Jeannetta Arnette is an American actress. She became known for her television role as Miss Meara on the

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''. She has also appeared in numerous films, including 1992's '' Ladybugs'' and 1999's '' Boys Don't Cry'', and guest-starring roles on television. Arnette grew up in

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and attended high school at

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, studied acting in England and attended college at

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where she began acting in local theatrical productions. She dropped out of college to move to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career there. In 2006, she co-starred in

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's VH1 sitcom, '' So NoTORIous'' and played Sarah Jean, an innocent death-row inmate, on CBS' ''

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''. In 2014, she played in a recurring role in the CBS series, ''

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''.

Filmography

Film

Television

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