Born: March 21, 1958
Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana
Zodiac Sign:
Pisces
Sabrina Marie Le Beauf is an American actress
best known for portraying Sondra Huxtable on the NBC situation comedy The Cosby
Show.
She has voiced the character Norma Bindlebeep
on the Nick at Nite animated series Fatherhood, a show based on Bill Cosby's
book.
In 1984, Le Beauf auditioned for the role of eldest
Huxtable daughter Sondra role on The Cosby Show.
Twenty-six years old at the time of her
audition, she was considered too old to play one of the children, being only ten
years younger than Phylicia Rashad, the actress who played her mother, Clair
Huxtable.
Pop singer Whitney Houston also auditioned for
the same part but refused to sign the contract as she wanted to become a
singer.
Her refusal to sign the contract, which would
bind her to the show and put a singing career on the back burner, forced the
producers to give the role to Le Beauf.
Sabrina went on to play Sondra Huxtable for
all eight seasons of The Cosby Show, from 1984 through the series' end in 1992.
Sondra, a Princeton graduate that went on to
marry and start a family of her own, was a popular character on the show; in
1988, 50 million viewers tuned in to watch Sondra give birth to twins named
Winnie and Nelson in honor of Nelson and Winnie Mandela.
During her time on The Cosby Show, Le Beauf
also appeared in the series Hotel and the TV movie Howard Beach: Making a Case
for Murder.
She also had brief appearances as bridge
officer Ensign Giusti on two episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation and on
the comedy The Sinbad Show.
Le Beauf also continued her work in the
theater, starring as Rosalind in a production of Shakespeare's as You Like It.
Currently, Le Beauf is a frequent leading lady
performing with the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, D.C. She
recently portrayed Katherine in The Taming of the Shrew with the Company in
D.C. Le Beauf also appeared in the off-Broadway play “LOVE, LOSS AND WHAT I
WORE” that ran from 2009 to 2012.