Charnele Brown

Charnele Brown is an American-born actress, producer, writer, and fashion designer. 

She is best recognized for her role as Kimberly Reese in the hit NBC sitcom "A Different World." Charnele was born Karen Charnele Dozier. 

Her mother, who is no more in this world, was a church minister. Out of her 13 uncles, 10 of them are church ministers. 

She went to East Hampton High School and later graduated from the State University of New York.

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How did she get into acting?

Charnele fell in love with acting at quite an early age. She was in second grade and was watching the American television series Lassie. 

Since Lassie usually came back at the end of two or three minutes, if he came back a little later that day, she started crying, thinking that Lassie was dead. 

She then realized she could make herself cry by looking at something though she didn't know the technique back then. 

While at school, she used to go to the duck pond every Friday. 

She started crying at the pond, remembering Lassie, and when the teachers and her friends asked her why she was crying, she said her brother died in the pond, but in reality, she had no brothers. 

She was so convincing that everyone believed in her and started giving her candies to make her feel good. 

Charnele recalled getting the thrashing of her life when she returned home because her teacher Mrs. White had told her mom what happened and also had apologized for taking her to the pond. 

But her parents saw something in her and put her in the acting class.

She became a pro after college with a Broadway debut "Safarina," a South-African musical in 1989. She was the first American cast member. 

Though she struggled during her early career, she didn't consider it a struggle because it was something she had to do and she loved to do. 

It was hard, but she enjoyed her journey.

She is married to her husband

She has been happily married to her husband, Eric Brown, since 1987. However, they have managed to keep their marriage life extremely private.

She has her own acting school

She has her own acting school, The Charnele Brown Acting Academy. 

In her acting school, she also teaches writing and directing because she thinks acting is not enough. 

They have writing sessions and have a team of writers. 

According to Charnele, the kids of today's generation have access to almost everything and have resources, so she tells her students that there is no way they could be dumped because they have tons and tons of opportunities, and therefore there is no middleman like before. 

Back then, when she was doing it, there was always a middleman, she said.

The reason why she stopped acting

Charnele, during an interview with A Star TV, revealed the reason why she stopped acting. 

According to her, she had to take care of her mom because her mom had Alzheimer’s disease. 

It was not like she was not getting gigs or going out and auditioning, but she had to stop what she was doing because her mother was her first priority. 

So in the midst of taking care of her, she had her acting school, which provided an opportunity to be in the craft as well and be as close as possible while still taking care of her mother.

She believes that people should take care of their parents when they grow older because they take care of them.

Net Worth 

She has a net worth of $4 million.

Age

1. She was born on the 30th of October, 1965, in East Hampton, New York. She is currently 57 years old.