Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Tyra Ferrell (born March 29, 1962) is an American actress. Ferrell was born in Houston, Texas. She moved from Houston to New York after high school and began her career on stage including roles on Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music (1981) and Ain't Misbehavin on Broadway. She made her screen debut in a small role in the 1981 comedy film So Fine, and later appeared in Lady Beware, School Daze, The Mighty Quinn, and The Exorcist III. On television, she gues...
Known For
Complete Filmography
A New York Christmas Wedding
2020
as Alison Wilks
As her Christmas Eve wedding draws near, Jennifer is visited by an angel and shown what could have been if she hadn't denied her true feelings for her...
The Bobby Debarge Story
2019
as Etterlene DeBarge
The tumultuous life of Bobby DeBarge, the former lead singer of 70's R&B/Funk Band Switch, and the eldest sibling of the world-famous pop group DeBarg...
Boxed in
2015
as Gayle
A black man in NYC struggles with bipolar disorder, while his girlfriend and mother learn to deal with the pain of his manic episode and struggle for ...
The Perfect Score
2004
as Desmond's Mother
Six high school seniors decide to break into the Princeton Testing Center so they can steal the answers to their upcoming SAT tests and all get perfec...
Poetic Justice
1993
as Jessie
Still grieving after the murder of her boyfriend, hairdresser Justice writes poetry to deal with the pain of her loss. Unable to get to Oakland to att...
Better Off Dead.
1993
as Cutter Dubuque
A lawyer fights a losing battle against the courts to overturn the death sentence for a convicted female robber/murderer despite demands from the woma...
Ulterior Motives
1993
as Receptionist
A private eye becomes the bodyguard of a beautiful reporter being pursued by a Japanese mob.
Equinox
1992
as Sonya Kirk
Estranged twins Henry and Freddy navigate their drastically different lives— one a troubled bookworm, the other a hardened criminal. As a young writer...
White Men Can't Jump
1992
as Rhonda Deane
Two street basketball hustlers try to con each other, then team up for a bigger score.
You Must Remember This
1992
as Ricki Sewell
An independent filmmaker has left his profession and keeps it a secret. Years later, his niece finds his old films in a locked trunk and discovers hi...
Boyz n the Hood
1991
as Mrs. Baker
In the middle of the Los Angeles ghetto, drugs, robberies and shootings dominate everyday life. During these times, Furious tries to raise his son Tre...
Jungle Fever
1991
as Orin Goode
A successful and married black man contemplates having an affair with a white girl from work. He's quite rightly worried that the racial difference wo...
The Exorcist III
1990
as Nurse Blaine
On the fifteenth anniversary of the exorcism that claimed Father Damien Karras' life, Police Lieutenant Kinderman's world is once again shattered when...
The Neon Empire
1989
as Samantha
New York mobster Junior Moloff begins plans to transform Las Vegas into a mecca of prostitution and gambling.
The Mighty Quinn
1989
as Isola
Police chief Xavier Quinn investigates the gruesome murder of Donald Pater, one of the wealthiest residents on a Caribbean island. He was found decapi...
School Daze
1988
as Tasha
Fraternity and sorority members clash with other students at a historically black college during homecoming weekend.
Nuts
1987
as Cell Woman #2
A high-class call girl accused of murder fights for the right to stand trial rather than be declared mentally incompetent.
Lady Beware
1987
as Nan
Young and good looking Katya, a window dresser for a big department store in Pittsburgh, begins a love story with a journalist, Mac Odell. She is howe...
Are You My Mother?
1986
as Tracy
Teenage girl is stunned to discover that her mother is not deceased, but mentally ill living in an institution.
So Fine
1981
as Receptionist
While trying to get his father out of a financial jam, a man comes up with an idea that turns into an unexpected overnight financial fashion success -...