---
name: "Carmen Hayward"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/carmen-hayward"
fi1m_id: "carmen-hayward"
imdb_id: "nm0371714"
tmdb_id: 1128167
roles: ["Actor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T21:49:53.767782+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Carmen Hayward

## Identity

Carmen Hayward

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/carmen-hayward
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** carmen-hayward
- **IMDb ID:** nm0371714
- **TMDB ID:** 1128167
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0371714/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1128167

Actor. Born in Los Angeles.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0371714/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1128167

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Father of the Bride*](https://film.one/film/father-of-the-bride-1991.md) (65)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Carmen Hayward is an American actress and producer. Born in Los Angeles, she moved with her mother and sister to Louisville, Kentucky, at the age of five. She later attended the Inner City Cultural Center and earned degrees before studying television and film production at UCLA Extension and the University of Southern California.

Hayward began her career as a singer and actress in film, television, stage and commercials, including a national tour with Burt Bacharach and Anthony Newley and a Tide detergent advertisement. Her film credits include *Father of the Bride* (1991) as Grace, *Perfume* (1991) and *Boss Nigger* (1975) as Clara Mae. Television work includes *Starman* (1987) and *American Crime Story* (2016). She has also produced projects and appeared in short films.

*Sources: imdb.com, watch.plex.tv.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Father of the Bride* (1991), Fi1m 65, as Grace — [page](https://film.one/film/father-of-the-bride-1991.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *American Crime Story* (2016), series, as Black Woman 1 — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/american-crime-story.md)
- *Father of the Bride* (1991), as Grace — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/father-of-the-bride-1991.md)
- *The Great American Girl Robbery* (1979), as Betty
- *Boss Nigger* (1975), as Clara Mae

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