Chenoa N. Maxwell (born November 16, 1969) is an American actress and photographer.
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. 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, a modernized, loosely-based adaptation of The Great Gatsby starring Richard T. Jones and Blair Underwood, and directed by Christopher Scott Cherot. 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. Her work has been exhibited in the Bay Area, New York City, and Italy.
Filmography
Film +YearTitleRoleNotes1997Hav PlentyHavilland Savage1999Cold FeetDenise2001Sacred Is the FleshErica Fontaine2001MalfunctionFadhi2002GSky Hightower2004Doing Hard TimeEliseDirect-to-video2009Lenox AvenueMadison
Television YearTitleRoleNotes1999For Your LoveAngelicEpisode: "The Trouble with Angels"2003–2005GirlfriendsLena Turner4 episodes2014Love in the City8 episodes; reality TV series2016UnsungEpisode: "Hill Harper"2019Growing Up Hip HopEpisode: "Is That the Joker?"
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