Tatyana Ali – Indo-Trinidadian/Afro-Panamanian

Tatyana Marisol Ali, the eldest daughter of Sheriff and Sonia Ali, was born on January 24, 1979, in North Bellmore, New York. Tatyana was born to an Indo-Trinidadian father and an Afro-Panamanian mother.

From 1990 to 1996, Alini became widely known for her appearance as Ashley Banks on the NBC sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. She also had a recurring appearance as Roxanne on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless from 2007 to 2013, and she starred as Tyana Jones on the TV One original series Love That Girl! Ali also earned a bachelor’s degree in African-American Studies and Government from Harvard University in 2002 and became a spokeswoman for Barack Obama’s presidential campaign in 2008, traveling around the United States and organizing voter identification drives on college campuses. From 1995 to 1998, she was in a relationship with television star Jonathan Brandis. Ali confirmed her engagement to Dr. Vaughn Rasberry, an assistant professor of English at Stanford University whom she met on eHarmony, in March 2016.