Reneé Tenison (born December 2, 1968) is an American model, actress, and the first African-American selected to be the Playboy Playmate of the Year (1990).
Life and career
Tenison was born in Caldwell, Idaho. She has three older brothers and an identical twin sister, Rosie, who also works as a model. Rosie and Renee posed in the August 2002 issue of Playboy together.
Tenison appeared as the Playmate of the Month in the November 1989 issue of Playboy magazine and was subsequently named Playmate of the Year for 1990, the first PMOY of African American descent. In 2001, she was selected as one of the ten sexiest women of the year by the readers of Black Men magazine. In May 2017, at the age of 48, Tenison duplicated her Playmate of the Year cover along with her cohorts Kimberley Conrad, Candace Collins, Lisa Matthews, Cathy St. George, Charlotte Kemp, and Monique St. Pierre nearly three decades on.
Filmography
Films Year Title Role Notes 1991 Shout Girl in Bar 1993 CB4 Twin 2000 Nutty Professor II: The Klumps Dog Owner uncredited
Television Year Title Role Notes 1991 Married... with Children Macadamia "Route 666: Part 2" Topsy "Lookin' for a Desk in All the Wrong Places" 1996 Marla "Spring Break: Part 2" "Torch Song Duet" 1991 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Katie "Guess Who's Coming to Marry?" 1996 "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do: Part 2" 1995 Living Single Christina "Space Invaders" The Crew "Bar Mitzvah Boy" Family Matters Tawny "Teacher's Pet" Martin Ebony "Housekeeper from Hell" 1996 The Jamie Foxx Show Gwen "Who's Da Man?" 1997 Renegade Roxanne "Sex, Lies and Activewear" Malcolm & Eddie Renee "Lockdown" 1998 Veronica's Closet Dakota "Veronica's All Nighter" Mike Hammer, Private Eye "A New Leaf: Part 1" (as Renée Tenison) V.I.P. Donna Fabre "Vallery of the Dolls" Mortal Kombat: ConquestSora "Quan Chi" 1999 "Flawed Victory" L.A. Heat Kendra Brooks The Steve Harvey Show Cherry "Party of Five" (as Reneé Tenison) 2000 Judging Amy Mia "Shaken, Not Stirred" 2001 The Parkers Nurse Betty "In Sickness and in Health" 2003 Candy "She's a Bad Mamma Jamma"
See also List of people in Playboy 1980–1989 List of people in Playboy 1990–1999
References
External links Renee Tenison at Playboy Online