Tia Mowry

Tia Dashon Mowry-Hardrict (born July 6, 1978), known by her maiden name Tia Mowry (/ˈtiːə ˈmɔːri/), is an American actress and model. She first gained fame for her teen role as Tia Landry on the ABC/The WB sitcom Sister, Sister (opposite her identical twin sister Tamera Mowry). From 2006 until 2012, she portrayed medical student Melanie Barnett on The CW/BET comedy-drama series The Game. She is also notable for starring in the television movie Twitches and its sequel Twitches Too. Mowry has portrayed as Sasha in Bratz and Sashabella in Bratzillaz. From September 2013 to 2015, Mowry starred in Nickelodeon's Nick at Nite and TV Land comedy sitcom Instant Mom.

Tia Mowry and her sister Tamera were in a singing group in the early 1990s called Voices. The group deputed their first single "Yeah, Yeah, Yeah!" in 1992.

Family and early life

Mowry was born in Gelnhausen in West Germany. Her mother, Darlene Renee Mowry (née Flowers), managed her children's careers when they were in the group Voices, and also worked as a security guard. Her father, Timothy John Mowry, was in the U.S. Army at the time of her birth, and later became a custody officer/jailer with the City of Glendale Police Department, when the family moved to California.