The Hampton University Center for Public Policy and Leadership Spring Speaker’s Series and the Department of Fine and Performing Arts are co-sponsoring a Conversation with Darryl M. Bell and Tempestt Bledsoe Friday Feb. 17, 2012 from noon to 1pm in the Little Theatre. The topic being discussed will be artists as activists.
Darry M. Bell, best known for his role as Ron Johnson in the six season hit sitcom A Different World and three time NAACP Award nominee, had a unique climb to stardom and began his acting career at an autograph signing with Spike Lee. He joked about the high price of Lee’s t-shirts and was later given an opportunity by Lee to audition for the film School Daze. Bell was casted as Big Brother X-Ray Vision.
Since his breakout role in A Different Role, Bell has had a plethora of film and television credits, including; recurring roles on Living Single, For Your Love , Cosby, and appearances on The Tonight Show, The Arsenio Hall Show, and Regis and Kelly.
Bell has dedicated service to the HBCU community, and recently hosted the Ford HBCU Business Classic for TV One. This was a competition for students from historically Black colleges competing for scholarship money to start their own business.
Tempestt Bledsoe, best known for her role as Vanessa in The Cosby Show began her career at the tender age of ten. After finishing the last season of The Cosby Show, Bledsoe enrolled at NYU’s prestigious Stern School of Business, and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in finance.
Bledsoe also has numerous television and film credits and her most recent works include appearances on The Hallmark Channel’s original movie Wishing Well, Steven Bochco’s Raising The Bar, Oxygen’s Husband For Hire, and the voice of Abbey on Disney Channel’s The Replacements.
Tempestt has long been viewed as a role model for young people. She has served as National Spokesperson for D.A.R.E., and The President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports.
Faculty and students are encouraged to come to this event to hear how someone’s craft can be used to make a difference by two of television and film’s activists.
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