Tamera Mowry mini-bio: Tamera Darvette Mowry is an American actress. She first gained fame for her role opposite her identical twin sister Tia Mowry in the sitcom Sister, Sister.
Tamera Darvette Mowry was born in Gelnhausen Germany to Darlene, who is African American, and to Timothy, who is caucasian. Tamera Mowry was born two minutes before her identical twin sister Tia Mowry. She has a mole on her left cheek and has dimples, that is the only way you can tell the difference from her sister. Her father was in the army when she was born he , became a police officer. Her mother was also in the military and later managed her and her sister's careers. She has two other younger siblings, Tahj Mowry, who is also an actor, and Tavior. Tamera and her sister Tia starting entering pageants and talent shows while their family were living in Texas. At age 12, they convinced their mother to move to California with them so they could start an acting career. She agreed, on the fact that they have a acting job the first month. In 1990, their family moved to California permanently and Tamera and her sister started appearing in commercials and other small entertainment activities. She and Tia were members of the 90's singing group The Voices.
She is best known for playing Tamera Campbell, a twin separated at birth and met with her sister as a teenager in the show Sister, Sister . The show was developed for them after a producer spotted them on the set of Full House, a show on which their brother made regular appearances. Tamera also was in Full House in the episode "The Devil Made Me Do It" in which Michelle Tanner runs away to Teddy's their brother , Tahj Mowry house. Sister, Sister was initially on ABC but was cancelled by the network after two years and picked up by the WB Television Network,where it ran for another four years. During its run, they appeared on an episode of their brother Tahj Mowry's show Smart Guy. They also did voiceover work for the Kids' WB cartoon Detention .
After the show ended, both Mowry and her sister studied psychologyat Pepperdine University. They both appeared in the movie The Hot Chick playing cheerleaders. Mowry played Dr. Kayla Thornton on the Lifetime Television show Strong Medicine from 2004 until February 2006, when the show went off the air. In 2005, they both starred in the Disney Channel film Twitches.
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