Jasmine Guy
Actress, Writer, Director
Actress, Writer, Director
Jasmine Guy continues to enjoy a diverse career in the arts, which is currently being celebrated with her receipt of the 2024 Emmy Award as Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series for her portrayal of Barbara Baldwin in Chronicles of Jessica Wu. Well known for the iconic role of Whitley Gilbert on the 1990s hit television series A Different World, Jasmine can also currently be seen in Harlem, the comedy series from Tracy Oliver for Amazon Prime. She starred in Vanished: Searching for My Sister, a movie for Lifetime that premiered in 2022, and also starred in the feature film The Lady Makers, which is available on Amazon Prime. In 2023, she completed filming Not Just Another Church Movie, and the sequel to A Wesley Family Christmas, a holiday-themed feature film which aired on BET in December.
Guy’s long list of television credits include her multi-episode role in Grey’s Anatomy, Showtime’s Dead Like Me, HBO’s America Me, BET’s The Quad, the CW’s Vampire Diaries, NBC’s The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, and the CBS miniseries Queen and Stompin’ at the Savoy. In 2019, she starred in the Oscar-nominated short film My Nephew Emmett and HBO’s short film Irreconcilable. Jasmine’s other film credits include October Baby, Spike Lee’s School Daze, Eddie Murphy’s Harlem Nights and Diamond Men.
Jasmine’s Broadway performances range from The Alvin Ailey Repertory Company to
Grease (as Rizzo), to Leader of the Pack to The Wiz to Chicago (as Velma Kelly). On stage in Atlanta, she starred in the Alliance Theatre production of Pearl Cleage’s The Nacerima Society, Theatrical Outfit’s production of Sam Shepard’s Fool For Love (with Kenny Leon), and she has starred in Kenny Leon’s True Colors Theatre productions of Miss Evers’ Boys, Blues for an Alabama Sky and Broke-ology. She has directed productions of For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf, Brownie Points and the Martin Luther King, Jr. opera I Dream.
Guy is author of the book Evolution of a Revolutionary (Atria Books), about the life and times of Afeni Shakur, black activist and mother of slain rapper Tupac Shakur, and she is a Consulting Producer on the upcoming film about Shakur’s life.
As a vocalist, Jasmine has enjoyed performing on Broadway stages in musicals and has toured the country in the one-woman show Raisin’ Cane, with the Avery Sharpe Trio. Raisin’ Cane explores the literature, music and political climate of the Harlem Renaissance, the rich decade between World War I and the Great Depression.
In the early 1990s, Jasmine’s debut self-titled album (Warner Bros. Records) crossed over musical genres with her hit songs “Try Me,” “Another Like My Lover” and “Just Wanna Hold You.”
Jasmine now travels the country sharing her vast and diverse experiences with people from all walks of life. She speaks at colleges, universities, conventions and conferences, and leads workshops on diversity, acting and living out your dreams, your aspirations and your calling.