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Gabrielle Dennis is an American actress and comedian, known mostly for her work in cable television series (The Game, Blue Mountain State, The Underground). Dennis starred in the Fox medical drama Rosewood alongside Morris Chestnut. In 2018, she began starring as Tilda Johnson in the Marvel Cinematic Universe series Luke Cage (2018).

This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (May 2010)

Gabrielle Dennis
Dennis in 2018
Occupation	Actress, comedian, singer, television host
Years active	1990–present

Career

Dennis has a background in dance, theatre, stand-up comedy, and singing.

In 2008, Dennis won the role of Janay Brice on The CW comedy series The Game. After the show was canceled, fans campaigned for its return where Dennis was able to reprise her role for two more seasons on BET. During her stint on The Game she landed roles in the direct-to-DVD film Bring It On: Fight to the Finish, and The Marc Pease Experience. She played Denise Roy on Spike's Blue Mountain State.

Dennis has since guest-starred on several series including Franklin & Bash, Bones, Justified, and Baby Daddy. In 2015, she landed the role of Pippy Rosewood, the toxicology expert and lesbian sister of Beaumont Rosewood (Chestnut) for Fox's Rosewood.

Dennis is in a recurring role as Candace on the hit show Insecure.

Dennis played Whitney Houston in the BET miniseries, The Bobby Brown Story, which debuted in the United States and internationally in September 2018.[1]

Since 2019, Dennis has starred in the hit sketch comedy HBO show A Black Lady Sketch Show.

Filmography

Key

Denotes works that have not yet been released

Film and TV Movies

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990	A Mom for Christmas	Christmas Box	TV Movie
2004	He Can Get It	Kyra	Video
2005	The Wickeds	Kate	Video
2006	Let's Talk	Khalil's Wife	Short
	Three Strikes	Jimmy's Girl	TV Movie
2008	Drifter	Miranda
	Learning How to Speak	Student	Short
	After School	Robert's Wife
2009	Timer	Girlfriend
	Slinging Mud	Guidance Counselor	Short
	Bring It On: Fight to the Finish	Treyvonetta	Video
	The Marc Pease Experience	Tracey
	Janky Promoters	Female Fan
2011	Politics of Love	Chelsea
	He's Mine Not Yours	Brooke
2012	Back Then	Bobby Jo
	Holly's Holiday	Deena	TV Movie
2013	What Would You Do for Love	Paula	TV Movie
	What Would Dylan Do?	Cherise	TV Movie
2014	Black Coffee	Morgan
	The Fright Night Files	Serena	TV Movie
	A Super Secret	-	Short
2015	My First Love	Carmen	Video
	Call Me King	Leena
2017	Girls Trip	Herself
2022	A Madea Homecoming	Laura
	Wendell & Wild	(voice)	[2]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998–00	Teen Summit	Herself/Hostess	TV Series
2004	The New Detectives	Girlfriend	Episode: "Vanished"
2005	Minding the Store	Herself	Episode: "Hot Girls of Comedy"
	Ballin	Herself/Hostess	TV Series
2006	The Underground	Various characters	Main Cast
2007	Campus Ladies	Lena	Episode: "Barri & Joan Rush a Black Sorority"
2008	Penn & Teller: Bullshit!	Mock Trainer's Assistant	Episode: "Sensitivity Training"
	Wizards of Waverly Place	Candace	Episode: "Quinceanera"
	My Name Is Earl	Sassy Black	Episodes: "We've Got Spirit"
2008–12	The Game	Janay Brice	Recurring Cast: Season 2–5
2010	Southland	Michelle Hill	Episode: "The Runner"
	Blue Mountain State	Denise Roy	Main Cast: Season 1
2012	Franklin & Bash	Nicole Toomin	Episode: "Summer Girls"
2014	Justified	Gloria	Recurring Cast: Season 5
	Baby Daddy	Valerie Banks	Episode: "Curious Georgie"
2015	Bones	Alana Jackson	Episode: "The Psychic in the Soup"
2015–16	Born Again Virgin	Kelly/Bryn	Episode: "Pilot" & "Call a Spade a Spade"
2015–17	Rosewood	Pippy Rosewood	Main Cast
2017	Lady Dynamite	Jessica Hu	Episode: "Souplutions"
2017–18	Insecure	Candice Peña	Recurring Cast: Season 2, Guest: Season 3
2018	Luke Cage	Tilda Johnson	Main Cast: Season 2
	The Bobby Brown Story	Whitney Houston	Episode: "Part I & II"
	Hell's Kitchen	Herself/Restaurant Patron	Episode: "Families Come to Hell"
2018–19	S.W.A.T.	Briana Harrelson	Recurring Cast: Season 1–3
2019	Rel	Shannon	Episode: "Cleveland"
	American Soul	Tina Turner	Episode: "Proceed with Caution"
2019-	A Black Lady Sketch Show	Various Characters	Main Cast
2021	Someone Out There	Chloe	Episode: "Pilot"
2021-	The Upshaws	Tasha Lewis	Main Cast
TBA	The Big Door Prize	Cass	Upcoming series

References

External links

• Gabrielle Dennis on Twitter
• Gabrielle Dennis at IMDb 

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