Her biggest break came in 1995 when she landed one of the lead roles in the adaptation of the Terry McMillan novel and highly successful film Waiting to Exhale in which she played the character "Robin", for which she was nominated for a MTV Movie Award, "Best Breakthrough Performance".
In the book, twenty of America's bestselling authors, including David Baldacci, Jennifer Egan, Terry McMillan, Jodi Picoult, and James Frey, share tricks, tips, and secrets of the successful writing life.
The novel’s themes are resonated in a number of successful R&B Projects such as TLC’s No Scrubs and Destiny’s Child’s Bills, Bills, Bills.
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McMillan's novel Disappearing Acts was subsequently produced as a direct-to-cable feature, starring Wesley Snipes and Sanaa Lathan.
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