Tamera Mowry

Tamera Darvette Mowry-Housley[1] /təˈmɛərə ˈmɔːri/ (born July 6, 1978)[1] is an American actress and television personality. She first gained fame for her teen role as Tamera Campbell on the ABC/WB sitcom Sister, Sister (opposite her twin sister Tia Mowry).[2] She has also starred in the Disney Channel Original Movie Twitches and its sequel, Twitches Too, and she played Dr. Kayla Thornton on the medical drama Strong Medicine.

Tamera Mowry
Mowry in 2020
Born	Tamera Darvette Mowry July 6, 1978 Gelnhausen, West Germany
Nationality	American
Other names	Tamera Mowry-Housley
Alma mater	Pepperdine University
Occupation	Actress television personality
Years active	1990–present
Television	Sister, Sister Tia & Tamera The Real Home & Family
Spouse(s)	Adam Housley ​ (m. 2011)​
Children	2
Relatives	Tia Mowry-Hardrict (twin sister) Tahj Mowry (brother)
Website	www.tameramowry.com

She next starred in a reality television series following her and her twin sister's lives, titled Tia & Tamera, which began airing on the Style Network in 2011 and ended in 2013 after three seasons.[2][3] From 2013 to 2020, Mowry was one of the co-hosts of the syndicated daytime talk show The Real originally alongside Adrienne Bailon, Tamar Braxton, Loni Love, and Jeannie Mai. She is now on the Hallmark Channel show Home & Family.

Early life

Tamera Darvette Mowry was born in Gelnhausen in then-West Germany on July 6, 1978 to Darlene Renee Mowry (née Flowers), who served in the U.S. Army and later became her children's manager, and Timothy John Mowry, who was in the U.S. Army at the time of her birth and who became a custody officer/jailer with the City of Glendale Police Department when the family moved to California.[1][4][5] Tamera Mowry is the older twin by two minutes. Tamera was born at 4:30 p.m., followed by Tia at 4:32 p.m. She also has two younger brothers named Tahj Mowry and Tavior Mowry.

Her father has English and Irish ancestry, and her mother is of Afro-Bahamian descent.[6] Mowry's parents met in high school, in Miami, Florida, both joining the U.S. Army, and both eventually reaching the rank of sergeant.[7] Mowry has described her family as being both "close-knit" and "deeply religious",[5] and the sisters became born-again Christians when they were eight years old.[8]

Career

Television

Mowry and her twin sister, Tia, co-starred as the main characters in Sister Sister. A television show that aired through 1994-1999. Starring the two girls, Tamera Mowry played Tamera Campbell, who was adopted, and separated from birth away from her twin sister. The show kickstarts from where twins meet coincidentally in the mall. The comedy Tv show shows the two sisters combining worlds with their adopted parents combining households. Tia, her twin, is intelligent and from inner-city Detroit while Tamera is the boy-crazy twin from the suburbs.

In the 2005 Disney Channel film Twitches.[9] In 2013, Mowry became a co-host of the syndicated daytime talk show The Real alongside Adrienne Bailon, Tamar Braxton, Loni Love, Jeannie Mai. After premiering on July 15,[10] The Real was picked up to series the following year.[11] In 2018, Mowry and her co-hosts won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host for their work.[12] In July 2020, Mowry announced that after six seasons she would be leaving the show.[13] She returned to the show as a guest on December 8, 2020, that same day, Mowry joined Home & Family as a new family member on the show, succeeding Paige Hemmis.

Other ventures

Mowry and her twin sister, Tia, started a project called Need Brand as they entered motherhood.[14] Milky! and Stretchy! are two of the products that can cater to motherhood. Milky! is a 2.5 oz. bottle with all organic ingredients that can help mothers produce milk. Stretchy! is a stretch mark cream for post-operation scars. Another sibling project of theirs was a two-book series called Twintuition: Double Vision and Twintuition: Double Trouble.[15] She signed a overall deal with Crown Media more recently.[16]

Personal life

Mowry and Adam Housley, at their winery in 2019

Housley, Mowry, and their children, at their winery in 2019

In July 2013, Mowry revealed that she did not lose her virginity until she was 29 due to her being a devout Christian. She elaborated that she felt guilty after she had sex, and afterward committed to remaining celibate until marriage.[17] She married Fox News correspondent Adam Housley,[18] after dating for almost six years, on May 15, 2011 in California's Napa Valley. Their first child, a son, was born on November 12, 2012[19] and their second child, a daughter, on July 1, 2015.[20] The couple owns a home in Napa Valley, near her husband's family's vineyard.[21]

She had a Shih Tzu named Milano.[22]

Mowry's niece, Alaina Housley (born in 2000), was among the victims of the mass shooting at the Borderline Bar and Grill in Thousand Oaks, California, on November 7, 2018.[23][24]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	The Hot Chick	Sissy
2012	Redemption of a Dog	Michelle

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990	Rosie	Tamera Tanner	Episode: "Adventures in Blondiesitting"
1991	Flesh 'n' Blood	Penelope	"Beauty Is in the Eye of the Ticketholder"
1992	True Colors	Lorae	"In a Flash"
1992	Full House	Denise	"The Devil Made Me Do It"
1994–1999	Sister, Sister	Tamera Campbell	Lead role
1995	Are You Afraid of the Dark?	Evil Chameleon	"The Tale of the Chameleons"
1995–1996	The Adventures of Hyperman	Emma C. Squared (voice)	Main role
1997	Smart Guy	Roxanne	"Brother, Brother"
1999–2000	Detention	Orangejella LaBelle (voice)	Main role
2000	Something to Sing About	Lily	TV film
2000	Seventeen Again	Young Catherine "Cat" Donovan	TV film
2001–05	Express Yourself	Herself	Interstitial series
2004–2006	Strong Medicine	Dr. Kayla Thornton	Main role
2005	Twitches	Camryn Elizabeth Barnes / Apolla DuBaer	TV film
2006–2007	Family Guy	Esther (voice)	"Mother Tucker", "Barely Legal", "Peter's Daughter"
2007	Twitches Too	Camryn Elizabeth Barnes / Apolla DuBaer	TV film
2009	Roommates	Hope Daniels	Main role
2009	The Super Hero Squad Show	Misty Knight (voice)	"A Brat Walks Among Us!"
2010	Double Wedding	Danielle Warren	TV film
2011	Things We Do for Love	Lourdes	Main role
2011–2013	Tia & Tamera	Herself	Lead role
2012	Rebounding	Vanessa	TV film
2012	Christmas Angel	Daphney Conroy	TV film
2013–2020	The Real	Herself	Talk show; co-host (1-6)
2014–2015	Melissa & Joey	Gillian	"To Tell the Truth", "Let's Get It Started", "Failure to Communicate"
2016	Talking Dead	Herself	Talk show
2017	Hollywood Darlings	Herself
2017	Daytime Divas	Herself
2018	Help Us Get Married	Host	Facebook Watch Series
2019	A Christmas Miracle	Emma	An original Hallmark Television Movie
2020	Christmas Comes Twice	Cheryl Jenkins	An original Hallmark Television Movie
2020-Present	Home & Family	Herself	Talk show; Family Member, Lifestyle Expert

Awards and nominations

Daytime Emmy Award

Note: The year given is the year of the ceremony

Year	Award	Nominated work	Result
2016	Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host (shared with Tamar Braxton, Adrienne Houghton, Loni Love, and Jeannie Mai)	The Real	Nominated
2017			Nominated
2018	Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host (shared with Houghton, Love, and Mai)		Won
2019			Nominated

NAACP Image Award

Note: The year given is the year of the ceremony

Year	Award	Nominated work	Result
1996	Outstanding Youth Actor/Actress (shared with Tia Mowry)	Sister, Sister	Nominated
1999	Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series (shared with Tia Mowry)		Won
2000			Won
2011	Outstanding Actress Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special	Double Wedding	Nominated
2013	Outstanding Reality Series	Tia & Tamera	Nominated
2018	Outstanding Talk Series (shared with Houghton, Love, and Mai)	The Real	Won
2019	Outstanding Talk Series (shared with Houghton, Love, and Mai)	The Real	Won

Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Award

Note: The year given is the year of the ceremony

Year	Award	Nominated work	Result
1995	Favorite TV Actress (shared with Tia Mowry)	Sister, Sister	Won
1996			Won
1997			Won
1998			Nominated
	Hall of Fame (shared with Tia Mowry)	—	Won

People's Choice Award

Year	Award	Nominated work	Result
2012	Favorite TV Celebreality Star (shared with Tia Mowry)	Tia & Tamera	Nominated
2018	The Daytime Talk Show of 2018 (shared with Houghton, Love and Mai)	The Real	Nominated

Teen Choice Award

Year	Award	Performance	Result
2012	Choice TV Show: Reality (shared with Tia Mowry)	Tia & Tamera	Nominated
	Choice Reality TV Star: Female (shared with Tia Mowry)		Nominated

Young Artist Award

Year	Award	Performance	Result
1995	Best Youth Comedienne in a TV Show (shared with Tia Mowry)	Sister, Sister	Nominated
1996	Best Performance by a Young Actress – TV Comedy Series (shared with Tia Mowry)		Nominated
1997	Best Performance in a TV Comedy – Leading Young Actress (shared with Tia Mowry)		Nominated
2001	Best Performance in a TV Movie (Comedy) – Leading Young Actress (shared with Tia Mowry)	Seventeen Again	Nominated

References

1. "Tamera Mowry Biography (1978-)". FilmReference.com. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved November 13, 2012.
2. "Tia and Tamera Mowry End Reality Show Run". E! News. January 3, 2014. Retrieved September 19, 2019.
3. "Tia & Tamera Mowry End Reality Series After Three Seasons". Us Weekly. January 3, 2014. Retrieved September 19, 2019.
4. "Winsome twinsome: Tia and Tamera Mowry are 'Sister, Sister's sibling schemers". People (interviews). May 9, 1994. p. 175. Archived from the original on August 1, 2008. Retrieved January 4, 2010.
5. "Tia, Tamera And Tahj Mowry Keep Laughter In The Family With Hit TV Shows 'Sister, Sister' And 'Smart Guy'". Findarticles.com (March 1, 1999). Retrieved on 2012-07-06.
6. On her talk show, The Real, Tamera discovered that her mother's descendants came from Ghana. During an appearance on The Wendy Williams Show in 2010, it was stated that for years, the Mowrys had believed that they had Italian ancestry on their father's side; however, after researching their family tree on Ancestry.com, they discovered that their father has Irish ancestry.
7. Double Devotion – Today's Christian. Web.archive.org (January 9, 2008). Retrieved on 2012-07-06.
8. TV's tantalizing twins: Tia and Tamera Mowry share 'Sister Sister' sitcom, schoolwork and singing. Findarticles.com. Retrieved on July 6, 2012.
9. Dempsey, John (October 15, 2007). "Audiences 'Twitch' for Disney". Variety.
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11. Block, Alex Ben (October 31, 2013). "'The Real' Gets National Syndication and Cable Pick Up". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
12. Kiefer, Halle (April 30, 2018). "Here Are Your 2018 Daytime Emmy Award Winners". Vulture. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
13. https://people.com/tv/tamera-mowry-leaving-the-real/
14. "Tia & Tamera Mowry Actors and Founders of NEED Brand | Natural Child World". naturalchildworld.com. Archived from the original on December 6, 2014. Retrieved June 8, 2016.
15. Archipelago, World. "Twintuition: Double Vision - Tia Mowry, Tamera Mowry - Hardcover". HarperCollins US. Retrieved June 8, 2016.
16. Petski, Denise (November 17, 2020). "Tamera Mowry-Housley Signs Overall Deal With Crown Media Family Networks To Star In & EP Original Films; Joins 'Home & Family'". Deadline. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
17. "Tamera Mowry-Housley Talks About Losing Her Virginity At 29, Staying Celibate Until Her Wedding". Huffington Post. New York City: Huffington Post Media Group. July 19, 2013. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
18. Wihlborg, Ulrica; Hammel, Sara (January 20, 2011). "Tamera's engagement to marry Housley". People. New York City. Retrieved July 6, 2012.
19. "Tamera Mowry-Housley, Adam Housley Welcome Baby". American Broadcasting Corporation. November 14, 2012. Retrieved December 3, 2012.
20. "Tamera Mowry Gives Birth! Actress Welcomes Baby No. 2 With Adam Housley". E! Online. Los Angeles, California: E!. July 1, 2015. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
21. "Tamera Mowry-Housley gives TODAY a tour of her incredible home and family vineyard". Today. October 22, 2019. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
22. "Inside Sister, Sister Star Tamera Mowry's Wedding". People. New York City. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
23. Adejobi, Alicia (November 8, 2018). "Tamera Mowry confirms her niece Alaina Housley died in the California bar shooting". Metro. London, England. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
24. Guglielmi, Jodi (July 27, 2020). "Tamera Mowry-Housley Remembers Late Niece on Her 20th Birthday: 'You Were Such an Angel'". PEOPLE. Retrieved July 28, 2020.

External links

• Official website
• Tamera Mowry at IMDb