Bio
Natalie Desselle (sometimes credited as Natalie Desselle-Reid) is an Amercian actress best known for her starring role as Janie Egins in the television sitcom Eve, from 2003-2006.
Desselle is from Alexandria, Louisiana. She graduated from Peabody Magnet High School and attended Grambling State University. The acting bug bit her after a starring role in Grambling's production of Bubbling Brown Sugar.
After several productions as a thespian, she decided to move to Los Angeles and test the waters. Realizing Hollywood was not aware of her arrival she became a receptionist, a soul food waitress and lastly a tank mechanic at McDonnell Douglas.
A devotee to the anomalous careers of Roseanne, Oprah and Whoopi, she began to chart her course. Her break came when Robi Reed cast her in F. Gary Gray's Set It Off, which led to a guest starring role on television's Family Matters.
After her initial foray into Hollywood, she found herself down and out in Inglewood, California and then the call came. The role that established her as a comedic thespian aka the funny chick in Robert Townsend's B.A.P.S, starring opposite the luminous Halle Berry.
The films How to be a Player, Cinderella and televisions Built to Last and For Your Love followed.
She then played Janie Egin on the television show Eve for three seasons. Her most cherished production is her family which includes her husband Lenny Reid and their three children Sereno, Summer and Sasha.