Jaimee Foxworth’s career in showbiz has been quite an interesting turn over the years. It can be said that she was brought up in the industry as she started playing modeling at an early age. As a young actress, she appeared on the hit sitcom Family Matters in which she portrayed the character, Judy Winslow. This was considered her band role at the time, assuming she would go on to build a successful acting career. However, it remains the most important role of her career as she only managed to register a few roles thereafter.
Jaimee Foxworth Biography
She was born Jaimee Monae Foxworth on March 17, 1979. She was born in Belleville, a town in St. Clair County, Illinois. We may not have many details about her early years of education, but it was revealed that her modeling career started when she was 5 years old. She appeared in numerous national television commercials and later landed her first acting role.
In December 1986, she appeared in an episode of the hit sitcom, Amen, marking her acting debut. She also guest-starred in an episode of the short-lived CBS TV drama series 101 (1988). At the age of 10, she landed her first major role in Family Matters which eventually became the biggest acting role of her career. Jaimee Foxworth graduated from Burbank High School in Burbank, Los Angeles, California.
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Foxworth starred as Judy Winslow, the youngest child in the Winslow family, on the long-running ABC/CBS sitcom series Family Matters. She remained in the cast of the series from its first season to its fourth season (1989 to 1993).
However, she was pulled from the show due to cuts in the production budget coupled with the fact that another more popular character, Steve Urkel, played by Jaleel White, was introduced into the series. The script contains no explanation for the disappearance of Judy Winslow’s character.
Despite her relatively successful 4-year stint on Family Matters, Jaimee Foxworth had no further television or film roles afterward. At 19, she ventured into the adult film industry under the name ‘Crave’. This actress has revealed that she originally became a porn actress in order to make a quick buck, but she doesn’t give a damn about the decision.
Foxworth also struggled with drug addiction and depression long after leaving the adult film industry. The media reported that his family had fallen into a serious financial crisis to the point of declaring themselves bankrupt.
The actress recorded no notable mainstream media appearances after leaving Family Matters in 1993. She eventually returned to the screens in early 2005 when she appeared on an episode of ABC news show 20 /20. She also appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show in January 2006 followed by The Tyra Banks Show in October 2006.
Jaimee Foxworth appeared in the first season of the reality television show Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew which premiered in January 2008. The show featured different celebrities receiving treatment for alcoholism and drug addiction at the Pasadena Recovery Center in California under the watch of celebrity doctor Drew Pinsky.
She was also featured in the biopic series Life After (2009) which chronicled her life’s journey after she left her career-defining role in Family Matters.
His family life
Jaimee Foxworth’s parents were also involved in show business while on vacation. His mother Gwyn was a singer while his father was a guitarist and they both met in a band.
She has two sisters Tyren Perry and Jania Foxworth and growing up they formed an R&B trio called SHE The group signed to Shaquille O’Neal’s label, TWIsM. Records, under which they released a studio album 3’S A Charm (1997). Jaimee’s sisters continued to make solo music after the group disbanded.
Jaimee Foxworth has one child, a son named Michael Douglas Shaw, Jr. was born on May 29, 2009. The father of the child is her longtime boyfriend, Michael Shaw. According to the former actress, giving birth to her son helped her overcome her addiction to alcohol and drugs for good.