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| Birth Name(s) : Tichina Arnold |
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Full Tichina Arnold Biography
Tichina Arnold (born June 28, 1971) is an American actress best known for her current role as the matriarch, Rochelle, in Everybody Hates Chris, as well as her role as Pamela James in Martin. She also played the role of Nicole Barnes on the television series, One on One
Arnold was born to a middle-class family in Queens, New York to a police officer father and a sanitation department worker mother. She attended the High School of Music and Art. She has a daughter, Alijah Kai (b. 2004), with ex-boyfriend Carvin Haggins.
Other roles Arnold is recognized for include Crystal in the big-screen version of Little Shop of Horrors, along with her future Martin castmate Tisha Campbell-Martin, and for 2 years as troubled-teen character Zena Brown on the daytime soap opera, Ryan's Hope and Sharla Valentine on "All My Children. She was nominated for an Emmy for her work on Ryan's Hope at the age of 16. Her most current role is in the Golden Globe nominated and critically acclaimed TV series , Everybody Hates Chris. For her first season of Everybody Hates Chris, Ms. Arnold won an NAACP Image Award as Outstanding Actress for her characterization of Rochelle.
In speaking on her role as Rochelle, Ms. Arnold has pointed out that the character is not even remotely like her. Rather, she indicates that the character is more like the Black women in her family who raised her--her mom, her aunts, and her grandmother. Ms. Arnold says she is more like the character from Martin, because of that character's retorts and back-and-forth wisecracks. In discussing her Pamela James character's relationship with the Martin Payne character, Ms. Arnold stated, "The way my character developed on Martin was because of the way we used to joke off camera. We would crack on each other off camera and it clicked. Martin, he’s just an incredible comedian and he’s somebody you just have to roll when he rolls. Martin taught me how to keep on my toes. Keep my chops up. Think quickly on my feet. That relationship between our characters just totally came from us kicking it."
Arnold is also a raspy, powerhouse vocalist capable of dipping deep into the contralto range. Her vocals are featured on the soundtrack to the movie adaption of Little Shop of Horrors. In 1992, Arnold contributed background vocals to "Push", a single from singer and fellow actress Tisha Campbell's debut album. The two long-time friends also duetted in 1997 on a cover of The Emotions' "Don't Ask My Neighbor" from the soundtrack of the farcial comedy Sprung. Recently, she has lent her voice to several underground house/dance mixes which garnered her some popularity in the alternative club scenes of Los Angeles, CA.
With her starring role, as the mother and head of her family on Everybody Hates Chris, she and two of her friends/fellow vocalists pitched a possible theme song for the show. Although the song was ultimately not used for the series, an excerpt of the song in which Arnold and her vocalists sing the phrase, "Everybody Hates Chris" is heard at the end of every episode. During season one, another take of the excerpt was used at the end of every act-break before going into commercial. This was ultimately abandoned during the second season. |
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