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Full Name:Lela Rochon
Birth Name:Lela Rochon Staples
Famous As: Actress
Date of Birth: April 17, 1964
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
Height: 5' 9
Nationality: American

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Lela Rochon
Born Lela Rochon Staples
April 17, 1964 (1964-04-17) (age 44)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Other name(s) Lela Rochon Fuqua
Lela Rochon Quinones
Spouse(s) Antoine Fuqua
(1999-present)

Adolfo Quinones
(1984-1987 - divorced)

Lela Rochon (born Lela Rochon Staples on April 17, 1964) is an Haitian-American actress who is best known for her role as Robin Stokes in the movie Waiting to Exhale.

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Biography

Lela Rochon was born in Los Angeles,California on April 17. She attended Cerritos High School in Cerritos, California, graduating in 1982, before going on to attend California State University, Dominguez Hills where she earned a BA in Broadcast Journalism, with minors in Sociology and Theatre.From 1984–1986, while in college, Rochon was one of the "Spudettes" featured in over 20 spots for the Spuds Mckenzie Budweiser/Bud Light TV commercials.

Career

She appeared as the love interest of Gerald Levert in an early music video for the group Levert, and on Luther Vandross's "It's Over Now" video. Rochon starred for one season on The Wayans Bros. television series in 1995 and she has had small roles in several films including Any Given Sunday and First Daughter. She is currently filming Running Out of Time in Hollywood in Los Angeles. From 1984–1987 she was married to breakdancer Adolfo Quinones. The two met on the film set of Breakin' and Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo. In 1996, Lela was chosen by People (USA) magazine as one of the "50 most beautiful people in the world". In 1998, she and director Antoine Fuqua were engaged and they married on 9 April 1999. After a miscarriage, daughter Asia Rochon Fuqua was born on 28 July 2002, followed by son Brando in May 2004. Fuqua has sons Zachary and Ryan from a previous relationship.

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