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Garcelle Beauvais-Nilon
Birth name	Garcelle Beauvais
Born	November 26, 1966 (1966-11-26) (age 41) Saint-Marc, Haiti

Garcelle Beauvais-Nilon (born November 26, 1966) is a Haitian actress and former fashion model. She is known for her role as Assistant District Attorney Valerie Heywood in the TV program NYPD Blue and Francesca Monroe on The Jamie Foxx Show.

Beauvais was born Garcelle Beauvais in St. Marc, Haiti, to Maria Claire, a nurse, and Axel Beauvais, a lawyer.^[1] Beauvais has six older siblings. After her parents divorced, Beauvais, her mother and siblings moved to Massachusetts. While her mother was attending nursing school, Beauvais went to boarding school. At age 16, the family moved to Miami-Dade area. There she attended both North Miami Beach High School (which is located in North Miami Beach) and Miami Norland High School (which is located in the Norland section of Miami Gardens, Florida.)

At age seventeen, Beauvais went to New York to pursue a career as a fashion model, and was signed with Ford Models. She modeled print ads for Avon, Mary Kay and Clairol. Beauvais also modeled in catalogs for Neiman Marcus and Nordstrom. She has appeared in Essence and Ebony and had a nude pictorial in the August 2007 issue of Playboy. She also walked the catwalk for Calvin Klein and Isaac Mizrahi.^[2]

Garcelle has son Oliver (born 1991) from her previous marriage to Daniel Saunders. Beauvais has been married to Mike Nilon since 2001. Their twin sons Jax Joseph Nilon (8:30 pm,4lbs 7oz) and Jaid Thomas Nilon (8:31 pm, 4lbs 9oz) were born 18 Oct 2007.

• Manhunter (1986)
• Coming to America (1988)
• Every Breath (1993)
• Wild Wild West (1999)
• Double Take (2001)
• Bad Company (2002)
• BarberShop 2: Back in Business (2004)
• American Gun (2005)
• I Know Who Killed Me (2007)

• The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air(1993)
• Models, Inc. (1994-1995)
• The Jamie Foxx Show (1996-2001)
• Opposite Sex (2000) (canceled after 8 episodes)
• NYPD Blue (cast member from 2001-2004)
• Second String (2002)
• Eyes (2005) (canceled after 12 episodes)
• 10.5: Apocalypse (2006)
• The Cure (2007)

• Garcelle Beauvais at the Internet Movie Database
• Garcelle Beauvais interview