Lela Rochon
Biography
Lela Rochon is an American actress who was born in Torrance, California, and earned a degree in broadcast journalism from California State University, Dominguez Hills. She made her screen debut in Fox Trap in 1985 and went on to appear opposite Eddie Murphy in Harlem Nights (1989) and Boomerang (1992). Her breakthrough came as Robin Stokes in Waiting to Exhale (1995), which brought nominations for an MTV Movie Award and an NAACP Image Award. She also had roles in The Chamber (1996), Gang Related (1997), Knock Off (1998), The Big Hit (1998), Why Do Fools Fall in Love (1998) and Any Given Sunday (1999). On television she starred in the Lifetime crime drama The Division and appeared in David Makes Man. Later films include First Daughter (2004) and Supremacy (2014), and in 2024 she took a leading role in The Family Business: New Orleans.
62years old
Turns 63 on April 17in 187 days
- Born Los Angeles
- Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19
- Also credited as Lela Rochon Staples and Lela Rochon Fuqua
Movie Career
- Films
- 13
- Career span
- 35 years1989 to 2024
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First role
In 1985, Lela Rochon appeared in her first film. She played a role alongside Fred Williamson in the movie Fox Trap.
A change of course
Rochon was still in college when she appeared as one of the "Spudettes" in over 30 national Budweiser and Bud Light commercials for Spuds MacKenzie, from 1986 to 1988.
Big break
Rochon landed a lead role in Waiting to Exhale opposite Whitney Houston, Angela Bassett and Loretta Devine, playing Robin Stokes.
Lela Rochon movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Forest Whitaker directed two of these films. Six actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Dennis Quaid's page
Eddie Murphy's page
Loretta Devine's page
Halle Berry's page
Michael Beach's page
Miguel A. Núñez Jr.'s page
All films by Forest Whitaker
Box office
What Lela Rochon's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$490 million
9 of the 13 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 13 films: 9 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 2 never in cinemas; 1 figure not found.
- 9Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 2Never in cinemas
- 1Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 98% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$131M26.7% of the total
- 2$100M20.4% of the total
- 3$81M16.6% of the total
- 4$61M12.4% of the total
- 5$44M9.0% of the total
- 6$27M5.5% of the total
- 7$23M4.6% of the total
- 8$12M2.5% of the total
$10.6 millionfrom the other 1 film with a worldwide figure, 2% of the total
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Official profiles and reference pages.