Lark Voorhies

Lark Voorhies (born March 25, 1974) is an American actress who gained fame playing Lisa Turtle on Saved by the Bell.

Personal life

Lark Voorhies was born in Nashville, Tennessee, and grew up in Pasadena, California. She was once engaged to actor Martin Lawrence. On March 9, 1996, she married actor/producer Miguel Coleman. On May 30, 2006, Voorhies filed a lawsuit against the National Enquirer for libel over an article that included claims she had a drug problem.^[1]

Career

On Saved by the Bell, Voorhies played Lisa Turtle, a fashion-obsessed teen who is in turn the love obsession of her classmate Screech (played by Dustin Diamond). She had contract roles on soap operas such as Days of Our Lives and The Bold and the Beautiful but quit both when she realized that she would eventually have to do sex scenes, which clashed with her religious beliefs as a Jehovah’s Witness. (She was released from her contract on B&B.) In 1995, Voorhies guest starred in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode “Life Support.” She has continued to act in various roles since then such as In the House, in which she played the girlfriend-turned-wife of Alfonso Ribeiro’s character (Maxwell Stanton). Previously, she played Alfonso Ribeiro’s love interest twice on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Lark has appeared in music videos for Boyz II Men, Kenny Lattimore and Dru Hill. Her latest project is a movie adaptation of the book The Black Man's Guide to Understanding Black Women.

Selected filmography

• Civil Brand (2002)
• How High (2001)
• Fire & Ice (2001) (TV)
• The Last Don (1997) (miniseries)
• How to Be a Player (1997)
• The Bold and the Beautiful (1987) (TV series) (1995–1996)
• Days of Our Lives (1995) (TV series) (1993–1994)
• Saved by the Bell (1989) (TV series)

Notes

1. ^ AP. “ ‘Saved by the Bell’ Actress Sues Tabloid”, ABC News, 1 June 2006.

External links

• Lark Voorhies at the Internet Movie Database
• Lark Voorhies article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki