<P> Shari Headley ( born July 15 , 1964 ) is an American actress and former model . Headley is best known for her role as Lisa McDowell in the 1988 box - office hit romantic comedy film , Coming to America . Headley also has appeared in films The Preacher 's Wife ( 1996 ) and Johnson Family Vacation ( 2004 ) . On television , Headley starred as Det . Mimi Reed in the ABC daytime soap opera , All My Children on a regular basis from 1991 to 1994 . As lead actress , she starred in the Fox short - lived drama series , 413 Hope St. ( 1997 - 1998 ) , for which she received NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series nomination . In 2014 , Headley began starring as villainous Jennifer Sallison in the Oprah Winfrey Network primetime soap opera , The Haves and the Have Nots . </P>
<P> Shari Headley ( born July 15 , 1964 ) is an American actress and former model . Headley is best known for her role as Lisa McDowell in the 1988 box - office hit romantic comedy film , Coming to America . Headley also has appeared in films The Preacher 's Wife ( 1996 ) and Johnson Family Vacation ( 2004 ) . On television , Headley starred as Det . Mimi Reed in the ABC daytime soap opera , All My Children on a regular basis from 1991 to 1994 . As lead actress , she starred in the Fox short - lived drama series , 413 Hope St. ( 1997 - 1998 ) , for which she received NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series nomination . In 2014 , Headley began starring as villainous Jennifer Sallison in the Oprah Winfrey Network primetime soap opera , The Haves and the Have Nots . </P>
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Shari Headley
Shari Headley