Lela Rochon Gossip

Lela Rochon Profile

Full Name:Lela Rochon - Contact Lela Rochon
Birth Name:Lela Rochon Staples
Famous As: Actress
Date of Birth: April 17, 1964
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
Height: 5' 9
Nationality: American

Lela Rochon News and Gossip

Lela Rochon
Video Gallery

Next

Clip 1997 Video
Filename: Lela Rochon Shaquil ONeil Halle Berry
Clip Trailer
Filename: Trailer "Knock Off" (1998)
Clip Brandy (Lela Rochon) has a surprise for Eric (Randy Brooks) and Chantal (Debbi Morgan). Video
Filename: Generations Episode: Next-to Next-to-Last 1991 (4 of 4)
Clip Eric (Randy Brooks) visits Brandy (Lela Rochon). Video
Filename: Generations Episode: 11 Days to King Holiday 1991 (1 of 3)
Clip Chantal (Debbi Morgan) and Brandy (Lela Rochon) meet. Video
Filename: Generations Episode: Next-to Next-to-Last 1991 (3 of 4)
Clip A Biography about Frankie Lymon a singer back from the 50s who marries 3 very different women in his life.Frankie Lymon played by Larenz Tate ... Video
Filename: Why Do Fools Fall In Love Trailer
Clip Part Cooking show part Talk show is what is served up with the veteran actress Vanessa Bell Calloway. She shows us how to cook in the kitchen and ... Video
Filename: Famous People_In The Company of Friends w/Vanessa Bell
Clip Part Cooking show part Talk show is what is served up with the veteran actress Vanessa Bell Calloway. She shows us how to cook in the kitchen and ... Video
Filename: Famous People_In The Company of Friends w/Vanessa Bell

Lela Rochon
extracted from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia, distributed under the GNU Free Documentation License

Lela Rochon

Lela Rochon as Emira Eagle in the Warner Bros. movie Why Do Fools Fall In Love?
Born Lela Rochon Staples
April 17, 1964 (1964-04-17) (age 44)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Other name(s) Lela Rochon Fuqua
Lela Rochon Quinones
Spouse(s) Antoine Fuqua
(1999-present)

Adolfo Quinones
(1984-1987 - divorced)

Lela Rochon (born Lela Rochon Staples on April 17, 1964) is an Haitian-American actress who is best known for her role as Robin Stokes in the movie Waiting to Exhale.

Contents

Biography

Lela Rochon was born in Los Angeles,California on April 17. She attended Cerritos High School in Cerritos, California, graduating in 1982, before going on to attend California State University, Dominguez Hills where she earned a BA in Broadcast Journalism, with minors in Sociology and Theatre.From 1984–1986, while in college, Rochon was one of the "Spudettes" featured in over 20 spots for the Spuds Mckenzie Budweiser/Bud Light TV commercials.

Career

She appeared as the love interest of Gerald Levert in an early music video for the group Levert, and on Luther Vandross's "It's Over Now" video. Rochon starred for one season on The Wayans Bros. television series in 1995 and she has had small roles in several films including Any Given Sunday and First Daughter. She is currently filming Running Out of Time in Hollywood in Los Angeles. From 1984–1987 she was married to breakdancer Adolfo Quinones. The two met on the film set of Breakin' and Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo. In 1996, Lela was chosen by People (USA) magazine as one of the "50 most beautiful people in the world". In 1998, she and director Antoine Fuqua were engaged and they married on 9 April 1999. After a miscarriage, daughter Asia Rochon Fuqua was born on 28 July 2002, followed by son Brando in May 2004. Fuqua has sons Zachary and Ryan from a previous relationship.

Selected Filmography

External links

 This article about a United States film actor born in the 1960s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.