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Chenoa Maxwell Born November 16, 1969 Occupation actress Known for Girlfriends Chenoa Maxwell (born November 16, 1969) is an American actress and photographer.[1][2][3]
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Career
Maxwell is best known for her starring role in the 1997 romantic comedy Hav Plenty and as the recurring character Lena Turner on the hit UPN sitcom Girlfriends. Maxwell has also appeared in the WB sitcom For Your Love and in the 2002 film G,[4] a modernized, loosely based adaptation of The Great Gatsby starring Richard T. Jones and Blair Underwood, and directed by Christopher Scott Cherot.[5] She was the leading lady in R&B singer Joe's video, What if a Woman. She also had a cameo in the infomercial for 'Yoga Booty Ballet'.
In 2006 Maxwell went to London to study photography, and from there embarked on a photographic odyssey around the world. Her first solo art exhibit, Introspection: India, ran for one month at the Papillion Institute of Art in Los Angeles in March 2011.[6] She has also exhibited in the Bay Area.
Filmography
- Hav Plenty (1997) as Havilland Savage
- Cold Feet (1999) as Denise
- For Your Love (TV) (1 episode, 1999) as Angelic
- Malfunction (2001) as Fadhi
- Sacred is the Flesh (2001) as Erica Fontaine
- G (2002) as Sky Hightower
- Girlfriends (TV) (4 episodes, 2003-2005) as Lena
- Doing Hard Time (2004) as Elise
- Lenox Avenue (2009) as Madison
References
- ^ Nykia Spradley (September 28, 2010). "Closet Envy: Photographer Chenoa Maxwell". Essence. http://www.essence.com/2010/09/29/closet-envy-chenoa-maxwell/. Retrieved August 23, 2011.
- ^ "Chenoa Maxwell filmography". The New York Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/person/232724/Chenoa-Maxwell/filmography. Retrieved August 23, 2011.
- ^ Jan Peters (September 1999, Vol. 3, Iss. 5, pg. 55). "Chenoa Maxwell: Hot Stuff!". Just for Black Men.
- ^ Tambay (April 3rd, 2011). "Flashback To 2005 – “G”". Shadow and Act. http://www.shadowandact.com/?p=43861. Retrieved August 23, 2011.
- ^ Claire Coughlan (August 14 2011). "The great leap from page to screen". Irish Independent. http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/the-great-leap-from-page-to-screen-2847872.html. Retrieved August 23, 2011.
- ^ Danika (March 28th, 2011). "Chenoa Maxwell & Celebrity Friends Present Introspection: INDIA". Poshglam. http://www.poshglam.com/chenoa-maxwell-presents-introspection-india/. Retrieved August 23, 2011.
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Categories:- American film actors
- African American actors
- American television actors
- Living people
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