Actress & Television Personality Best Known for Sister, Sister
Tamera Mowry: Biography at a Glance
- Tamera Mowry-Housley captivated audiences for over 20 years, getting her start as the young star of over 100 episodes of the hit television series Sister, Sister alongside her twin sister Tia.
- Sister, Sister made Tamera a 90’s pop culture icon and the series garnered her many awards including the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series, the Kid’s Choice Award for Favorite Television Actress, and induction into the Kid’s Choice Awards Hall of Fame.
- She also appeared in the Disney Channel’s original movie Twitches, one of the channel's highest-rated movies of all time, was a series regular on Lifetime's Strong Medicine, ABC Family's Roommates and she has lent her voice to Fox’s hit show Family Guy and Cartoon Network’s Super Hero Squad Show.
- Tamera started a production company, Twilight Productions, with her sister and produced and starred in the Lifetime movie, Double Wedding.
- As an entrepreneur, she opened Housley Napa Valley Tasting Room alongside her husband, which features affordable and approachable wines that have earned nearly 250 medals and an abundance of industry praise.
Biography
Tamera Mowry-Housley and her sister Tia have captivated audiences for over 20 years. The twin sisters got their start as the young stars of over 100 episodes of the hit television series Sister, Sister and starred on the hit Style Network reality TV series Tia and Tamera. Tamera and Tia signed a deal with Harper Collins, to launch a book series titled Twintuition: Double Vision, targeting the tween market. The book is about twin girls who come into special powers on their 12th birthday.
Sister, Sister made Tamera Mowry-Housley a 90’s pop culture icon. The series garnered Tamera many awards including NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series two years in a row; the Kid’s Choice Award for Favorite Television Actress three years in a row; induction into the Kid’s Choice Awards Hall of Fame. Recently, Tia and Tamera were voted two of the "most powerful women on Twitter" by AOL Black Voices.
Tamera was also a series regular on Strong Medicine (Lifetime) and Roommates (ABC Family) and she has lent her voice to Fox’s hit show Family Guy and Cartoon Network’s Super Hero Squad Show. She appeared in the Disney Channel’s original movie Twitches in 2005, one of the channel's highest-rated movies of all time. She then appeared in Twitches Too two years later. In 2010. Tamera started a production company with her sister, Twilight Productions. She produced and starred in the Lifetime movie, Double Wedding. On the big screen, Tamera co-starred in the Rob Schneider comedy The Hot Chick. Tamera can be seen recurring as 'Gillian' on the ABC Family hit Melissa and Joey.
While balancing a flourishing career, Mowry-Housley graduated with honors from Pepperdine University with a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology with an emphasis on abnormal childhood development. The oldest sister by two minutes, Mowry-Housley was born in Germany then raised in Southern California. Mowry-Housley married FOX News correspondent Adam Housley in May 2011 and they welcomed their first child Aden John Tanner Housley in November 2012. Tamera and her husband Adam spend time in Los Angeles and Napa Valley, where their family winery Century Oak is located.
