Jo Marie Payton

JoMarie has been nominated for three Image Awards for her character Suga Mama. Twice for The Proud Family in 2003 and 2005 and once for The Proud Family Movie in 2006. She was nominated in the category of Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children's Series/Special for all three nominations.

In 1999 Jo released a jazz album titled 'Southern Shadows'.

She actually played the charector of Harriette Winslow for a total of eleven seasons combineing her time on "Perfect Strangers" and the on "Family Matters"

She's was one of the few people in TV history to launch a spinoff and then leaving the show, altough she left Family Matters when there was only a few episodes left

She starred with Orlando Brown on two TV series first Family Matters and the Disney channel show The Proud Family.