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Jasmine Guy is an American actress and singer best known as Whitley Gilbert, the unforgettable Southern belle of the NBC sitcom A Different World (1987 to 1993), the spin-off of The Cosby Show. She began her screen career dancing on the 1982 series Fame for choreographer Debbie Allen, then played Dina in Spike Lee's School Daze (1988). On A Different World she appeared in every episode, grew from co-star to the show's central character and also wrote three episodes and directed one. The role earned her the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series four years running, from 1990 to 1993. Her other television work includes a 1991 guest spot on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, the CBS movie Stompin' at the Savoy (1992) with Vanessa Williams, and the 1993 miniseries Queen, based on Alex Haley's book, playing mother to Halle Berry's title character. She later played Roxy Harvey on Dead Like Me, Sheila "Grams" Bennett on The Vampire Diaries and Gemma on Grey's Anatomy, and she has won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series.