Tamera Darvette Mowry-Housley (née Mowry) () (born July 6, 1978) is an American actress, television personality, and former singer. She first gained fame for her teen role as Tamera Campbell on the ABC/ WB sitcom '' Sister, Sister'' (opposite her twin sister Tia Mowry). She has also starred in the

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'' Twitches'' and its sequel, '' Twitches Too'', and played Dr. Kayla Thornton on the medical drama ''

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''. She next starred in a reality television series following her and her twin sister's lives, titled '' Tia & Tamera'', which began airing on the

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in 2011 and ended in 2013 after three seasons. From 2013 to 2020, Mowry was one of the co-hosts of the syndicated daytime talk show ''

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'' originally alongside Adrienne Bailon,

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and

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. She was on the

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show '' Home & Family'' until its cancellation in August 2021.

Early life

Tamera Darvette Mowry was born in

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in then-

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on July 6, 1978, to parents who were in the U.S. Army, Darlene Renee Mowry (née Flowers), who later became her children's manager and Timothy John Mowry, who became a custody officer/jailer with the City of Glendale Police Department when the family moved to California.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. 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 actor, Tahj Mowry and musician, Tavior Mowry. Her father has English and Irish ancestry and her mother is of

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descent. Mowry's parents met in high school, in

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, both joining the U.S. Army and both eventually reaching the rank of sergeant. Mowry has described her family as being both "close-knit" and "deeply religious," and the sisters became born-again Christians when they were eight years old.

Career

Television

Mowry and her twin sister, Tia, co-starred as the main characters in '' Sister, Sister'', a television show that aired from 1994 through 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 the 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. Tamera and Tia worked in the 2005

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film '' Twitches''. In 2013, Mowry became a co-host of the syndicated daytime talk show ''

'' alongside Adrienne Bailon,

. After premiering on July 15, ''The Real'' was picked up to series the following year. In 2018, Mowry and her co-hosts won the

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for their work. In July 2020, Mowry announced that after six seasons she would be leaving the show. 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

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. In 2021, Mowry competed in season 5 of '' The Masked Singer'' as "Seashell". She was eliminated on Week 7 alongside Bobby Brown as "Crab". This show also revived Tamera being a singer.

Other ventures

Mowry and her twin sister, Tia, started a project called Need Brand as they entered motherhood. 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 four-book series called ''Twintuition: Double Vision'' and ''Twintuition: Double Trouble''. She signed an overall deal with Crown Media in 2020.

Personal life

Tamera Mowry, Adam Housley at Housley Napa Valley

Adam Housley, Tamera Mowry, and children at Housley Napa Valley

In July 2013, Mowry revealed that she did not lose her

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until she was 29. She elaborated that she felt guilty after she had sex and afterward committed to remaining

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until marriage. She married

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correspondent

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, after dating for almost six years, on May 15, 2011, in California's Napa Valley. They have a son, Aden John Tanner and a daughter, Ariah Talea. The couple owns a home in Napa Valley, near her husband's family's vineyard. Mowry's niece, Alaina Housley (born in 2000), was among the victims of the

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at the Borderline Bar and Grill in

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, on November 7, 2018.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

Daytime Emmy Award

NAACP Image Award

Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Award

Note: The year given is the year of the ceremony

People's Choice Award

Teen Choice Award

Young Artist Award

References

External links

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