Chenoa Maxwell

Chenoa Maxwell
Born	Chenoa N. Maxwell (1969-11-16) November 16, 1969 (age 55) Jamaica, Queens, New York, U.S.
Occupations	Actress photographer
Known for	Girlfriends , Hav Plenty , G
Spouse	Martin Morse
Website	livelimitlessly.com

Chenoa N. Maxwell (born November 16, 1969) is an American actress and photographer. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Career

Maxwell is best known for her starring role in the 1997 romantic comedy Hav Plenty and as the recurring character Lena Turner on the hit UPN sitcom Girlfriends . ^[4] Maxwell starred in docu-reality show Love In The City on OWN, Oprah Winfrey Network. Maxwell has also appeared in the WB sitcom For Your Love and in the 2002 film G, ^[5] a modernized, loosely-based adaptation of The Great Gatsby starring Richard T. Jones and Blair Underwood, and directed by Christopher Scott Cherot. ^[6] She appeared in R&B singer Joe's video, What if a Woman. She also had a cameo in the infomercial for 'Yoga Booty Ballet'. Maxwell also appears frequently as a guest expert on WEtv’s Growing Up Hip-Hop.

In 2006, she moved to London to study photography. Her first solo art exhibit, Introspection: India, ran for one month at the Papillion Institute of Art in Los Angeles in March 2011. ^[7] Her work has been exhibited in the Bay Area, New York City, and Italy.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Hav Plenty	Havilland Savage
1999	Cold Feet	Denise
2001	Sacred Is the Flesh	Erica Fontaine
2001	Malfunction	Fadhi
2002	G	Sky Hightower
2004	Doing Hard Time	Elise	Direct-to-video
2009	Lenox Avenue	Madison

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	For Your Love	Angelic	Episode: "The Trouble with Angels"
2003–2005	Girlfriends	Lena Turner	4 episodes
2014	Love in the City	—	8 episodes; reality TV series
2016	Unsung	—	Episode: "Hill Harper"
2019	Growing Up Hip Hop	—	Episode: "Is That the Joker?"

References

1. Nykia Spradley (September 28, 2010). "Closet Envy: Photographer Chenoa Maxwell". Essence . Retrieved August 23, 2011.
2. "Chenoa Maxwell filmography". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . 2007. Archived from the original on November 9, 2007. Retrieved August 23, 2011.
3. Jan Peters (September 1999). "Chenoa Maxwell: Hot Stuff!". Just for Black Men. Vol. 3, no. 5. p. 55.
4. "Having Plenty". The Seam. 2017-05-30. Retrieved 2018-06-13.
5. Tambay (April 3, 2011). "Flashback To 2005 – "G"". Shadow and Act . Archived from the original on October 8, 2011. Retrieved August 23, 2011.
6. Claire Coughlan (August 14, 2011). "The great leap from page to screen". Irish Independent . Retrieved August 23, 2011.
7. Danika (March 28, 2011). "Chenoa Maxwell & Celebrity Friends Present Introspection: INDIA". Poshglam. Retrieved August 23, 2011.

External links

• Chenoa Maxwell at IMDb