Tami Roman

Biography

Tamisha Akbar (born April 17, 1970) professionally known as Tami Roman, is an American actress, reality television personality, model, and businesswoman. She first gained fame on The Real World: Los Angeles in 1993. During her time on The Real World: Los Angeles, Roman formed her own R&B girl group quartet called Reality. Roman herself was one of the four members and the rapper of the group as well. During the same time, the group signed a record contract with Mercury Records. In 1994, while still under contract with Mercury Records, Roman changed the group's name from Reality to Female. Also in 1994, she married NBA player Kenny Anderson and they have 2 children. They divorced by February 2001. Roman gained more fame as she appeared as the dealer on the 2001 revival of Card Sharks, and on several other shows, including an episode of One on One (season 3, episode 4) and BET’s original tv series, “the Parker’s”, as Dina (season 1, episode 14). After making cameo appearances and starring in supporting roles in various TV shows and films in the 1990s and 2000s, Roman became one of the main cast members and breakout stars of the reality series VH1's Basketball Wives in 2010. She was then cast on the Basketball Wives spinoff Basketball Wives: LA, starting with the fourth season in 2015. Roman appeared on two episodes of the CBS show Extant. Roman could also be heard on Tami Roman's Love Talk & Hot Jamz with advice columnist and rapper Willie D of the Geto Boys and Reggie Youngblood. Roman and her then-boyfriend Reggie Youngblood appeared on Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars for its 3rd season in May 2015; they later married in 2018. In 2022, she hosts the new VH1 reality series Caught in the Act: Unfaithful.

Most Known For

Married... with Children

as Meg

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

as Saleslady #1

The Drew Carey Show

as Susan

MTV Movie & TV Awards

as Self - Presenter

Truth Be Told

as Lillian Scoville

The Real World

as Herself

Extant

as Cass Hendy

Moonlight

as Maureen

One on One

as Elizabeth

Secret Celebrity RuPaul's Drag Race

as Miss Shenita Cocktail - Contestant

Carl Weber's The Family Business

as London Duncan

Caught in the Act: Unfaithful

as Self - Host

Summerland

as Leslie Sloan

The Ms. Pat Show

as Denise

Haus of Vicious

as Chantel Vivian

Tales

as Silk

Basketball Wives

as Self

Basketball Wives LA

as Self

The Real World Homecoming

as Self

Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars

as Self