Tamera Darvette Mowry-Housley

Tamera Mowry-Housley is an Emmy Award-winning American actress, host, and producer best known for co-starring in Sister, Sister and co-hosting the daytime talk show The Real for six seasons. She is a Hallmark Channel staple with several credits on the network, and she guest-starred in ABC’s R.J. Decker in 2026. She is also the host of Hallmark Channel’s holiday baking series, Baked With Love: Holiday.

Overview

Tamera Darvette Mowry-Housley's Profile

Tamera Mowry-Housley was born in Gelnhausen, West Germany, two minutes before her twin sister Tia, to a U.S. Army father and a mother who would later manage the twins’ careers. When the girls were 12, the family relocated to Los Angeles so they could pursue acting. The sisters landed their breakout roles on Sister, Sister, which ran for six seasons from 1994 to 1999.

After Sister, Sister, Tamera Mowry-Housley built a diverse acting portfolio. She starred in Lifetime’s Strong Medicine (2000–2006), Disney Channel’s Twitches (2005) and its sequel, and reunited with Tia for the Style Network reality series Tia & Tamera (2011–2013). Her most significant hosting role came in 2013, when she joined daytime talk show The Real, co-hosting for six seasons.

Since 2020, Mowry-Housley has been a key Hallmark Channel partner under an exclusive multi-film and production deal. She has starred in several film titles, including The Santa Stakeout (2021), Inventing the Christmas Prince (2022), Dream Moms (2023), and Scouting for Christmas (2024), many of which she also executive-produced. She also hosts Hallmark Channel’s holiday baking series,  Baked With Love: Holiday.

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TV Shows​

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Current Shows

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Personal Life

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Marital Status

Married

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Children

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Aden John Tanner Housley

Born 2012 · Biological child

Other parent: Adam Housley

Ariah Talea Housley

Born 2015 · Biological child

Other parent: Adam Housley

Education

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  • Bachelor of Arts in Psychology (with honors, emphasis on Abnormal Childhood Development) from Pepperdine University, Malibu, California

Net Worth & Income

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  • Primary income from her exclusive multi-film deal with Hallmark Channel/Crown Media, covering acting, executive producing, and content development.
  • A successful acting career with dozens of acting credits on film and TV.
  • Past income from six seasons co-hosting The Real (Fox/BET, 2013–2020).
  • Co-owns (with her husband) Century Oak Winery and Barnhouse Napa Brews café, both in Napa Valley, California.
  • Book royalties from the 2022 memoir You Should Sit Down for This and children's book series Twintuition (with sister Tia Mowry).
  • Revenue from Twilight Productions, a production company co-founded with Tia Mowry in 2010.

Awards

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  • Daytime Emmy Award — Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host, shared with The Real cast (2018)
  • NAACP Image Award — Outstanding Talk Series, shared with The Real cast members, Adrienne Houghton, Loni Love, and Jeannie Mai (2018)
  • NAACP Image Award — Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series for Sister, Sister, Shared with her sister, Tia Mowry (1999)
  • Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Award — Favorite Television Actress, shared with Tia Mowry (1995, 1996, 1997)
  • Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Award — Hall of Fame, shared with Tia Mowry (1998)

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