Michael Michele

 Michael Michele Williams (born August 30, 1966) is an American model and actress. [1] She began her career on stage before appearing in the role of Wesley Snipes in the 1991 film New Jack City.In the 1990s, Michele had leading roles in two CBS television series: crime drama Dangerous Curves (1992-93) and prime time soap opera Central Park West. Michele also had a role as Malik Yoba's lover on the police drama New York Undercover. She later joined the crew of NBC police drama Homicide: Life on the Street (1998-99) as Det. Rene Sheppard played the role of Det. in Homicide Life on the Street (1998-99) from 1999 until 2002. She also was Dr. Cleo Finch as part of NBC's medical drama ER. She has also been in film The 6th Man (1997), Ali (2001), Dark Blue (2002) and How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003). From 2017 until the year 2018, Michele was on the screen as Ayanna Floyd on the Fox prime time soap opera Star and in the year 2019 she joined The CW prime time soap opera Dynasty as Dominique Deveraux.Michael Michele Williams was born in Evansville, Indiana, the elder of two daughters. Her father, Jerry Williams, is an entrepreneur in furniture rental. 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 in the basketball team.