Shari Headley

Shari Headley (born July 15, 1964) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Lisa McDowell in the 1988 box-office hit romantic comedy film ''Coming to America'' and its sequel ''Coming 2 America'' (2021). Headley also has appeared in films ''The Preacher's Wife'' (1996) and ''Johnson Family Vacation'' (2004).

On television, Headley starred as Detective Mimi Reed in the ABC daytime soap opera ''All My Children'' on a regular basis from 1991 to 1994. As lead actress, she starred in the Fox short-lived drama series ''413 Hope St.'' (1997–1998), for which she received NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series nomination. From 2014 to 2016, Headley starred as villainous Jennifer Sallison in the Oprah Winfrey Network primetime soap opera ''The Haves and the Have Nots''. Provided by Wikipedia