---
name: "Tyra Ferrell"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tyra-ferrell"
fi1m_id: "tyra-ferrell"
imdb_id: "nm0274508"
tmdb_id: 9782
wikidata_id: "Q141619"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "29 March 1962"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T12:57:37.432740+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."
---

# Tyra Ferrell

## Identity

Tyra Ferrell

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tyra-ferrell
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tyra-ferrell
- **IMDb ID:** nm0274508
- **TMDB ID:** 9782
- **Wikidata ID:** Q141619
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyra_Ferrell, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141619, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0274508/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/9782

Actor. Born 29 March 1962 in Houston, Texas, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 29 March 1962, Houston, Texas, USA
- **Active:** 1985–2000
- **Average Fi1m score:** 84, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 82 (1), 1990s 86 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyra_Ferrell, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141619, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0274508/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/9782

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Boyz n the Hood*](https://film.one/film/boyz-n-the-hood.md) (86)

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

## Biography

Tyra Ferrell is an American actress. She moved from Houston, Texas, to New York after high school and began her career on stage, with roles in Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music (1981) and Ain't Misbehavin' on Broadway.

Ferrell made her screen debut in So Fine (1981) and appeared in films including The Exorcist III (1990), Boyz n the Hood (1991) as Mrs. Baker, Jungle Fever (1991), White Men Can't Jump (1992) and Poetic Justice (1993). On television she had recurring roles in series including Thirtysomething, ER (1994) as Dr. Sarah Langworthy and Empire (2015), and guest appearances in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Chicago P.D. She received NAACP Image Award nominations for her work in Boyz n the Hood and NTSB: The Crash of Flight 323 (2004).

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Boyz n the Hood* (1991), Fi1m 86, as Mrs. Baker — [page](https://film.one/film/boyz-n-the-hood.md)
- *Moonlighting* (1985), Fi1m 82, as Hooker — [page](https://film.one/tv/moonlighting.md)

## Complete filmography (41)

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

- *A New York Christmas Wedding* (2020), as Alison Wilks
- *The Bobby Debarge Story* (2019), as Etterlene DeBarge
- *Boxed in* (2015), as Gayle
- *Empire* (2015), series, as Roxanne Ford
- *Chicago P.D.* (2014), series, as Mrs. Burton
- *The Perfect Score* (2004), as Desmond's Mother
- *The Shield* (2002), series, as Karen Mitchell — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-shield.md)
- *Soul Food* (2000), series, as Frances Lester
- *The Corner* (2000), series, as Ella Thompson
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Bethany Taylor
- *Early Edition* (1996), series, as Dr. Marks
- *The Cape* (1996), series, as Mission Specialist Tamara St. James
- *ER* (1994), series, as Sarah Langworthy — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)
- *Poetic Justice* (1993), as Jessie
- *Better Off Dead.* (1993), as Cutter Dubuque
- *Ulterior Motives* (1993), as Receptionist
- *Equinox* (1992), as Sonya Kirk
- *White Men Can't Jump* (1992), as Rhonda Deane
- *You Must Remember This* (1992), as Ricki Sewell
- *Boyz n the Hood* (1991), as Mrs. Baker — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/boyz-n-the-hood.md)
- *Jungle Fever* (1991), as Orin Goode
- *The Trials of Rosie O'Neill* (1990), series, as Loni Sanders
- *The Exorcist III* (1990), as Nurse Blaine
- *City* (1990), series, Actor
- *The Neon Empire* (1989), as Samantha
- *The Neon Empire* (1989), series, as Samantha
- *Quantum Leap* (1989), series, as Delilah 'Lila' Berry
- *The Mighty Quinn* (1989), as Isola
- *School Daze* (1988), as Tasha
- *Nuts* (1987), as Cell Woman #2
- *thirtysomething* (1987), series, Actor
- *Full House* (1987), series, as Miss Petrie
- *Lady Beware* (1987), as Nan
- *The Bronx Zoo* (1987), series, Actor
- *Are You My Mother?* (1986), as Tracy
- *The Twilight Zone* (1985), series, as Maid (segment "Dead Woman's Shoes")
- *Moonlighting* (1985), series, as Hooker — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/moonlighting.md)
- *Gimme an 'F'* (1984), as Rocket Rafferty
- *Hunter* (1984), series, as Marguerite Montero
- *So Fine* (1981), as Receptionist
- *Hill Street Blues* (1981), series, Actor — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/hill-street-blues.md)

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