ABOUT TYRA FERRELL
American actress who had a recurring role on the popular television series ER and had roles in films such as Boyz n the Hood and Poetic Justice.
She started acting in the early 1980s and was named as one of the twelve Promising New Actors of 1991 in John Willis' Screen World.
She was nominated for an image award for her role in the television series NTSB: The Crash of Flight 323 in 2004.
She married civil rights activist Diop Kamau in 1992.
She played a role in the 1993 film Poetic Justice, starring Janet Jackson .
