Tichina Arnold
Biography
Tichina Arnold is an American actress from Queens, New York City, who began as a child performer and attended LaGuardia High School. Her early screen roles included Little Shop of Horrors (1986) and, a few years later, How I Got Into College (1989). A first major television break came on the soap Ryan's Hope, where she played Zena Brown and earned a Daytime Emmy Award nomination in 1988. She is best known for Pam James on Martin from 1992 to 1997, and she later played Rochelle on Everybody Hates Chris from 2005 to 2009, Cassie Calloway on Survivor's Remorse from 2014 to 2017, and Tina Butler on The Neighborhood from 2018 to 2026. Her film credits include Scenes from a Mall (1991), Big Momma's House (2000), Wild Hogs (2007) and Civil Brand (2002), and she played Evillene in a 2009 revival of The Wiz at New York City Center.
57years old
Turns 58 on June 28in 258 days
- Born Queens
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
- Tichina Rolanda Arnold (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 16
- Career span
- 37 years1986 to 2023
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First role
Arnold was sixteen when she filmed Little Shop of Horrors, playing Crystal, one of three chorus girls who sing R&B numbers, alongside future Martin co-star Tisha Campbell.
Big break
In February 1987 Arnold landed her first major television break, a permanent part on the soap opera Ryan's Hope. She played young heroine Zena Brown, a role that earned her a Daytime Emmy Award nomination in 1988.
Beyond film
Arnold took the stage in the 2009 New York City Center revival of The Wiz as Evillene, the Wicked Witch of the West.
Tichina Arnold movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Worked with
Tichina Arnold shares two films with Cedric the Entertainer, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Cedric the Entertainer's page
Martin Lawrence's page
Danny Glover's page
Richard Riehle's page
Bruce Dern's page
Whoopi Goldberg's page
Walt BeckerDirector, 1 film, 2007
All films by Walt Becker
Raja GosnellDirector, 1 film, 2000
All films by Raja Gosnell
All films by Frank Oz
Box office
What Tichina Arnold's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$544 million
8 of the 16 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 16 films: 8 worldwide figure; 6 never in cinemas; 2 figure not found.
- 8Worldwide figure
- 6Never in cinemas
- 2Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$254M46.6% of the total
- 2$174M32.0% of the total
- 3$54M9.9% of the total
- 4$48M8.8% of the total
- 5$9.6M1.8% of the total
- 6$3.0M0.5% of the total
- 7$1.6M0.3% of the total
- 8$243K0.0% of the total
