Troy Beyer
| Troy Beyer | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Troy Yvette Beyer November 7, 1964 New York City, U.S. |
| Other names | Troy Byer |
| Occupation | Actress, director, author, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1984–present |
| Spouse(s) | Mark Burg (1994–2000) |
| Website |
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Troy Beyer (born November 7, 1964) is an American film director, screenwriter and actress. She gave birth to a son, Jordan Burg on November 4, 1997. Her son's father is her ex-husband Mark Burg.
Life and career
Born in New York City to an African American mother and a Jewish father,[1] Beyer began her acting career with a role on the children's program Sesame Street when she was just four years old. She studied acting and psychobiology at City University of New York's School for the Arts. After landing a bit part in Francis Ford Coppola's The Cotton Club (1984), Beyer moved to Los Angeles, where she became a regular on the ABC prime-time soap opera Dynasty in 1986, playing Jackie Deveraux, the daughter of Diahann Carroll's character Dominique Deveraux. She went on to earn ShoWest's Newcomer of the Year Award for her leading role in the feature Rooftops (1989).
Since then, Beyer has acted in features such as Disorderlies (1987), Weekend at Bernie's II (1993), Eddie (1996) starring Whoopi Goldberg, Robert Altman's The Gingerbread Man (1998) starring Kenneth Branagh and Robert Downey Jr., and John Q, (2002) starring Denzel Washington.
But it was in 1997 that she put her writing skills to use, making her screenwriting debut with B*A*P*S, starring Halle Berry. Unhappy with how her script had been changed during the course of filming, the following year she decided to direct her next screenplay, Let's Talk About Sex (1998), also playing a starring role. Beyer made a trailer and took it to the Sundance Film Festival, where she handed it out to film executives. The film was quickly picked up by Fine Line Features. She next wrote and directed Love Don't Co$t a Thing (2003) for Warner Brothers, based on the hit 1987 movie Can't Buy Me Love.[2]
Beyer appeared in music videos for Prince's songs "Sexy MF" and Biz Markie's 1991 minor hit single "What Comes Around Goes Around".
Beyer holds a master's degree in Depth Psychology with an emphasis in Liberation, Community and Eco-Psychology. She is currently a Clinical Psychology doctorial candidate. She is also the author the Amazon Best-Seller self-help book entitled "Ex-Free: The Freedom Action Plan".
References
- ↑ "Mixed Actors and Actresses Page 2". Mixed Folks. Retrieved December 13, 2006.
- ↑ "Troy Beyer biography and filmography | Troy Beyer movies". Tribute.ca. 1964-11-07. Retrieved 2015-03-11.