Rolonda Watts

Rolonda Watts has worked as an actress, producer, and host of talk shows on television and radio. Raised in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, she studied at Spelman College in Atlanta and earned a journalism master's degree at Columbia University. She started in local news at WFMY-TV in Greensboro, North Carolina, and a later stint at WNBC brought an Emmy nomination. In 1991 she began hosting Attitudes on Lifetime, then became a senior correspondent and producer for Inside Edition. King World Productions gave her a syndicated talk show, Rolonda, which aired from 1994 to 1997, and she served as a supervising producer. Turning to acting, she first played Vivica Shaw in Sister, Sister and went on to guest roles in The West Wing, JAG, and Days of Our Lives. Her film credits include Christmas Mail (2010), Return to Babylon (2013), and Tyler Perry's Madea's Tough Love (2015). She has voiced Professor Wiseman in Curious George and Gladys in The Penguins of Madagascar.