Institute of Caribbean Studies
Thursday, June 15, 2017
Actresses Tamera Mowry-Housley and Tia Mowry-Hardrict have been in the entertainment business since they were 12 years old. They are of Caribbean decent through their mother who is Bahamian-American. They are most noted for their sitcom "Sister, Sister" where they played twin sisters separated at birth and reunited as teenagers. This sitcom started on NBC and ran for another four years on the WB network in the 1990s. Both sisters pursued higher education after the series ended, attending Pepperdine University.
Tia and Tamera starred in the Disney Channel Original Movie Twitches and its sequel, Twitches Too. Tamera is also known for her role as Dr. Kayla Thornton on the medical drama "Strong Medicine." Tia is also known for her role as medical student Melanie Barnett Davis on the CW/BET comedy-drama series "The Game", from 2006 until 2012.
Tamera is currently one of the hosts of The Real talk show while Tia is producing and acting in the Nickelodeon show, "Instant Mom." They have received multiple NAACP Image awards and Nickelodeon Kids' Choice awards.
