Take a closer look at some of Hollywood's top-tier talent at the beginning of their careers.

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Take a closer look at some of Hollywood&#39;s top-tier talent at the beginning of their careers.

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Victoria Rowell, Daniel Goddard, Christel Khalil, Bryton James, and Mishael Morgan in The Young and the Restless (1973)

Will Smith and Victoria Rowell in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990)

Victoria Rowell in Home of the Brave (2006)

Samuel L. Jackson and Victoria Rowell in Home of the Brave (2006)

Pamela Anderson, Victoria Rowell, and Temuera Morrison in Barb Wire (1996)

Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs and Victoria Rowell play in Je'Caryous Johnson’s ‘Jason’s Lyric Live!’

Director/The Neighbor/starring Vicky Jeudy

Victoria Rowell and Kristoff St. John / Y&R

Chris Rock, Victoria Rowell, and Terri Hines

Victoria Rowell at an event for The 61st Primetime Emmy Awards (2009)

Samuel L. Jackson, Jessica Biel, Victoria Rowell, Irwin Winkler, Sam Jones III, Chad Michael Murray, Jeffrey Nordling, Brian Presley, and 50 Cent at an event for Home of the Brave (2006)

Victoria Rowell and 50 Cent at an event for Home of the Brave (2006)

Victoria Rowell at an event for Home of the Brave (2006)

Victoria Rowell at an event for The 48th Annual Grammy Awards (2006)

Victoria Rowell is an award-winning actress, international lecturer, holds two 'honorary' doctorates - a teacher, advocate, mother, and former foster youth. She has been recognized by 193 members of Congress for advocacy work on behalf of education, arts, foster and adoptive youth and parents as well as diversity issues.

Her New York Times bestseller, The Women Who Raised Me, published by HarperCollins Publishers, received literary acclaim. Rowell also enjoys a literary book deal with Simon & Schuster for her popular soap opera novel series.

Rowell is an Emmy-nominated, NAACP-winning actress, who co-starred with Dick Van Dyke in the prime time television series Diagnosis Murder (1993) for VIACOM for eight seasons, as well as starring in Daytime television. Rowell was submitted for a Golden Globe Award, starring opposite Samuel L. Jackson in Home of the Brave (2006).

Other credits include Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) and other series. She stars in the movie, Marry Me For Christmas and an upcoming feature, What Love Will Make You Do. She has been in multiple films, starring opposite Jim Carrey, Eddie Murphy, Will Smith, Jeff Bridges, Samuel L. Jackson, Beau Bridges, Forest Whitaker and more. Victoria is currently filming opposite The Blacklist/Man of Steel star, Harry Lennix.

Born in Maine, Rowell was raised on a 60 acre working farm and learned classical ballet from a book. She eventually turned professional and performed with American Ballet Theater (ABT) II and other professional ballet companies.

Rowell has two adult children, Maya and Jasper.

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