* v jf~ 'Seductress' Robin Givens will appear at theater festival Special lo THE CHRONICLE * 1 sion series of her own as high school student Darlene Merriman on "Head of the Class." In that same year f festival will sparkle with a guest appearance she portrayed an innocent young call girl named April ' "jffie by Robin Givens. Baxter in the film "Beverly Hills Madam." j In 1989 Robin's personal life was moving as rapid¬ Givens, a native New Yorker, began her acting ly as her acting career. Her marriage to world heavy¬ career while attending medical school. The 19-year-old weight boxing champion ended, and in premed graduate student took acting, dancing and that same year she appeared as a ravishing woman liv¬ singing lessons as hobbies. However, a visit to her ing with a prosperous music producer, in the television hometown in 1984 would alter her career plans forev- thriller "The Penthouse." Then, in a made-for-TV drama, she played While on break from Harvard University's Gradu¬ Kiswana, one of the collection of women who work ate School of Medicine, she read for a guest role on the together to get out of the slums in the critically- highest-rated television program of the day, "The acclaimed "Women of Brewster Place." Next she the »' ," and she got job. t appeared as the gorgeous gangster moll Inabelle in Although Givens had always dreamed of being a film "Rage in Harlem," written and directed by Bill doctor, the acting bug Duke. overtook her. It was not ¦" Givens' film career an easy decision, but an Although Givens had always dreamed includes "Boomerang" even tougher task was a the with , convincing her mother of being doctor, acting bug who portrays a to support her in a overtook her. smooth-talking lady's change of career plans. - man. But Robin's (iivens, however, had -."* character, Jacqueline, turns the tables when he talis tor ' the assistance from one of the most powerful men in the sensuous beauty. the entertainment industry, . In "Blankman," the movie about a geeky inventor Givens and Cosby made her mother an offer she who dons special underwear for his super-hero pow¬ could not refuse. Cosby promised that if Givens were ers, Givens played Kimberly Jonz to Kenan Wayans' not successful in her acting career within a two-year title role love interest. . period, he would personally send her back to.medical Givens' other films include "Foreign Student" and school and incur all the expenses. . "Dangerous Intentions." She has appeared on the tele¬ vision series "Sparks" on UPN; on television pro¬ With her mother's consent, Givens began her act¬ grams such as "Courthouse" and "Angel Street"; and ing career. She would be one of the entertainment in a magazine layout in Playboy in September 1994. industry's most controversial artists of the 20th centu¬ ry- Join Givens on Aug. 2 for the star-studded festi¬ Soon after Givens made her guest appearance on. val's gala, to be held at Benton Convention Center in "The Cosby Show," in 1986 she made a guest appear¬ Winston-Salem. For more information refer to ance on "Different Strokes." Then she landed a televi- http://www.NBTF.org or call (336) 723-2266. Oivnt WELCOME TO WINSTON-SALEM! I MERCHANT'S Home of TIRE & AUTO CENTERS

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