Garcelle Beauvais was born on 26 November, 1966. She is an American actress with Haitian roots. She has also done fashion modeling. She came to the limelight after playing Francesca “Fancy” Monroe on The Jamie Fox Show. The television sitcom was aired on The WB between 1996 and 2001. She rose even higher in her career playing Valerie Heywood on NYPD Blue aired on ABC.
When she was just 17 years old, Beauvais went to pursue a life in fashion modeling in the New York City. She got signed by Irene Marie Models and Ford Models. She has been on the cover of Jet magazine. She has also appeared in Ebony, Essence and Playboy.
Beauvais married Daniel Saunders, a producer. Their son, Oliver Saunders was born in 1991. The two later divorced. On May 12, 2001, Beauvais walked down the aisle again with Mike Nilon. Mike works for Creative Artists Agency as an agent. Beauvais and Mike had twin sons, Jaid Thomas and Jax Joseph Nilon on October 18, 2007. This birth came after an infertility struggle going back five years. According to reports, Beauvais discovered that Nilon had been in an extramarital affair for five years. She is said to have outed him by sending an email to his coworkers. The contents of that email were revealed to the New York Post. Beauvais released a statement stating that she was concentrating on her kids and getting over the pain she had been subjected to by her husband. A month later she filed for divorce. She also sought for joint custody of their twins. The two became officially divorced on April 1the following year.
Relationship History (2014-aged 47)
Currently Spouse/Partner
Garcelle Beauvais is currently single.
Previous Spouse/Partner
Will Smith (1990-1991)
Daniel Saunders (1990-2000)
Mike Nilon (2000-2010)
Sean Penn (2011-rumor)
Kids
Oliver Saunders
Jax Joseph Nilon
Jaid Thomas Nilon
Star Sign
Sagittarius
Net Worth
$6 million