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name: "Tempestt Bledsoe"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tempestt-bledsoe"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 August 1973"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T06:48:50.826096+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."
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# Tempestt Bledsoe

Actor. Born 1 August 1973 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 August 1973, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- **Also known as:** Tempestt K. Bledsoe
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q541171, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0088144/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/92087

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*ParaNorman*](https://film.one/film/paranorman.md) (76)

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## Biography

Tempestt Bledsoe is an American actress. She began her career appearing in commercials as a child model before being cast as Vanessa Huxtable on the NBC sitcom *The Cosby Show* (1984–1992).

Bledsoe earned a bachelor's degree in finance from New York University. Her later credits include voicing Sheriff Hooper in the animated film *ParaNorman* (2012), a regular role as Marny in the sitcom *Guys with Kids* (2012–2013), and appearances in *Family Reunion* (2019). She has been in a relationship with actor Darryl M. Bell since 1993.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *ParaNorman* (2012), Fi1m 76, as Sheriff Hooper (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/paranorman.md)

## Also known for

- *The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air* (1990), Tempestt Bledsoe
- *The Cosby Show* (1984), Vanessa Huxtable
- *The Practice* (1997), Roberta Baylor
- *Family Reunion* (2019), Katrina
- *E! True Hollywood Story* (1996)
- *A Different World* (1987), Vanessa Huxtable

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