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Tamisha Akbar (born April 17, 1970) better and professionally known as Tami Roman, is an American television personality, model, businesswoman and actress. Roman first gained fame on The Real World: Los Angeles in 1993.[1] After making cameo appearances and starring in supporting roles in various television shows and films in the 1990s and 2000s, Roman became one of the breakout stars of Vh1's Basketball Wives.[2]

Tami Roman Youngblood
Born	Tamisha Akbar (1970-04-17) April 17, 1970 (age 52) Mount Vernon, New York, U.S.
Nationality	American
Occupation	Television personality model actress rapper
Years active	1993–present
Known for	Basketball Wives (2010–2013); (2017-2019) Basketball Wives LA (2015–2016) The Real World: Los Angeles (1993) Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars (2015)
Spouses	Kenny Anderson ​ ​ (m. 1994; div. 2001)​ Reggie Youngblood ​ ​ (m. 2018)​
Children	2
Website	officialtamiroman.com

Career

During her time on The Real World: Los Angeles, Roman formed her own R&B girl group quartet called Reality. Roman herself was one of the four members and the rapper of the group as well. During the same time, the group signed a record contract with Mercury Records. The name of the song was "Prisoner Of Your Love," but the producer that worked with them was, from what Tami stated, was very difficult to work with, to please, and hard to satisfy.^{[citation needed]} The group ended their collaboration with him and the song was never recorded. In 1994 while still under contract with Mercury Records, Roman changed the group's name from Reality to Female. The group was offered the opportunity to join other African-American girl groups in recording the remake of R&B singer Joi's song "Freedom" for the motion picture soundtrack album, Panther.^{[citation needed]}

The song featured other R&B girl groups such as En Vogue, SWV, TLC, For Real, Xscape, Brownstone, Y?N-Vee, Changing Faces and several other groups.^{[citation needed]} The song also featured many female African-American solo artists and female rappers. The second song the group was in on that soundtrack was a cover version of the hit song If I Were Your Woman by Gladys Knight and the Pips, only the group was the backing vocals while solo artist, Shanice was the lead vocal. The third and final song that Female was heard in on the soundtrack was also a cover version the legendary soul hit (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman by Aretha Franklin. The names of the other three girls in the group were Monique Johnson, Donyell Floyd, and Carlett Martin. After the soundtrack, not much else was heard from the group again and they never released an album.^{[citation needed]}

Roman gained more fame as she appeared as the dealer on the 2001 revival of Card Sharks, and on several other shows, including an episode of One on One (season 3, episode 4) and BET’s original tv series, “the Parker’s”, as Dina (season 1, episode 14). In 2010, Roman became one of the main cast members in the VH1 reality series Basketball Wives. She was then cast on the Basketball Wives spinoff Basketball Wives LA, starting with the fourth season in 2015. Roman appeared on two episodes of the CBS show Extant. Roman could also be heard on Tami Roman's Love Talk & Hot Jamz with advice columnist and rapper Willie D of the Geto Boys and Reggie Youngblood. The show aired on Houston's KCOH Radio. Roman and her boyfriend Reggie Youngblood appeared on Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars for its 3rd season, which premiered May 29, 2015. Roman is working on her hair and cosmetic lines.[3]

After Roman released a series of videos titled "Bonnet Chronicles" on Instagram, it was produced into a scripted series on TIDAL in 2018.[4]

Personal life

Roman has been married twice and has two children. On August 26, 1994, Roman married NBA player Kenny Anderson and together they had two daughters, Lyric Chanel (b. 1994) and Jazz Anderson (b. 1996). Roman and Anderson later divorced in February 2001.[5] Roman has been married to Reggie Youngblood since August 2018.[6]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	MacArthur Park	Rose
	Tara	Judge Bankhead	Video
	Sacred Is the Flesh	May
2003	The Street Lawyer	Lontae Burton	TV Movie
	Hot Parts	Midnight	Video
2004	Earthquake	Debbie	TV Movie
	Hair Show	Zora
2005	Talk Show Diaries	Zoe	TV Movie
	Tears of a Clown	Carolyn Black
2006	One Foot in, One Foot Out	Valerie	Short
	The Last Stand	DeDe Calvin
2007	Wifey	Freddie Million	TV Movie
	South of Pico	Irene
2010	Something Like a Business	Prosecutor
2012	Life, Love, Soul	Renee Jackson
2013	Sunday's at Noon	Mona	Short
2015	Play Date	Jennifer	Short
2016	Beyond the Game	Reality Presenter
	ANYWHERE, U.S.A.	Coco	Short
2017	When Love Kills: The Falicia Blakely Story	Stacey	TV Movie
	Just Within Reach	Viola
2018	District	Tasha
	Tijuana Jackson: Purpose Over Prison	Sharea Jackson
2019	Tami Ever After	Herself	TV Movie
	Fall Girls	Linda
TBA	Bid for Love	Dr. Simone

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	The Real World: Los Angeles	Herself/Cast member	TV series
	Married... with Children	Meg	Episode: "Scared Single"
1994	Silk Stalkings	Dina	Episode: "The Scarlet Shadow"
1995	The Real World Vacations: Behind the Scenes	Herself	Video Documentary short
	The Real World Reunion	Herself	TV special
1996	Lauren Hutton and...	Herself	Episode: "Kenny Anderson & Tami Akbar-Anderson"
	The Real World Reunion: Inside Out	Herself	Video documentary
1997	The Real World You Never Saw	Herself	Video documentary
1998	The Real World You Never Saw: Boston + Seattle	Herself	Video documentary
2000	The Parkers	Dina	Episode: "Love Is a Royal Pain"
2001	Card Sharks	Dealer	TV series
	20/20	Herself	TV series
	The Steve Harvey Show	Bernadette	Episode: "Not the Best Man"
2002	The Drew Carey Show	Susan	Episode: "What Women Don't Want"
2003	E! True Hollywood Story	Herself	Episode: "Real World"
	Sabrina the Teenage Witch	Saleslady #1	Episode: "You Slay Me"
	One on One	Elizabeth	Episode: "PTAmore"
2004	Half & Half	Spice	Episode: "The Big Type Cast Episode"
	JAG	Beauty Tech	Episode: "Hard Time"
2005	Summerland	Leslie Sloan	Episode: "What's Past Is Prologue"
	Sex, Love & Secrets	Angela	Recurring cast
2008	Moonlight	Maureen "Mo" Williams	Recurring cast
2010–2019	Basketball Wives	Herself/Cast member	Main cast (seasons 2–8)
2011	Love That Girl!		Episode: "Dilemma Date"
	Eden	Lila	Episode: "Pilot"
2011–2012	Big Morning Buzz Live	Herself	2 episodes
2012–2016	The Wendy Williams Show	Herself	5 episodes
2013	David Tutera's Celebrations	Herself	Episode: "Super Sweet Sixteen Plus 1"
	Belle's	Loreta Cooper	Main cast
	Tiny Tonight	Herself/Co-host	2 Episodes
2014	Extant	Cass Hendry	2 Episodes
2015	Celebrity Wife Swap	Herself	Episode: "Tami Roman/Kerri Walsh-Jennings"
	Love & Hip Hop Atlanta: After Party Live!	Herself	Episode: "After Party Live! 409"
	Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars	Herself	Main cast: Season 3
2015–2016	Basketball Wives LA	Herself/Cast member	Guest (season 4); main cast (season 5)
2016	The Doctors	Herself	Episode: "The Doctors' Most Viral Show Ever/M.D. Turns M.C."
2017	Hollywood Today Live	Herself	Episode: "Jackie Christie & Tami Roman/Danielle Mone Truitt & Brandon Quinn/"Scandal" Cast"
	Ridiculousness	Herself	Episode: "Tami Roman"
	District	Tasha	Main cast
	Tales	Silk	Episode: "All I Need"
2017–2018	Wild 'n Out	Herself/Team Captain	2 episodes
2018	Steve	Herself	Episode: "Louie Anderson/Brooke Burke-Charvet, Tami Roman & Tamar Braxton"
	Bossip on WEtv	Herself	Episode: "Thirteen"
	TiTi Do You Love Me	Herself	Episode: "Stripping Two Away"
	Bonnet Chronicles on Tidal	Betty	Main cast
2018–	The Family Business	London Duncan-Grant	Main cast
2019	Uncensored	Herself	Episode: "Tami Roman"
	Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta	Herself/Host	Episode: "Love & Hip Hop Awards: Most Certified"
	The D.L. Hughley Show	Herself	Episode: "Episode #1.68"
	Saints & Sinners	Felicia Thompson	Recurring Cast: Season 4
2019–present	Truth Be Told	Lillian Scoville	Recurring cast (season 1); main cast (season 2–present)
2020	RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race	Herself/Miss Shenita Cocktail	Episode: "Rusical"
2021	Love & Hip Hop: It's a Love Thing	Herself	TV special
	The Mediator	Herself	Episode: "Mommy ATM-No-More"
	For Real: The Story of Reality TV	Herself	2 episodes
	Get Into It with Tami Roman	Herself/Host	TV special
	The Ms. Pat Show	Denise Ford	Main cast
	The Real World Homecoming: Los Angeles	Herself	Main cast
2022	The Real Housewives of Atlanta	Herself	Guest; Episode: "The Edge of Fashion"
	Haus of Vicious	Chantel Vivian	Main cast

See also

• List of Puerto Ricans

References

External links

• Tami Roman at IMDb
• Tami Roman Twitter

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