Tatyana Ali

Tatyana Ali Trivia and Quotes

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Trivia

  • In her mucis career, Tatyana's highest ranked single was Daydreamin. The single reached #6 on Billboard's Top 100 in 1998.

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  • Tatyana won a 2011 NAACP Image Award in the category of Lead Actress in a Daytime Drama Series for her work on The Young and the Restless.

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  • She can speak Spanish fluently and say some phrases in Hindi. []

  • Her favorite movies are Gone With The Wind, West Side Story, Vertigo and What's Love Got To Do With It.

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  • Her favorite book is The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield. []
  • Her mother is a Black Panamanian and her father is from Trinidad and of East Indian descent. []
  • She has 2 sisters, Kimberly and Anastasia who are both younger. []
  • She attended Marymount High School in Los Angeles, CA. []
  • She enjoys gymnastics, singing, dancing and swimming. []
  • Tatyana's height is 5' 4" (1.63m). []
  • Tatyana Ali appeared in NBC's The More You Know public service campaign twice--once for designated drivers and once for stay in school. []
  • On January 24th 1979, Tatyana Marisol Ali was born to Sonia, who was a nurse from Panama and Sheriff Ali, a retired police officer from Trinidad. []
  • Tatyana's nickname is Ty. []

  • Tatyana has won Outstanding Youth Actor/Actress Image Awards in 1996, a Best Young Actress Starring in a New Television Series Young Artist Award in 1991, and Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Comedy TV Series Young Star Award in 1997 for her roll as Ashley Banks in the sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.

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  • Tayana's singing carrier orginated when she would sing in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air in some episodes.

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  • Tatyana had been in the children's show Sesame Street when she was 4-and-a-half years old. She is however, uncredited.

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  • Tatyana's song Boy, You Knock Me Out is a song done with Will Smith, in which they worked together on the sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.

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  • Played Tina in the 2006movie Glory Road.

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  • She appeared on Nick Cannon's music video "Can I Live." She played Nick's mother, as she decided if she was going to have an abortion.

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  • Boyfriend Jonathan Brandis past away in November of 2003. Cause of death: suicide.

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  • Met boyfriend, Jonathan Brandis (seaQuest DSV) at a friend's Halloween party. They went to Paris, France after she turned 18 years old.

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  • She appeared in Lil Romeo's music video, "My Cinderella".

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  • Graduated Harvard University. []

Quotes

  • Tatyana Ali: I'm very, very good at time management. That's been a real big benefit. []
  • Tatyana Ali: I am grateful to all my family for all the support and sacrifices over the years. []

  • Tatyana Ali: (Talking about her future) I believe in fate, I believe in hard work, and I feel like if I just keep marching, the path will kind of appear before me.

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  • Tatyana Ali: (On being on the Cosby Show) Working with Bill [Cosby] was incredible. That was the show. It was the only show that they filmed in New York, as far as I knew, at that time, and I was lucky to be a part of that.

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  • Tatyana Ali: (On the Fresh Prince of Bel Air) I was only eleven when we filmed the pilot. I didn't really expect anything to come out of it. I mean, the idea of a rapper being a star on a sitcom just wasn't heard of.

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  • Tatyana Ali: (On being a role model). I never set out to be one, but I guess parents like it because I am dedicated to school. With being on Disney, a lot of young people look up to me and I'm becoming more aware of it, especially because of all the responses I get.

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  • Tatyana Ali: (On going to Harvard) I found it challenging, but a lot like I expected. A lot of independent study. It was weird at first because I think everyone thought maybe that I thought I was some sort of diva. It took a couple weeks before anyone got the nerve to talk to me and word got around that I was normal. I used to get stopped for little interviews and starting meeting people.

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  • Tatyana Ali: Believe in yourself and your talent 100% and never let anyone discourage you from following your dream. []
  • Tatyana Ali: I always want to entertain people and sing and dance. []

  • Tatyana Ali: (On making her album Kiss The Sky) Will never told me he was doing this, but I think he kept distance to let me explore and really feel like it was mine - and not like someone was holding my hand.

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  • Tatyana Ali: (After her singing performances on the Fresh Prince of Bel Air) After that episode, I would meet people on the street and they'd ask me 'When is your album coming out?' This was before I'd even thought about pursuing a record deal.

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