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Tempestt Bledsoe

Actress; Best Known for her Role as Vanessa Huxtable on "The Cosby Show"

Actress Tempest Bledsoe got her start at just 4 years old, appearing in commercials for Safeway grocery stores.

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Actress Tempest Bledsoe got her start at just 4 years old, appearing in commercials for Safeway grocery stores and Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes. At 9, she auditioned for Bill Cosby’s new sitcom “The Cosby Show.” She was cast as Vanessa Huxtable, the fourth of five children in the close-knit, affluent family from Brooklyn. The show was an immediate success, earning high ratings throughout its seven-year run. After taking some time away from the entertainment business, she returned in 2010 as the host of the Style Network’s “Clean House.”

Along with her on-screen siblings, Bledsoe essentially grew up on national television. She lived with her mother in New York City, where the show was filmed, and attended school with an on-set tutor. She enrolled at New York University to pursue a degree in finance while the show was still filming. Cosby was so proud of her educational achievements that he hung her report cards in his dressing room.

The Cosby Show went off the air in April 1992. Bledsoe, 19 at the time, took some time away from show business after the show’s finale. She credits Cosby with helping her and her co-stars avoid the struggles faced by many other child stars.

Bledsoe completed her degree at NYU and moved to Los Angeles. For one year, starting in 1995, she hosted a short-lived but well-received talk show called “The Tempestt Bledsoe Show.” Over the years, she has appeared in television shows such as “The Practice,” and in small films including the made-for-TV movie “Husband For Hire.”

Bledsoe continues to pop up from time to time in popular culture. In 2006, she appeared on the VH1 reality show “Celebrity Fit Club,” where she attempted to shed 30 pounds from her 5-foot-8, 181-pound frame. She has also worked on the Cosby spin-off, “A Different World.”

Bledsoe replaced Niecy Nash as the host of “Clean House” on Style Network. In 2012, Bledsoe can be heard as the voice of Sheriff Hooper in the Laika animated film “ParaNorman.”

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