Robin Givens

American actress and model Robin Givens was supposed to be working in the medical field, but her mentor was persistent enough and convinced her to join Hollywood. We are glad she did because if not, the world might have missed what a good actress Robin Givens is. Robin was born in New York City, where she was a student at New Rochelle Academy before attending college. After getting her degree from Sarah Lawrence College for a pre-medical course, Givens started her acting career and dropped her plans of pursuing her medical degree at Harvard Medical School.

She made appearances in Different Strokes and The Cosby Show and finally got her breakthrough role when she played the rich girl Darlene Merriman on Head of the Class, a TV show that ran for five seasons. Givens appeared in numerous film and television projects where she also won awards. In 1987, Robin met superstar boxer, Mike Tyson. The two eventually tied the knot the following year. Their relationship caused a media frenzy when they separated two years after.