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| Birth Name(s) : Lela Rochon Staples |
Date of Birth: April 17, 1964 |
| Status:
Married
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Partner:
Antoine Fuqua |
| Profession:
Actor |
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Lela Rochon Staples was born April 17th, 1964, in Los Angeles, California, where twenty years later she would graduate in the class of 1984 from Cerritos (rhymes with Burritos) High School.
Lela knew she was destined for entertainment world greatness. If you were one of the early viewers of MTV, you may have first garnered a glance of the 5'9" beauty in the 1983 video for Lionel Richie's, "All Night Long." Lela was also a fixture in another '80s icon: she was a "spudette" in the Spudz McKenzie Budweiser commercials.
As the '90s came, Lela worked her way into some other films such as The Meteor Man and Boomerang, once again with Eddie Murphy. While the WB network offered lots of work for African-American actors and actresses in the mid-90s, the parade of sitcoms and dramas rarely lasted long. This included a short stint for Lela on a 1995 one-season run of The Wayans Bros., starring Marlon and Shawn Wayans of Scary Movie fame.
However, later that year Lela would land the greatest role of her life, as Robin in 1995's Waiting to Exhale. During the rest of the decade, Lela landed roles in films such as 1998's The Big Hit and Why Do Fools Fall in Love, and 1999's Any Given Sunday.
For the last few years, you may have noticed that Lela has been credited as Lela Rochon Fuqua, after having married director Antoine Fuqua in 1999. The couple had their first child last summer and Lela plans to take some time off to raise their child, but will be back soon to take over the world. |
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Lela Rochon (born April 17, 1964 in Los Angeles, California, U.S.) is an African-American actress of Haitian descent of who is best known for her role as Robin Stokes in the movie Waiting to Exhale.
She attended Cerritos High School in Cerritos, California, graduating in 1982, before going on to attend California State University, Dominguez Hills where she earned a BA in Broadcast Journalism, with minors in Sociology and Theatre. From 1984-1986, while in college, Rochon was one of the "Spudettes" featured in over 20 spots for the Spuds Mckenzie Budweiser/Bud Light TV commercials. Rochon starred for one season on The Wayans Bros. television series in 1995 and she has had small roles in several films including Any Given Sunday and First Daughter. She is currently filming Running Out of Time in Hollywood in Los Angeles.
From 1984-1987 she was married to breakdancer Adolfo Quinones. The two met on the film set of Breakin' and Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo. In 1996, Lela was chosen by People (USA) magazine as one of the "50 most beautiful people in the world". In 1998, she and director Antoine Fuqua were engaged and they married on 9 April 1999. After a miscarriage, daughter Asia Rochon Fuqua was born on 28 July 2002, followed by son Brando in May 2004. Fuqua had a son Zachary from a previous relationship. |
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| This is the most exciting film for black women since The Color Purple and I'm a part of it! -- on her role in Waiting to Exhale |
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