Tyra Ferrell

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Tyra Ferrell born March 29 1962 is an American actress Ferrell was born in Houston Texas She moved from Houston to New York after high school and began her career on stage including roles on Lena Horne The Lady and Her Music 1981 and Aint Misbehavin on Broadway She made her screen debut in a small role in the 1981 comedy film So Fine and later appeared in Lady Beware School Daze The Mighty Quinn and The Exorcist III On television she gueststarred in Hill Street Blues The Twilight Zone and Quantum Leap and had recurring roles on Square One Television The Bronx Zoo and Thirtysomething In 1990 Ferrell was regular cast member on the shortlived CBS sitcom City starring Valerie Harper In 1991 Ferrell played supporting roles in the films Boyz n the Hood and Jungle Fever In the same year she was listed as one of twelve Promising New Actors of 1991 in John A Willis Screen World The following year she starred alongside Wesley Snipes in the comedy film White Men Cant Jump and later had supporting roles in Equinox Poetic Justice and The Perfect Score Ferrell also played the leading role alongside Mare Winningham in the 1993 Lifetime Television movie Better Off Dead In 1994 she had the recurring role as Dr Sarah Langworthy during the first season of the NBC medical drama ER and from 1996 to 1997 she costarred alongside Corbin Bernsen on the syndicated science fiction series The Cape In 2000 Ferrell costarred alongside Khandi Alexander in the HBO miniseries The Corner She later gueststarred on Soul Food The Shield and Law Order Special Victims Unit In 2004 she was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie MiniSeries or Dramatic Special for her role in the ABC television film NTSB The Crash of Flight 323 She returned to acting ten years later with the leading role in Tasha Smiths directorial debut Boxed In In 2015 Ferrell was cast in a recurring role on the second season of Foxs primetime soap opera Empire