Tia Mowry

Name: Tia Mowry
Date of Birth: July 06, 1978
Place of Birth: Gelnhausen, Germany

Mini-bio: Tia Dashon Mowry, also credited as Tia D. Mowry, is an American actress. She first gained fame for her role opposite her identical twin sister Tamera Mowry in the sitcom Sister, Sister. She was born ...( read more)to Darlene, who is African American. Mowry was born two minutes after her identical twin sister Tamera Mowry.

Her father was in the army when she was born; he later 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, who is also an actor, and Tavior. Mowry and her sister began entering pageants and talent shows while their family was stationed in Texas. At age 12, they convinced their mother to move to California with them so they could pursue an acting career. She agreed, on the condition that they land an acting job the first month. In 1990, their family moved to California permanently and she and her sister began appearing in commercials and other small roles. The two of them were also members of the group, The Voices in the early 90's.

She is best known for playing Tia Landry, a twin separated at birth and reunited with her sister as a teenager in the show Sister, Sister. The series was developed for them after a producer spotted them on the set of Full House, a show on which their brother made regular appearances. Sister, Sister was initially on ABC but was cancelled by the network after two years and picked up by the WB, 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 series Detention. After the show ended, both Mowry and her sister studied psychology at Pepperdine University. She also went to Europe to study humanities and Italian for a period.[1] Both she and her sister appeared in the movie The Hot Chick playing cheerleaders. Mowry did voiceovers for the Bratz cartoon series as the voice of Sasha. In 2005, Mowry and her sister both starred in the Disney Channel film Twitches. Mowry appeared on an episode of her sister's television show, Strong Medicine, in January 2006, playing the role of Keisha, the twin sister of Tamera Mowry's character, Dr. Kayla Thornton. She has a few movie projects planned, as well as a starring role in the CW television series The Game. Mowry currently resides in Los Angeles with her "teacup" Chihuahua, whom she named Chico. On Christmas morning 2006, Tia became engaged to actor Cory Hardrict.

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Tia Mowry mini-bio: Tia Dashon Mowry, also credited as Tia D. Mowry, is an American actress. She first gained fame for her role opposite her identical twin sister Tamera Mowry in the sitcom Sister, Sister. She was born to Darlene, who is African American. Mowry was born two minutes after her identical twin sister Tamera Mowry.

Her father was in the army when she was born; he later 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, who is also an actor, and Tavior. Mowry and her sister began entering pageants and talent shows while their family was stationed in Texas. At age 12, they convinced their mother to move to California with them so they could pursue an acting career. She agreed, on the condition that they land an acting job the first month. In 1990, their family moved to California permanently and she and her sister began appearing in commercials and other small roles. The two of them were also members of the group, The Voices in the early 90's.

She is best known for playing Tia Landry, a twin separated at birth and reunited with her sister as a teenager in the show Sister, Sister. The series was developed for them after a producer spotted them on the set of Full House, a show on which their brother made regular appearances. Sister, Sister was initially on ABC but was cancelled by the network after two years and picked up by the WB, 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 series Detention. After the show ended, both Mowry and her sister studied psychology at Pepperdine University. She also went to Europe to study humanities and Italian for a period.[1] Both she and her sister appeared in the movie The Hot Chick playing cheerleaders. Mowry did voiceovers for the Bratz cartoon series as the voice of Sasha. In 2005, Mowry and her sister both starred in the Disney Channel film Twitches. Mowry appeared on an episode of her sister's television show, Strong Medicine, in January 2006, playing the role of Keisha, the twin sister of Tamera Mowry's character, Dr. Kayla Thornton. She has a few movie projects planned, as well as a starring role in the CW television series The Game. Mowry currently resides in Los Angeles with her "teacup" Chihuahua, whom she named Chico. On Christmas morning 2006, Tia became engaged to actor Cory Hardrict.

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WDCsoftballgirl14

your the best andmy grandparents are from germany and my greatgrandma was born in gelnhausen wow and evan your my fave twin on sister sister im like u and my best friend is like ur sister and we try to wacth every show well caht later and my friend ashely says hi by

posted 186 days ago
shannogess

hey tia i love you and the show the game so keep doing what u do piece.

posted 190 days ago
minimouse72

Hi Tia/Tamera,

I was wondering where I can purchase a necklace you wore on Twitches and also Miranda's necklace on Twitches?

I tried to see if Disney has it but no luck!!!

Also the movie the first Twitches movie was fantastic! I can't wait to watch the Twitches too which will air in Australia this Sunday.

Looking forward to be hearing from you.

Minniemouse

posted 209 days ago
brentcarlile

thanks tia for getting more pictures of you on here,i just love watching your movies.you are so great,thanks!

posted 303 days ago
lilshep14

Hey!! i love twitches and twitches too they are awesome i hope there's a 3rd that be awesome!

posted 311 days ago
girlsrock123952

hi

posted 353 days ago
rhuzmeli

hi.

posted 376 days ago
Cutiejkt

UR so pretty i luv ur acting ur so awesome

posted 380 days ago
SouljaGirl2

Tia i am ur number 1 fan i seen all ur shows of sister sister and i have seen Twitches alot of times and i love that movie so much

posted 386 days ago
BabyGirlDeuanna

I lookde at twiches last night

posted 425 days ago