Mari Morrow

Acting

Mari Morrow

Born 1974-02-18 · Miami, Florida, USA

Mari Eulanda Morrow (born July 21, 1968) is an American film actress, model and realtor. She is best known for her roles as Rachel Gannon on ABC's daytime soap opera One Life to Live (1994–96), Oneisha Savoy on the ABC/CBS sitcom Family Matters (1992–97), and Desiree "Des" Littlejohn on the UPN sitcom The Parkers (1999). She also starred in featured films such as Def Jam's How to Be a Player (1997), Uninvited Guest (2000) and Traci Townsend (2006).

Acting credits

Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son poster
5.5

FBI agent Malcolm Turner and his 17-year-old son Trent go undercover at an all-girls performing arts school after Trent witnesses a murder. Posing as Big Momma and Charmaine, they must find the murderer before he finds them.

Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son

2011

National Security poster
6.0

Earl Montgomery, a bombastic police academy reject, and Hank Rafferty, a disgraced, mild-mannered cop, can't seem to escape each other. They met on opposite sides of the law during a routine traffic stop that escalated out of control; now as lowly security guards they're thrown together to bust a smuggling operation.

National Security

2003

Virtuosity poster
5.5

The Law Enforcement Technology Advancement Centre (LETAC) has developed SID version 6.7: a Sadistic, Intelligent, and Dangerous virtual reality entity which is synthesized from the personalities of more than 150 serial killers, and only one man can stop him.

Virtuosity

1995

Today You Die poster
4.4

A former thief who is trying to go straight seeks vengeance on those who framed him.

Today You Die

2005

Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest poster
4.8

After a couple adopts a pair of orphaned brothers, it becomes alarmingly clear the boys are much more than they seem.

Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest

1995

Undercover poster
5.3

A female cop goes undercover in a high price whorehouse to find a murderer and discovers she likes the assignment more than she should.

Undercover

1995

How to Be a Player poster
5.6

Dray is a young playboy whose only objective in life seems to be to have sex with as many girls as he can without getting caught by his girlfriend Lisa. Dray's sister Jenny and her friend Katrina plan to show him that the way he lives is wrong and organize a party in Malibu, inviting all of his girlfriends.

How to Be a Player

1997

Dead Man on Campus poster
5.5

Two college roommates venture out to identify a fellow student, who is most likely to commit suicide as it will help them pass the semester.

Dead Man on Campus

1998

Road Trip: Beer Pong poster
5.3

It’s Road Trip - Beer Pong! Three college roommates are on the ride of their lives when they drop everything to join a bus full of sexy, scantily clad models to compete in the ultimate sport competition: the National Beer Pong Tournament.

Road Trip: Beer Pong

2009

Pastor Brown poster
5.6

When her father unexpectedly falls terminally ill, exotic dancer Jessica "Jesse" Brown returns home for the first time in more than a decade. Her father's dying wish - that she take over as head of Mount Olive Baptist Church - turns her life and her family's life upside down.

Pastor Brown

2009

Afro Ninja poster
4.8

This homage to martial arts legend Jim Kelly is based on a hugely successful YouTube video. Reggie's got a dead end job, a cruel boss, and no real prospects. Until he uncovers a pair of magic nun-chucks that gives him karate superpowers and set Reggie up for a battle with the evil Kung Fu Master.

Afro Ninja

2009

Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs poster
9.5

Book of Love delivers humor along with the mysteries of unrequited love and relationships gone bad. The film's story line focuses on three men living, dating and loving in Los Angeles in the 90's. They struggle with heartbreak and insecurity as a result of failed relationships. The three characters’ stories unfold through sessions with their therapist – sessions that are often as comedic as they are insightful.

Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs

2002

Nikita Blues poster
6.0

A teenage girl seeks love in all the wrong places. In particular, with her English teacher, who is engaged to the school’s assistant principal.

Nikita Blues

2001

Malibooty poster
4.3

It’s Malibu or bust for three buddies who hit the road from their small Arizona town to the wildest beach party and hip hop contest on the planet.

Malibooty

2003

House Party 4: Down to the Last Minute poster
5.4

Jon Jon sees a ripe opportunity for a major party when he snags the job house-sitting for his rich Uncle Charles. The mansion comes with a platinum colored Mercedes-Benz 430. Which is said to be more than $100,000, and although Uncle Bilal has told him not to drive the car or have people over, Jon Jon wastes no time in doing both. But Uncle Charles vacation isn't going as planned, Charles is unaware that Jon Jon is not only having an "entertainment party", but he's auditioning his hip-hop band (IMx) for a record executive. When Jon Jon finds out his uncle is coming home earlier than announced, he has to race against time to try and put everything back the way he found it again.

House Party 4: Down to the Last Minute

2001

Hair Show poster
5.5

Running from the IRS due to back taxes, Baltimore hairdresser and salon owner Peaches reunites with her more successful sister, Angela, a fellow stylist, in Los Angeles. Angela is burdened by her sister's financial woes, and Peaches' rival, Marcella, threatens to take over the salon back in Baltimore. While Angela helps her sister get back on her feet, Peaches enters a hairstyling competition in hopes of winning a big cash prize and saving her salon.

Hair Show

2004

Uninvited Guest poster
5.4

During a small gathering, a smooth, seductive stranger is invited into a couple's house party and falls in love with the wife. Turns out the stranger is an escaped convict who demands that the wife leave the country with him and threatens to kill anyone who stands in his way.

Uninvited Guest

1999

Uncle P poster
5.1

Rapper/multi-millionaire P. Miller becomes the guardian of his sister's three children - all of whom need a father figure in their lives.

Uncle P

2007

35 and Ticking poster
5.3

Victoria, Zenobia, Cleavon, and Phil are all friends approaching the age of 35 and struggling to build the families they've always dreamed of. While Zenobia is still looking for a man, Victoria is married to a man who doesn't want children. Cleavon, meanwhile, is too geeky to get a woman, and Phil is already married with children, but his wife is not very interested in being a mother. All four of them try to rectify their romantic lives and futures while their biological clocks tick away.

35 and Ticking

2011

Traci Townsend poster
4.6

A beautiful and successful journalist, interviews her three previous boyfriends, to find out why they never proposed. Each distinctly different interview, comically teaches Traci more about herself than she would care to know.

Traci Townsend

2007

The Good Life poster
4.0

Christopher Nolen's "The Good Life" is the story of Jacques and Marianne Vandelay, a highly successful African American couple. They are happy but both are keeping dark secrets from each other.

The Good Life

2012