Paige Hurd

Paige Audrey-Marie Hurd (born July 20, 1992) is an American actress of mixed African American and Puerto Rican heritage. She is best known for her recurring role as Tasha Clarkson on the CW sitcom Everybody Hates Chris, Samantha Grover in Hawaii Five-O (2013-2020), Gayle Franklin in The Oval (2019-2021), and Lauren Baldwin in Power Book II: Ghost (2020-present).

Paige Hurd
Born
Paige Audrey-Marie Hurd

(1992-07-20) July 20, 1992
Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Occupations
  • Actress
  • model
Years active2000–present
Known forPower Book II: Ghost

Early life and education

Hurd was born in Dallas, Texas. She was born to an African American father and a Puerto Rican mother and moved to Los Angeles in 2000 . The late rapper DMX was her godfather.[1]

Career

Hurd portrayed Tasha, next-door neighbor of Chris (Tyler James Williams), in the Chris Rock-produced TV show Everybody Hates Chris. Hurd played DMX's daughter in Cradle 2 the Grave,[2] a 2003 film starring Jet Li.[3] Paige appeared as Denise in The Cat in the Hat, a 2003 family-comedy film loosely based on the 1957 book of the same name, by Dr. Seuss.

Hurd was featured in the 2005 comedy Beauty Shop, which starred Queen Latifah.[4]

Hurd appeared in Jasmine Villegas's music video for "I Own This" and Steph Jones's music video for "Beautiful." She was Justin Bieber's love interest in the music video of "Never Let You Go." She was featured in Romeo Miller's music video "Mistletoe". Hurd started her acting career training with Dallas Young Actors Studio, directed by Linda Seto. She is starring in a new movie called "Crosstown" with well-known actors and actresses such as Vivica A. Fox. She was also featured in two of singer Trevante's music videos "Be Your First" and "Forever." In 2014, Paige starred in G-Eazy's music video for the single "I Mean It." And in 2012, she participated in the music video of Nas titled "Daughters".

In 2019, she began starring as one of the lead roles in the hit show Tyler Perry's The Oval, where she played as the first daughter "Gayle Franklin", who is rebellious and a wild child. She is not related to actress Michelle Hurd. From 2020 onwards, she currently stars as Lauren Baldwin in Power Book II: Ghost, which serves as a sequel and spin off to the original series Power.

Filmography
Film
Year Title Role Notes
2003 Cradle 2 the Grave Vanessa
2003 The Cat in the Hat Denise
2004 Time Out Lauren Martin
2004 Never Die Alone Young Ella
2005 Virginia Ginny
2005 The Adventures of Tango McNorton: Licensed Hero Sudserella
2005 Beauty Shop Vanessa
2007 Ben 10: Race Against Time Stephanie TV movie
2008 Pick or Press Unknown Video short
2009 Surviving Brotherhood Ashley Video short
2010 Peep Game Tresse Hart
2013 Greencard Warriors Jazmine
2015 A Girl Like Grace Andrea
2016 Grandma’s House Maryland
2018 Thriller Gina Brown
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2000 Felicity Natasha Episode: "True Colors"
2002 Boomtown Grace Adams Episode: "Pilot"
2002 George Lopez Little Girl Episode: "Halloween Cheer"
2003 The Division Chloe Episode: "Extreme Action Figures"
2005 The Suite Life of Zack & Cody Tiffany Episode: "The Fairest of Them All"
2005 Medium Ashley Episode: "The Reckoning"
2006 ER Danielle Davis Episode: "Tell Me No Secrets"
2006–2009 Everybody Hates Chris Tasha Recurring role
2007–2011 City 17 Vanessa Recurring role
2013–2020 Hawaii Five-0 Samantha Grover Recurring role
2019–2021 Tyler Perry's The Oval First Daughter Gayle Franklin Main role
2020–present Power Book II: Ghost Lauren Main role

References
  1. "'Everybody Hates Chris' Star Freaks DMX (her godfather) Out With Snapchat's Face Swap". comedyhype.com. April 12, 2016. Archived from the original on January 11, 2018. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
  2. Holden, Stephen (February 28, 2003). "When Kung-Fu Overcomes Chest-Beating Hip-Hop". The New York Times. Retrieved April 8, 2010.
  3. IMDB Bio
  4. Mendoza, N.F. (April 12, 2005). "Piano teacher to the stars has musical ties to Seattle". The Seattle Times. Retrieved April 8, 2010.
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