Michael Michele

 American model and actress Michael Michele Williams was born August 30, 1966. Her career began on stage. Her first appearance was in a role alongside Wesley Snipes in 1991's New Jack City. Michele was also Malik's love lover in the crime drama New York Undercover. She later joined the cast of NBC police drama Homicide: Life on the Street (1998-99) playing the role of Det. Rene Sheppard, and from 1999 to 2002 played Dr. Cleo Finch in the NBC medical drama ER. She has also appeared in The 6th Man (1997) and Ali (2001), Dark Blue (2002) as well as How to Lose a Guy In 10 Days (2003). From 2017 to the year 2018, Michele played Ayanna Floyd in the Fox prime time soap opera Star and in the year 2019 she was added to The CW prime time soap opera Dynasty as Dominique Deveraux.Michael Michele Williams was born in Evansville, Indiana, the younger of two daughters. Her father, Jerry Williams, is an owner of a furniture rental business. Her mother, Theresa worked for Bristol-Myers. Michele was named for her mother's best friend, Michael Ann. Michele was a student at Howard Roosa Elementary School (a K-8 school at the time) and Benjamin Bosse High School, where she was active on the basketball team.