Janet Hubert

Janet Louise Hubert (born January 13, 1956), also previously known as  Janet Hubert-Whitten, is an American film and television  actress. She is best known for playing her role of Vivian Banks on the sitcom  The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air from 1990 to 1993.

Biography
Hubert was born in Chicago, Illinois. She spent her early days growing up on Chicago's South Side. At the age of nine she moved with her family to Momence, Illinois. She won a scholarship to the Juilliard School in New York City but the transition from small town to big city proved to be too much for her and she went home for a year.

Her son Elijah Isaac Whitten was born in February 1993. She suffers from osteoporosis and is the ambassador of the National Osteoporosis Foundation. She currently resides in Montclair, New Jersey. She is now credited as "Janet Hubert" due to her divorce from James Whitten.

Career
Hubert was the original Tantomile in the first Broadway run of Cats.[1]

She reportedly left The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air due to a violation of contract that resulted when she became pregnant; the pregnancy and birth of her character Vivian's child, Nicky Banks, was worked into the plot to accommodate the situation. After she was fired from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Hubert's character was played by Daphne Reid for the remainder of the show's run. According to Will Smith, the show's star, he and Hubert had difficulties working together long before her pregnancy.[2]

Hubert was also featured in a 2002 episode of Friends as Chandler's boss. In 2005 she began playing the recurring role of Lisa Williamson, mother of attorney Evangeline Williamson, on the soap opera One Life to Live. Her character has made occasional appearances since then. She was also featured as Michel Gerard's mother in an episode of the CW show Gilmore Girls and also made an appearance in an episode ofThe Bernie Mac Show, playing Mac's overbearing mother-in-law. She has made an appearance in an episode of Tyler Perry's House of Payne.

Filmography

 * The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990–1993) (TV series)
 * The Fourth Man (1998)
 * Weaver of Hate (1998)
 * Friends (2002) (TV series)
 * Gilmore Girls (2002) (TV series)
 * The Weakest Link (2002) (TV Moms Edition) (4th one voted off)
 * Tyler Perry's House of Payne (2011) (TV series)
 * Tyler Perry's House of Payne - Evelyn (Afl., A Mother's Payne, 2011)
 * One Life to Live - Lisa Williamson (5 afl., 2005, 2010)
 * Christmas at Water's Edge (TV film, 2004) - Mrs. Turner
 * Proud (2004) - Larry's moeder
 * The Bernie Mac Show - Leora (2 afl., Make Room for Caddy, 2004|Meet the Grandparents, 2003)
 * Neurotica (2004) - The Neighbour
 * Friends - Ms. McKenna (Afl., The One Where Emma Cries, 2002)
 * Gilmore Girls - Gisele Gerard (Afl., Back in the Saddle Again, 2002)
 * The Job - Adina Phillips (4 afl., 2 keer 2001, 2 keer 2002)
 * 30 Years to Life (2001) - Joy's mother
 * California Myth (1999) - Lysistrata
 * All My Children - Alice Dawson (Afl. onbekend, 1999)
 * NYPD Blue - Hiruut Kebede (Afl., Weaver of Hate, 1998)
 * Goode Behavior - Dr. Pamela Fordham (Afl., Goode Lovin', 1997)
 * The Jamie Foxx Show - Edwina DuBois (Afl., Act Like You Love Me, 1997)
 * The Pretender - Madam Director (Afl., The Paper Clock, 1996)
 * The Faculty - Annette Freeman (Afl., Somewhere There's Music, 1996)
 * White Man's Burden (1995) - Dinner Guest
 * What About Your Friends (, 1995) - Rol onbekend
 * New Eden (TV film, 1994) - Ashtarte
 * Coach - Karen Williams (Afl., Blue Chip Blues, 1994)
 * Dave's World - (Afl., Shel in Love, 1994)
 * The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air - Vivian Banks (66 afl., 1990–1993)
 * Reasonable Doubts - Judge Mary Sims (Afl., Brother's Keeper, 1992)
 * Tales from the Crypt - Psyche (Afl., 'Till Death, 1990)
 * A Man Called Hawk - Serita (Afl., Poison, 1989)
 * Hooperman - Rol onbekend (Afl., Look Homeward, Dirtbag, 1989)
 * 21 Jump Street - Councilwoman Travers (Afl., Fun with Animals, 1988)
 * Hunter - Vanessa Riley (Afl., The Fourth Man, 1988)
 * Agent on Ice (1986) - Lola