Terri J. Vaughn first stole America’s heart with her comical portrayal of the lovable Lovita
Alizay Jenkins on The Steve Harvey Show. After six successful seasons, she went on to star
in Will Smith’s executive produced comedy All of Us, Showtime’s hit drama Soul Food,
and Tyler Perry’s Meet The Browns. Terri currently stars on the upcoming seasons of Ava
DuVernay’s Cherish The Day, BET’s First Wives Club and BounceTV’s Johnsons. HBO’s
groundbreaking series Insecure, spun off Terri’s poignant character Rose Cranberry and her
fictional show, Looking For LaToya, into a scripted podcast series for Raedio and
TenderfootTV. After winning 2 Webby Awards, HBO and Issa Rae brought Terri back as
Rose Cranberry for another spin–off, We Stay Looking, which also won a 2022 Webby for
best scripted fiction podcast. Terri has been honored with three NAACP Image Awards for
her work on The Steve Harvey Show.
As a director, Terri’s latest project, Unthinkably Good Things, filmed in Rome, Italy, is slated
to launch Crown Media’s Hallmark Mahogany brand in August 2022. She also just
wrapped on an episode of Disney’s Bunk’d. Other notable projects directed by Terri is the
first comedic episode of BET’s TALES and Reuben Cannon Entertainment’s Soul Santa.
She’s directed several Viacom movies, including the romantic comedy Angrily Ever After,
the fun family classic ‘Twas The Chaos Before Christmas, starring Sherri Shepherd and
Cynthia McWilliams, and the hilarious female buddy flick Christmas Belles, featuring Janet
Hubert and the legendary John Amos. Terri’s directing debut in 2016, which she also
produced, was the hilarious ‘Friday–isque’ independent comedy #DigitalLivesMatter,
starring social media comedic influencers, DC Young Fly, Emmanuel Hudson and B.Simone.
As a producer, Terri has produced over 16 projects under her independent production
company,
Nina Holiday Entertainment, with her producing partner Cas Sigers–Beedles.
Terri produced and starred in television’s highly rated Girlfriends’ Getaway and its sequel,
Girlfriends Getaway 2.
Out of her desire to give back to her community, Terri founded
Take Wings Foundation
(1997), in the San Francisco Bay Area to mentor young women growing up in at risk
communities. Terri’s passion is to uplift and motivate young women to believe in
themselves.Terri is represented by Buchwald Agency, managed by Kronicle Media