Early life

Reagan Gomez-Preston was born in Detroit, Michigan to a Puerto Rican mother, Cheryl Gomez, and an African American father, Bennett Preston. She has a younger brother named Kyle.

Gomez-Preston's father, Bennett Preston, is a medical examiner/pathologist in Philadelphia., Preston used her father's surname, Preston, and used her mother's surname, Gomez. When Gomez-Preston was young her mother worked for the Detroit Police Department. Cheryl Gomez was one of the first women assigned to street patrol. Due to verbal abuse, written racist epithets, death threats, and a commanding officer expressing interest in a relationship with her, she quit, and filed a sexual harassment suit against the Detroit Police Department, which she won, receiving an award somewhere between $800,000 and $1.2 million. After this Cheryl Gomez moved the family to Philadelphia. There Gomez-Preston was enrolled in acting, dancing, and singing lessons at Philadelphia's Freedom Theatre. Her parents eventually divorced. In 1994, she moved from Philadelphia to Los Angeles with her mother and Kyle, so that Gomez-Preston could pursue an acting career.

Career

Gomez-Preston began her acting career in The Parent 'Hood, as Zaria Peterson. She guest starred on UPN's One on One as Flex's younger sister/Brianna's aunt, Bernadette. She also played Francine opposite Holly Robinson Peete in the short-lived UPN sitcom, Love Inc. She is also a former cast member of The Amanda Show. She has been featured in King magazine twice, first in the September 2003-October 2003 issue, and again in the December 2006-January 2007 issue. She was one of five cover girls in her second appearance. She also appeared in music videos "Sorry 2004" by Ruben Studdard, "No Better Love" by Young Gunz, and "Whatever You Like" by T.I..

Gomez-Preston is a writer of feature films, with her own business and production company. She voiced Roberta Tubbs, Cleveland Brown's stepdaughter on the animated series The Cleveland Show from 2009 until the show's cancellation in 2013. Gomez-Preston replaced actress Nia Long.

Personal life

Gomez-Preston began dating model DeWayne Turrentine in 1995. Turrentine was a member in the group Quo. The couple married on November 10, 1999. They have two children, a daughter, Scarlett Annette Turrentine (born May 13, 2007) and a son Tyger Attila Turrentine (born April 2, 2011).

Filmography

Film
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Freaky Friday	Heather
1996	Jerry Maguire	Tidwell's cousin
2001	Carmen: A Hip Hopera	Caela
2002	That's Life	Barbie
2002	Dead Above Ground	Latrisha McDermont
2002	Off Centre	Sherry
2003	Love Don't Cost a Thing	Olivia
2004	Never Die Alone	Juanita
2004	Doing Hard Time	Rayvon Jones
2004	Hair Show	Fiona
2004	Trois: The Escort	Lena
2005	Beauty Shop	Customer
2009	Elbows & Vogues	Julia
2009	Sweet Justice	Asia Sterling
2010	Kiss The Bride	Robin
2010	This Time	Cheyenne
2010	A Gang Land Love Story	Julia
2012	Dysfunctional Friends	Ebony
TV
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995-1999	The Parent Hood	Zaria Peterson	90 episodes
1996	Moesha	Geneva
1997	Smart Guy	Nina Duberly
1999	Undressed	Jackie
1999	Felicity	Student
2000	The Amanda Show	Multiple	Regular
2000	Martial Law	Mary	Extra
2001	That '70s Show	Melissa
2003	One on One	Bernadette Washington
2005-2006	Love, Inc.	Francine	22 episodes
2007	'Til Death	Deb
2009-2013	The Cleveland Show	Roberta Tubbs	75 episodes
2010	Family Guy	Roberta Tubbs	1 episode
2013-14	Love That Girl!	Jasmine Russel
2013-present	Steven Universe	Jenny and Kiki	10 episodes
2015	Instant Mom	Rhonda Butler	Episode: How You Bike Me Now

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