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- July 15, 1964
- Place of Birth
- Queens, New York, USA
Shari Headley
Shari Headley (born July 15, 1964) is an American actress. Headley made her acting debut on The Cosby Show in 1985. Since then her career has mostly focused on television acting; she is perhaps best known for portraying police officer Mimi Reed Frye Williams on the popular soap opera All My Children from May 1991 to April 1994, briefly returned in February 1995 and again from June 2005 until her final appearance on October 14, 2005. She has also acted occasionally on the big-screen, and is well-known in this capacity for her role of Lisa McDowell, Eddie Murphy's love interest in the comedy Coming to America. Headley co-starred in an episode of Miami Vice in 1984 & on Andy Griffith's Matlock series in 1990 playing a model. The episode entitled, The Cover Girl, aired on November 20, 1990. In 1997, she had a leading role in the short-lived FOX ensemble drama 413 Hope St. Headley also made …
Filmography
movieComing 2 America
2021 · Lisa
tvOn Becoming a God in Central Florida
2019 · Harmony
movieThree's Complicated
2019 · Imani
movieGoosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
2018 · Mrs. Carter
tvStar
2016 · Houston Connelly
movieI Really Hate My Ex
2015 · Wendy
movieThe Congregation
2014 · Maple
movieAct Like You Love Me
2013 · Tiana
tvTyler Perry's The Haves and the Have Nots
2013 · D.A. Jennifer Sallison
tvSwitched at Birth
2011 · Gwendolyn Berdick
tvCelebrity Ghost Stories
2009 · Self
tv10 Things I Hate About You
2009 · Marcheline
tvCastle
2009 · Nicole Cameron
movieBelly 2: Millionaire Boyz Club
2008 · Alexis
tvHouse
2004 · Dr. Arlene Marks
tvVeronica Mars
2004 · Vanessa Hamilton
movieJohnson Family Vacation
2004 · Jacqueline
tvHalf & Half
2002 · Barbara
tvOne on One
2001 · Pamela
tvLove Boat: The Next Wave
1998 · Barbara
tv413 Hope St.
1997 · Juanita Barnes
movieThe Preacher's Wife
1996 · Arlene Chattan
tvThe Wayans Bros.
1995 · Dawn
tvNew York Undercover
1994
tvWalker, Texas Ranger
1993 · Vanessa St. John
movieParis Is Burning
1991 · Self (uncredited)
movieKojak: None So Blind
1990 · Trish
movieKojak: Ariana
1989 · Trish Van Hogan
tvQuantum Leap
1989 · Violet Walters
Gideon Oliver
tvGideon Oliver
1989 · Zina Oliver
movieComing to America
1988 · Lisa McDowell
tvMatlock
1986 · Model Carla Royce
tvThe Cosby Show
1984 · Mrs. Dubois
tvMiami Vice
1984 · Cindy