Scott Leo “Taye” Diggs is an American actor. He is known for his roles in the Broadway musicals Rent and Hedwig and the Angry Inch, the TV series Private Practice (2007-2013), Murder in the First (2014-2016), and All American (2018-), and the films How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998), Brown Sugar (2002), and The Best Man (1999) and its sequel, The Best Man Holiday (2013).
Diggs has twice appeared on Paramount Network’s reality competition series Lip Sync Battle and is the show’s only two-time winner. In a third season episode against Ne-Yo, Diggs sang his competitor’s song “Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself)” and then performed as Madonna for round two’s performance of “Vogue”.
Diggs hosted the game show Hypnotize Me with hypnotist Keith Barry, based on Barry’s British program You’re Back in the Room. Hypnotize Me was originally shot for broadcast on FOX in 2016, but never aired on the network. The eight-episode series was eventually broadcast on The CW, in the summer of 2019.
Taye Diggs Parents: Meet Andre Young And Marcia Berry
Scott Berry (who was nicknamed Scottay and later Taye in his family circle) never met his biological father. His mother, Marcia, separated from Andre Young, when their common son was about three. She moved to Rochester, where met Jeffries Diggs, who became Taye’s adoptive father.
As the actor confessed in his interview, Jeffries was a strict parent, he imposed discipline in their house, and that was one of the reasons for the actor’s success in his sphere.
Later Jeffries disappeared from the family picture. It’s not known, where this man is now, and whether he is still alive. In any case, Marcia Berry later met another man, named Andy, with whom she lived till his death.
Marcia Ann Berry was born in Newark, New Jersey. She worked as an actress and later became a teacher for many young actors. Marcia liked dancing, music, and theatre.
Her professional activity didn’t prevent her from raising five kids. She welcomed Taye with her then-partner, Andre Young. After their split, she met another man – Jeffries Diggs. Diggs adopted Taye and gave him his surname. Previously to this, Taye wore his mother’s surname “Berry”.