Cynthia Ann Herron (born September 26, 1961), professionally known as Cindy Herron and sometimes credited as Cindy Herron–Braggs is an American singer and actress. Herron is best known as a founding member of the R&B/pop group En Vogue, one of the world's best-selling girl groups of all time. She sang lead vocals on the group's first single "Hold On", which garnered mainstream success and sold over a million copies. Despite being absent from the group during certain periods, Herron and fellow group member Terry Ellis are the only original members to appear on all of the group's album releases to date. In the 1980s, Herron began her career as an actress, making her debut appearance in Up and Coming as "Valerie". She would eventually land roles in more popular TV series including Amen and Full House. She landed a supporting role in the 1986 film release Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI, and co-starred in Wally and the Valentines as "Roxanne Valentine". Throughout her career, Herron has sold a total of over 20 million records with En Vogue. Her work has earned her several awards and nominations, including two American Music Awards, a Billboard Music Award, seven MTV Video Music Awards, four Soul Train Music Awards and six Grammy nominations. Early life Herron was born in San Francisco, California, to an African-American father and a Swiss-German mother. Herron attended Balboa High School, graduating in 1979. Herron began her musical career in the cabaret scene in San Francisco, during the early-1980s. Herron also worked as a background vocalist for local San Francisco Bay Area acts such as Tiggi Clay. She also appeared in the original company of the Jerry Herman musical revue Showtune (then titled Tune the Grand Up). Career Pageants and acting Herron was featured as a Jet Magazine's JET beauty in the January 13, 1980 issue. Herron was named "Miss San Francisco 1986" and placed 2nd-Runner Up in the 1986 Miss California Pageant. She is also a former Miss Black California. Herron has also worked as an actress, beginning in 1980 as a cast member of the PBS television drama Up and Coming. She appeared in episodes of 'Amen' & 'Full House' in the late-1980s. She had a regular role on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air as Will's girlfriend. She later appeared in such films as Juice, En Vogue appeared on two episodes of Fox's Roc sitcom in 1993, with Herron