Tamera Mowry is well known for her roles in popular television dramas and series. Tamera gained prominence after portraying Tamera Campbell on the ABC/WB sitcom Sister, Sister. Mowery starred alongside her twin sister, Tia Mowry, in this popular sitcom.
Following her initial breakthrough, she received offers for significant projects and appeared in a variety of television series. Tamera gained further recognition for her role as Dr. Kayla Thornton in the medical drama Strong Medicine.
The actress was cast in the Style Network reality series Tia & Tamera in 2011, which followed the lives of two sisters. The show ended in 2013 after three seasons.
Biography
| Name | Tamera Mowry |
| Annual Salary | $500,0000 |
| Profession | Actor |
| Gender | Female |
| Zodiac Sign | Cancer |
Early Life
Tamera Darvette Mowry (born July 6, 1978, 47 years old) in Gelnhausen, former West Germany, to Timothy John Mowry and Darlene Renee Mowry.
Her father is a US Army veteran and a Glendale Police custody officer, and her mother is also a US Army veteran. Her parents enlisted in the US Army as children, and when Tamera and her twin sister Tia were born, they were stationed overseas.
Tamera grew up with her twin sister Tia (actress) and two younger brothers, Tahj Mowry (actor) and Tavior Mowry (actor) (Football player).
Tia and Tamera, twin sisters, decided at a young age to pursue acting careers, so their mother left her position in the military, and the entire family moved to Los Angeles, California, to support them. Tamera’s father has an English and Irish accent, and her mother’s family is of Afro-Bahamian heritage.
The girls became born-again Christians at age 8. She attended Birmingham High School in Los Angeles, where she graduated. She attended Pepperdine University in California, where she majored in psychology.
Career
Tamera Mowry began her professional acting career as a child actress in the early 1990s, playing in shows including Flesh ‘n’ Blood, Full House, and True Colors. Tamara’s biggest break came in 1994 when she and her twin sister Tia were cast as the lead characters in the sitcom Sister, Sister. Tamera Campbell was the character in this series from 1994 to 1999.
While appearing in this show, she also starred in several other projects, such as Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1995), The Jamie Foxx Show (1996), and others. Tamera voiced Emma C. Squared, the main character in the animated series The Adventures of Hyperman, from 1995 to 1996. She made her voice acting debut in the animated series Detention from 1999 to 2000, playing Roxanne in an episode of the television sitcom Smart Guy.
Tamera starred in television films such as the Christian drama Something to Sing About and the fantasy comedy Seventeen Again in 2000 after the famous sitcom Sister, Sister ended in 1999. Tamera was thrust back into the spotlight when she was cast as Dr. Kayla Thornton in the medical drama Strong Medicine, which she appeared in from 2004 to 2006. She later starred alongside her twin sister Tia in the Disney TV film Twitches.
In 2007, she reprised her role in the sequel Twitches Too. She played Esther in the animated sitcom Family Guy and then Misty Knight in The Super Hero Squad Show. Tamera played Danielle Warren in the 2010 television film Double Wedding.
Tamera and her twin sister Tia starred in the three-season reality television series Tia & Tamera, which aired on Style Network from 2011 to 2013. Later, Mowry became a co-host of The Real, a daytime talk show. She starred in this show for seven years, from 2013 to 2020, alongside Adrienne Bailon, Tamar Braxton, Loni Love, and Jeannie Mai.
Melissa & Joey (2014-15), Talking Dead (2016), Hollywood Darlings, Daytime Divas (2017), Help Us Get Married (2018), and The Masked Singer (2017) were among the series in which she appeared during this period (2021). Tamera made her theatrical film debut in the comedy picture The Hot Chick in 2002, in which she played Sissy.
Personal Life, Relationships, and Husband
Tamera began dating former baseball player and Fox News contributor Adam Housley in 2006. Adam proposed to Tamera while they were sleeping in a hotel room in Vincennes, where they had been dating for almost six years.
Tamera Mowry and Adam Housley married in Napa Valley in May of 2011. In November 2012, the couple welcomed their first child, a son named Aden John Tanner Housley. Ariah Talea Housley, their daughter, was born in July 2015.
Tamera said in July 2013 that she had decided to remain celibate because of her Christian beliefs. She eventually lost her virginity at the age of 29, was found guilty afterward, and resolved to refrain from sex until marriage.
Tamera Mowry Net Worth
Tamera Mowry is an American actress, television personality, and former singer with an estimated net worth of $5 million.
