Camille Winbush Biography, Age, Parents, Brother, Dating, Bernie Mac Show, Movies

BIOGRAPHY OF CAMILLE WINBUSH

Camille Winbush is an American actress and recording artist who is best known for her role as Vanessa Thomkins on The Bernie Mac Show. She has received three Image Awards and a Young Artist Award for her work in television.

CAMILLE WINBUSH AGE

Winbush was born on February 9, 1990 in Culver City, California, United States. She is 29 years old in 2019.

CAMILLE WINBUSH PARENTS

Camille Simone Winbush was born to Alice Winbush and Anthony Winbush.

CAMILLE WINBUSH BROTHER

She has an older brother Troy Winbush who is an actor.

CAMILLE WINBUSH BOYFRIEND

Camille has already had several relationships. She dated model, Nick Denbeigh, sustaining the relationship for up to 12 years before it finally fell apart. She is reportedly dating Daniel Nguyen and the couple frequently share their love on social media.

CAMILLE WINBUSH’S CAREER

Camille’s credits include a role in Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai and a guest appearance in Eraser. Winbush had recurring roles on 7th Heaven and roles on Criminal Minds, That’s Life, The Norm Show, NYPD Blue and Any Day Now, and also starred in Disney’s musical production of Geppetto.
Camille recorded ‘One Small Voice’ with singers Myra and Taylor Momsen and ‘The Night Before Christmas Song’ for the compilation album School’s Out! Christmas in 2002.

CAMILLE WINBUSH BERNIE MAC SHOW

Winbush got her big break playing the role of Vanessa Thomkins on The Bernie Mac Show. She earned many nominations for her role during her appearance on the show. She won three NAACP Image Awards for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series and a Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Television Series (Comedy or Drama) – Leading Young Actress.

NET WORTH OF CAMILLE WINBUSH

Winbush has an estimated net worth of $4.5 million. This includes its assets, money and income. Her main source of income is her acting career. Thanks to her various sources of income, Camille has been able to accumulate a good fortune but prefers to lead a modest life.

CAMILLE WINBUSH HEIGHT

Winbush stands at a height of 1.58m.

FILMS AND TV SERIES BY CAMILLE WINBUSH

INTERVIEW WITH CAMILLE WINBUSH

Posted: SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

You’ve been playing practically all your life! When did you personally decide that the acting world was where you wanted to make a living?

Camille Winbush: I started acting when I was two years old. At that time, I had no idea what theater was! It was just something I did growing up. Honestly, I don’t think I really appreciated or understood the scale of the business until I was about nineteen.

What was your very first gig that you remember? How old were you and do you remember anything from that experience that you still incorporate into your work?

Camille Winbush: The first work I remember doing was a show called Viper , which was about a talking smart car. I think I was about four years old at the time. There was a big fight scene where the guy playing my dad got punched in the face and I started crying because I thought he was really hurt. The director loved my reaction and thought I was the best little actress he had ever seen. And then my mother had to explain to me that everything was pretend. I learned that real tears help book jobs and to date I can make myself cry in less than five minutes.

You play as Pearline in Jim Jarmusch’s cult film Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai was simply delicious! Has there ever been talk of doing a Pearline-centric sequel since she read the Hagakure? If that were to happen, in what direction would you want to welcome him as an adult?

Camille Winbush: Let me start by saying that Forrest Whitaker and Isaac de Bankolé were very nice guys to work with. They both had a calming presence on set. Jim Jarmusch was also awesome and a real character in his own right. Fans have been talking about RZA producing a sequel with Pearline in the lead, but I don’t know if that will ever happen. If it did, I’d love to see it adopt some of the same characteristics as Ghost Dog and become something of a neighborhood underground superhero.

You spent some of your formative years brilliantly portraying Nessa on The Bernie Mac Show , which is one of the greatest of all time, in my opinion. We spoke with a few other people who have spent many years in a world with a family of TVs, and I’m still curious how much of a family does it really look like? Did you have a sense of closeness with your on-screen family members?

Camille Winbush: The Bernie Mac Show definitely left a lasting positive impact on my life. I spent five years with that cast and that crew, and basically we were more together on set than at home. We were lucky enough to love each other and so we became a real family. So much so that every Friday night after the wrap, we all got together for what we called ‘the bump and grind’ which was the whole cast and crew partying together doing karaoke , eating and dancing. We had a family reunion pretty much every weekend. I like to think that everyone on this set helped make me the actor and the woman I am now.

If you had the opportunity to portray an inspiring figure in American history, who would it be?

Camille Winbush: I would love to play a young Maya Angelou or Nina Simone. I feel like there’s so much depth to them and their stories need to be told the right way. (No shade) So being able to play either would be a welcome challenge and an honor.

We always like to ask our statue award friends this question: where do you physically keep your well-deserved NAACP Image Awards? And does their physical location matter to you?

Camille Winbush: My NAACP Image awards, plus every award I’ve ever received in life, from gymnastics to young entrepreneur, are kept at my parents’ house. I’m not saying I don’t appreciate them, but I’ve never been one to dwell on physical memories of success. So I don’t need to see them every day as a reminder of what I’ve accomplished. I think my parents have earned the right to show them. Without them, I wouldn’t have any anyway!

What does the future hold for you? Something you’d like to plug into our readers?

Camille Winbush: I recently came to the conclusion that I’m supposed to be self-sufficient and can’t work for other people anymore. That being said, my future will revolve around the projects I create. With everything from owning a small business to producing my own shows and movies. I also filmed a project earlier this year called FraXtur with a great crew, hopefully it will be out soon. And follow me on social media because you know, 2018. Instagram & Twitter- @camilleSwinbush