Kellie Shanygne Williams Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Kellie Shanygne Williams (born March 22, 1976 in Washington, D.C.) is an American actress, (now known as Kellie Shanygne Jackson). She is best known for her role as Laura Winslow, the middle child of Carl and Harriette Winslow on the ABC/CBS television series Family Matters which ran from 1989-1998. Her middle name is pronounced Sha-neen.
Despite playing his younger sister on Family Matters (1989), Kellie is actually older than co-star Darius McCrary by a little over a month.
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Majoring in psychology at UCLA (June 2000)
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Kellie has moved back to Washington, DC, where she has just launched a new fine arts program for youth at Howard University's Children's Theater. [November 2006]
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In July 2012, she gave birth to a son named John Ervin Jackson.
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In June 2010 she gave birth to a daughter named Hannah Belle Jackson.
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Though their characters had a love-hate relationship on Family Matters (1989), in real life she and Jaleel White were good friends during the taping of the show.
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Oldest of three children. She has a sister (Marti) and a brother (Donte).
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When Family Matters (1989) was on hiatus and Kellie went back to her home town, all her friends would ask questions about Jaleel White such as, "Is that boy really a nerd?" She was upset about it at first but later got used to it.
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Ate lunch with her co-star Jaleel White every day, and they shared the same tutor on set.
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Didn't talk as a toddler, so her father enrolled her into a theater program, where she came out of her shell.