Michael was born Michael Michele Williams on August 30, 1966, to proud parents Jerry and Theresa Williams. She spent many of her formative years in New York City where she later began to pursue an acting career. In 1984, practically right our of high school, Michael moved to New York and began to make many commercials. Later, singer Freddie Jackson noticed her talent and beauty and signed her to do a trilogy of his videos throughout the 80's. Michael's very first movie was "Def by Temptation" in 1990. However, she received her big break in movies in 1991 when she was cast as Wesley Snipes' girlfriend in the urban drama "New Jack City". Since Michael's break in films, she has starred in "The Sixth Man" with actors Kadeem Hardison and Marlon Wayans and numerous roles in television series. Her tv series include "Players", "Trade Winds", and "Peter Ben". These roles were followed by roles in "Central Park West", "New York Undercover", "Homicide: Life On the Street", and her current television series, "ER". In "ER", Michael stars as Dr. Cleo Finch, a second-year resident in pediatric medicine. Michael is currently single and commutes bi-coastly between New York and Los Angeles.
In 2000 and 2001, Michael was nominated for SAG Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series for E.R..
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While starring in ER, Michael appeared in 2 public service announcements for NBC's The More You Know. Her topics were mentoring and violence prevention.
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She has been volunteering as a mentor since age 15.
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Michael enjoys reading about financiers in her free time.
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Michael graduated from high school in 1984 as an honor student.
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Michael's son's name is Brandon.
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Michael is bi-racial. Her father is white and her mother is African-American.
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Michael's father, Jerry, is an entrepreneur and her mother, Thersa, is a corporate manager.
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She mentors underprivileged children when her schedule allows.
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She is a huge jazz fan.
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She has one younger sister.
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Michael is currently dating New York restauranteur Jimmy Rodriguez. They have one son together.
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Michael's son was born on December 21, 2004, in New York.
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Michael and her high school basketball team, Bosse High School, became the state champions one year.
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She attended Bosse High School in Evansville, Indiana.
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Michael played volleyball and basketball and ran track in high school.
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Michael has been cast as Eric La Salle's girlfriend twice; once in Coming to America, and again in ER.
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She went to the Howard Roosa Elementary School in Evansville, Indiana.
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Michael is named after her mother's best friend.
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She is 5' 9" tall.
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Michael Michele: I wasn't a cheerleader or the prom queen. I don't move through the world with a mirror in front of my face, and I've never been attracted to projects that had an emphasis on what I look like.
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