Renée Jones

Renée Jones
Renée Jones
Born	October 15, 1958 (age 65); Opa-locka, Florida, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1979–2012

Renée Jones (born October 15, 1958) is a former American dramatic actress. Jones is best known for playing Lexie Carver on NBC's long-running soap opera Days of Our Lives, a role she began in 1993. She has been nominated five times for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series for the role.

Life and career[edit]

Born into a family with five siblings, Jones grew up in Georgia and New York and worked as a secretary. She signing with the Ford Modeling agency at the age of 19. She made her acting debut on the series The White Shadow. Jones made her debut on Days of Our Lives in the early 1980s as Nikki Wade. She returned to the soap, taking on a new role, as Lexie Carver in February 1993.

In April 2012, Jones confirmed in an interview with TV Guide's Michael Logan that she would vacate the role of Lexie Carver after 20 years and would retire to a simpler life, revealing that she was not happy in acting.^[1]

Filmography[edit]

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1980	The Jeffersons	Stephanie	Episode: "A Night to Remember"
1981	Diff'rent Strokes	The Girl	Episode: "First Day Blues"
1982	WKRP in Cincinnati	Jackie Winston	Episode: "You Can't Go Out of Town Again"
1982	Days of Our Lives	Nikki Wade	Recurring role
1984	Knots Landing	Robin	4 episodes
1985	Trapper John, M.D.	Jackie Reardon	Episode: "A False Start"
1985	T. J. Hooker	Mary	Episode: "Return of a Cop"
1986	What's Happening Now!!	Saundra	Episode: "The Boss's Daughter"
1986	Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives	Sissy	Supporting role
1987	21 Jump Street	Darlene	Episode: "Besieged: Part 1"
	Marblehead Manor	Elizabeth Spivey	Episode: "I Led Three Wives"
	Isabel Sanford's Honeymoon Hotel	Jolie Scott	1 Episode
	The Magical World of Disney	Lilah	Episode: "The Liberators"
1988	Highway to Heaven	Gloria	Episode: "Country Doctor"
1988	Night Court	Lenore Grant	Episode: "The Last Temptation of Mac"
1989	L.A. Law	Diana Moses	Recurring role
1989	In the Heat of the Night	Topaz/Roberta Strutt	Episode: "Stranger in Town"
1991	The Terror Within II	Robin	Supporting role
	Talkin' Dirty After Dark	Kimmie	Supporting role
	21 Jump Street	Yvonne Andrews (Young)	Episode: "Crossfire"
1993	Star Trek: The Next Generation	Lt. Aquiel Uhnari	Episode: "Aquiel"
	Days of Our Lives	Lexie Carver	Series regular
	In the Heat of the Night	Candace Sloan	Episode: "Legacy"
1994	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	Miss Sharpe	Episode: "Father Knows Best"
1995	Murder, She Wrote	Reggie Evers	Episode: "Deadly Bidding"

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Exclusive: Renee Jones Quits Days of our Lives". TV Guide. 2012-04-02. Archived from the original on 2015-01-05. Retrieved April 4, 2012.

External links[edit]

Renée Jones at IMDb

[tvguide-1] "Exclusive: Renee Jones Quits Days of our Lives". TV Guide. 2012-04-02. Archived from the original on 2015-01-05. Retrieved April 4, 2012.

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