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Jul 26, 2022 · After a major cast shake-up following Season 1, Charnele Brown joined the cast of A Different World as Kim Reese in Season 2. With Season 1 stars Lisa Bonet and Marisa Tomei off the show, the series began to focus more on other students at Hillman College, including Kim, a medical student and the roommate of Whitley Gilbert (Jasmine Guy).
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- Lisa Bonet (Denise Huxtable) As the lead of the first season of A Different World, Lisa Bonet played the second-born wild child of Cliff Huxtable who enrolls at a fictional HBCU in Virginia called Hillman.
- Jasmine Guy (Whitley Gilbert) Whitley wasn't always going to be the main focus of A Different World; Jasmine Guy's character was a supporting cast member until season 2, when she was promoted to lead after Bonet left the show.
- Kadeem Hardison (Dwayne Wayne) Kadeem Hardison played the flirty math nerd Dwayne Wayne, known for his flip-up sunglasses, who was also upgraded to lead the cast in season 2 along with Guy.
- Darryl M. Bell (Ron Johnson) Darryl M. Bell played goofy musician and ROTC student Ron Johnson for all six seasons of the show. After A Different World ended in 1993, Bell booked a lead role as Morris Clay on the sci-fi comedy series Homeboys in Outer Space; did a three-episode arc on Cosby in 1997; and appeared in two episodes of Insecure in 2018.
- Lisa Bonet (Denise Huxtable) Bonet, an alum of the shows Life on Mars and The Red Road, last acted on TV in a 2016 arc as Marisol Campos on Ray Donovan.
- Jasmine Guy (Whitley Gilbert) Guy appeared in more than a dozen episodes of The Vampire Diaries, playing Sheila “Grams” Bennett on the fantasy drama. Since then, she has recurred on The Quad, Grey’s Anatomy (alongside Allen), and Harlem.
- Kadeem Hardison (Dwayne Wayne) Hardison played Zendaya’s onscreen dad on the 2015–2018 comedy series K.C. Undercover. More recently, he starred on the teen comedy-drama Teenage Bounty Hunters and the sci-fi series Moonhaven.
- Darryl M. Bell (Ron Johnson) Bell popped on Insecure in 2018, playing an actor in the show-within-a-show Kev’yn. These days, he’s running an independent production company and working as a professional speaker, his website touts.
Sep 26, 2022 · A DIFFERENT WORLD -- Pictured: (back row, l-r) Glynn Turman as Col. Bradford 'Brad' Taylor, Dawnn Lewis as Jaleesa Vinson Taylor, Lou Myers as Vernon GAines, Charnele Brown as Kimberly 'Kim' Reese ...
Known for. Kimberly Reese – A Different World. Karen Charnele Brown (née Dozier; born 1959 or 1960) is an American actress, producer, writer, fashion designer and singer. She is known for her roles as Paula in the 1992 film How Ya Like Me Now and as Kimberly Reese on NBC comedy sitcom A Different World from 1988 until 1993.
Jul 27, 2020 · Kimberly was portrayed by Charnele Brown, who came to A Different World from a Broadway stage career. After the show ended, she did spot work on TV, showing up in episodes of Martin and Living Single.
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Apr 15, 2024 · Now, more than three decades after the series finale, Bell and other core cast members, including Charnele Brown, Jasmine Guy, Kadeem Hardison, Dawnn Lewis, Cree Summer and Glynn Turman, have ...
