Many celebrities have come to television but it’s not every day that a reality star gets an acting role and really nails it. VH1 just chatted with Karlie Redd this week about the stigma that often surrounds being a person from the reality genre and how you just need to do good work.
Everyone from Mob Wives’ Big Ang to Basketball Wives LA’s Draya Michele have been bitten by the acting bug. Even our homegirl K. Michelle returns to her theatrical roots August 19 with the premiere of her show K. Michelle The Rebellious Soul Musical.
Click through our list and check out our VH1 fam bring that pathos to big and small screen.
K. MICHELLE
The Love & Hip Hop star has become a major success in the music industry since making her reality debut on the first season of Love & Hip Hop Atlanta. Now the ever-changing chanteuse makes her acting debut in her own musical. K. Michelle The Rebellious Soul Musical premieres Tuesday at 10 PM ET/PT.
TAMI ROMAN
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The Basketball Wives’ star did some acting after her appearance on The Real World. Tami has gone on to be a series regular on Belle’s and most recently appeared alongside Halle Berry in Extant.
BIG ANG
Not exactly showing her range but Mob Wives’ Big Ang made her big screen debut playing a fighting housewife in Scary Movie 5.
KARLIE REDD
Love & Hip Hop Atlanta’s Karlie Redd famously made her acting debut as Karlie Lewis on VH1’s reality competition Scream Queens.
TIFFANY “NEW YORK” POLLARD
The I Love New York and Flavor Of Love breakout star made the foray into acting playing an exaggerated version of herself on Nip/Tuck.
DRAYA MICHELE
Much like Big Ang, Basketball Wives LA’s Draya Michele sunk her teeth into a role not totally unlike herself. Well, actually, she played herself on Kevin Hart’s Real Husbands Of Hollywood.
MOMMA JONES + RAMONA RIZZO
Eva Marcille And Mama Jones Star In “Touched” A Music Video About Child Molestation from PeterParkkerr on Vimeo.
Jim Jones’ dramatic mother (as seen on Chrissy & Mr. Jones) and Mob Wives’ Rizzo will both make their acting debut in Terrance Tykeem’s Touched about sexual abuse. Check out the trailer to see Ramona smoking a cig, intently and Momma Jones putting her maternal side to use as an actress.
LA LA ANTHONY
The Full Court Life star has been pursuing an acting career for years now and has found some mainstream success in the Think Like A Man films but if you want to see a different (crazier) side of La, check out this short she did with Funny or Die.
DAVID “PUNK” OTUNGA
David Otunga Acting Reel from Harvard Punk, Inc. on Vimeo.
You may remember “Punk” from I Love New York but the now actor and WWE fighter has appeared in films including The Call with Halle Berry, Morris Chestnut and Abigail Breslin.
ARIANE DAVIS
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Did you know that Ariane appeared in an original web pilot that was a parody of a black Mad Men. Take a look at her in Mad Black Men playing wife to the lead character.
LAVERNE COX
The I Want To Work For Diddy contestant is now an Emmy nominated actress starring on Orange Is The New Black.
HEATHER CHADWELL
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The Rock Of Love vixen popped on shows like It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia and Californication. Check out her very NSFW Funny or Die short featuring some of her well known assets.
THE GAME
The Game has tried acting on for size since staring Marrying The Game. Check out the trailer from House Arrest which he starred in opposite Stacey Dash.
TAHIRY JOSE
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The Love & Hip Hop beauty is no stranger to films and has a few more lined up in the future. Check her out in How To Commit Fraud where she’s talking about her red bottoms. Sounds like Tahiry!
TIP “T.I.” HARRIS
Sure, many rappers try their hands at acting but it wasn’t until TI’s show with his wife and kids, Family Hustle that he started to really build a career for himself guest starring on TV series like House Of Lies and Boss.
Who do you think is the best actor of this bunch of VH1 reality stars?