Garcelle Beauvais is a former model and actress from the United States. She is best recognized for her roles as Francesca Monroe in ‘The Jamie Foxx Show’ and Valerie Heywood in the crime thriller ‘NYPD Blue’.
She is now a featured cast member of the Bravo reality TV show The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.

Quick Facts

Garcelle Beauvais Age and Early Life

Garcelle Beauvais was born in Saint-Marc, Haiti, on November 26, 1966. Her age in 2023 will be 55. Her parents are Marie-Claire Beauvais (mother) and Axel Jean Pierre (father). Her mother worked as a nurse, while her father was a lawyer. Her parents separated when she was a child. She immigrated to the United States with her mother at the age of seven and the family settled in Peabody, Massachusetts.

She could only communicate in Creole and French. Later she learned English by watching ‘Sesame Street’. Her ancestry is Afro-Haitian. In terms of schooling, she attended Peabody Veteran’s Memorial High School until she was 16 years old. She then traveled to Miami to model and a year later moved to New York City.

Garcelle Beauvais Height and weight

Beauvais is about 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighs about 60 kilograms. Her chest, waist and hip measurements are 34-25-35 inches. Her eyes are brown and her hair is black.

Garcelle Beauvais’ net worth

What is Garcelle Beauvais’ net worth? Garcelle Beauvais’ net worth is projected to be around $8 million as of 2022. She has had a stellar career in both modeling and acting, so it’s not surprising that her net worth is so large. Her annual salary has not been disclosed.

Career

Garcelle Beauvais is a contemporary actress, reality TV personality and author. However, she started her career as a model. At the age of 17, she embarked on a ten-year modeling career that took her all over the world. She has appeared in print advertisements for Mary Kay, Avon and Clairol, as well as catalogs for Neiman Marcus, Lerner New York Clothing Line and Nordstrom. When she got her first modeling job with Models, Inc. scored, it paved the way for her illustrious acting career. Beauvais went on to have a thriving acting career. She played the love interest of the main character, Jamie King, on ‘The Jamie Foxx Show’ from 1996 to 2001.

She also appeared in the films NYPD Blue, Wild Wild West, Coming to America and Spider-Man: Homecoming. She now stars as Dennis Quaid’s love interest in Netflix’s “Merry Happy Whatever,” as well as in the psychological TV thriller “Tell Me a Story.”

In 2019, she revealed the cast of the tenth season of “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.” She stars in the program with Lisa Rinna, Erika Girardi, Kyle Richards, Teddi Mellencamp Arroyave, Dorit Kemsley and Denise Richards. She is both an entrepreneur and an author. In 2008 she started her own children’s jewelry collection, Petit Bijou. In 2013, she released the children’s book I Am Mixed.

Garcelle Beauvais Husband and Marriage

Who is Garcelle Beauvais’ husband? Garcelle is currently untethered. She recently ended a romance. She was in a relationship with Michael Elliott, but they broke up barely two months after they made their relationship public. He is best known for writing screenplays for the films Like Mike, Brown Sugar and Just Wright, as well as Carmen: A Hip Hopera.

She has been married twice in her life. Daniel Saunders, a producer, was her first husband. The couple married in 1991 and divorced in 2000, some 9 years later. They have a son named Oliver Saunders as a result of their relationship. She later married talent agent Michael Nilon. On May 12, 2001, the couple exchanged wedding vows. Garcelle gave birth to twins, Jax Joseph Nilon and Jaid Thomas Nilon, on October 18, 2007, after their marriage.