Jackée Harry started acting after she was bored as a high school history teacher. Eventually, she appeared on Broadway in "Eubie!" and "The Wiz". Her tv roles are usually brash, wisecracking, man-hungry women.
National spokesperson for the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund and supports the United Negro College Fund Studied acting at the Henry Street Settlement on the Lower East Side, NYC Grew up in New York City In 1987 she became the very first and as of 2004 the only African American Actress to win an Emmy award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Sandra Clark in "227".