Troy Beyer

Troy Byer is an American psychologist, author, director, screenwriter, and actress. For most of her acting career she was credited as Troy Beyer.

Early life and education

Byer was born in New York City to an African-American mother and Jewish father.

Career After landing a bit part in Francis Ford Coppola's The Cotton Club (1984), Byer moved to Los Angeles, and became a regular on the ABC prime-time soap opera Dynasty in 1986, playing Jackie Deveraux, the daughter of Diahann Carroll's character Dominique Deveraux.

She then acted in features such as Disorderlies (1987), The Five Heartbeats (1991) as Baby Doll, Weekend at Bernie's II (1993), Eddie (1996), Robert Altman's The Gingerbread Man (1998), and John Q (2002).

In 1997, Byer made her screenwriting debut with B*A*P*S. In 1998, she made her directing debut with her screenplay Let's Talk About Sex (1998), which she also starred in. The film was picked up by Fine Line Features. In 2002, Byer wrote and directed Love Don't Cost a Thing, based on the 1987 movie Can't Buy Me Love. Filmography

Film + Year Title Role Notes 1987 Uncle Tom's Cabin Emmeline TV movie Disorderlies Carla 1989 Rooftops Elena 1990 The White Girl Kim 1991 The Five Heartbeats Baby Doll 1993 Weekend at Bernie's II Claudia 1994 3 Chains o' Gold - Video 1996 The Little Death Defense Attorney Eddie Beth Hastings Alien Avengers - TV movie 1997 B.A.P.S. Tracy Shaw 1998 The Gingerbread Man Konnie Dugan Let's Talk About Sex Jasmine "Jazz" Hampton 2001 Good Advice Nancy Surviving Gilligan's Island Diner 2002 John Q. Miriam Smith A Light in the Darkness Kira Hansen Malevolent Kelly 2003 Recipe for Disaster Welfare Officer TV movie 2012 Mommy's Little Monster Kira Hansen 2015 Ex-Free Tanya

Television YearTitleRoleNotes 1969 Sesame Street herself Recurring: seasons 1–6 1985 Knots Landing Whitney Recurring cast: season 7 1986–87 Dynasty Jackie Deveraux Recurring cast: season 7 1987 21 Jump Street Patty Blatcher Episode: "The Worst Night of Your Life" A Different World Monica Walters Episode: "The Gift of the Magi" 1988 Sonny Spoon Gwendolyn Episode: "Semper Fi" 1989 A Man Called Hawk Anna George Episode: "Vendetta" 1991 The Cosby Show Ellen Episode: "No More Mr. Nice Guy" 1993 TriBeCa Debra Episode: "The Box" Walker, Texas Ranger Catherine 'Cat' Prather Episode: "End Run" 1994 Diagnosis: Murder Brianna Jones Episode: "Standing Eight Count" 1995 Red Shoe Diaries Angel Episode: "Billy Bar" 1996–97 Murder One Carla Latrell Recurring cast: season 2