Denise Boutte

Denise Boutte
Born (1982-01-19) January 19, 1982 (age 42)
Maurice, Louisiana, U.S.[1]
OccupationActress
Years active2004–present

Denise Boutte (born January 19, 1982) is an American actress. She made her film debut starring in the 2004 horror feature Death Valley: The Revenge of Bloody Bill and in 2007 appeared in the comedy-drama Why Did I Get Married?. On television, Boutte was a regular cast member on the TBS sitcom Meet the Browns (2009-2011).

Life and career

Boutte was born in Maurice, Louisiana and graduated from the Louisiana State University.[2] She later moved to Dallas, Texas and began modeling career appearing in commercials for brands including Frito-Lay, Pampers, Fossil and Mary Kay Cosmetics.[2] The same time she made her feature film debut starring in the zombie-horror film Death Valley: The Revenge of Bloody Bill produced by The Asylum. She later starred in the horror film Way of the Vampire (2005) also produced by The Asylum, and the drama film Restraining Order (2006) starring Robin Givens. She made her stage debut starring as Rachel Robinson in the 2005 Fremont Theater's production of National Pastime.[3][4] She appeared in episodes of the television series Noah's Arc, Cuts, Everybody Hates Chris and Girlfriends, before playing a recurring role of Danielle Calder on the NBC daytime soap opera, Days of Our Lives during the summer of 2007.[5]

In 2007, Boutte starred in the comedy-drama film Why Did I Get Married? by Tyler Perry.[6] She later starred in his sitcom Meet the Browns as Sasha Brown from 2009 to 2011.[7][8] Since then, Boutte starred in a number of television films, mostly for Lifetime, LMN, TV One and Hallmark Channel, such as Between Sisters (2013), Where's the Love? (2014), For the Love of Ruth (2015), A Rich Christmas (2021), The Missing (2022), Game of Deceit (2023) and A Mother's Intuition (2023). In 2017 she starred alongside Penny Johnson Jerald and Brian J. White in the TV One pilot Media and had recurring role during the second season of horror series Stan Against Evil.[9] She appeared in the romantic comedy film The Bounce Back (2016), the thriller film Secrets (2017), the drama film The Choir Director (2018) and the romantic comedy Couples' Night (2018).[10][11] She played the leading roles in the 2018 drama film Her Only Choice and the 2021 romantic comedy-drama film Never and Again.[12][13]

On television, Boutte starred in the Urban Movie Channel police drama series, Bronx SIU from 2018 to 2019. She had the recurring role as Raven Sinclair in the BET+ crime drama series The Family Business from 2021 to 2022 and starred in the second season of the horror-anthology series Terror Lake Drive in 2022.[14][15] Also in 2022, Boutte temporarily replaced Leigh-Ann Rose in the role of Imani Benedict in the CBS daytime soap opera, The Young And The Restless.[16]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2004 Death Valley: The Revenge of Bloody Bill Mandy
A Killer Within Hitchhiker
2005 Way of the Vampire Arianna
Black Leather Soles Charlotte Short
2006 Restraining Order Aunt Dee
Behind the Smile Lady at Piano
Only in Your Dreams Andrea Short
Pieces of Eight Brianna Douglas
Nola Nola
2007 Splitting Hairs News Reporter Short
Sister's Keeper Diane
Why Did I Get Married? Trina
2008 Extreme Movie New Tabitha
15 Minutes of Fame Candy
2010 N-Secure Tina Simpson
2012 To Love and to Cherish Aliyah Television film
What She Wants for Christmas Marilyn
2013 Between Sisters Morgan Television film
Dear Secret Santa Gayle Television film
2014 For Love or Money Tina
Where's the Love? Ryan Television film
2015 Touched Tracey
For the Love of Ruth Ruth
Charlotte Catherine Short
2016 Second Sight Tamara Television film
The Bounce Back Julie
2017 Media Danielle Jones Television film
Secrets Victoria Campbell
2018 The Choir Director Simone Wilcox
Couples' Night Sherry
Her Only Choice Tasha
2020 Kombucha Cure Gabriela
2021 Never and Again Jasmine Washington
Before I'm Dead Diane
#Unknown DA Helen Friar
A Rich Christmas Lauryn Smith
Christmas with My Ex Alicia
2022 The Missing Raina Sidner Television film
2023 Napa Ever After Cassandra Television film

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2004–05 Days of Our Lives Hostess, Wedding Planner 2 episodes
2006 Noah's Arc Clerk of Court Episode: "Got 'til It's Gone"
Cuts Lisa Episode: "Black Don't Crack"
Everybody Hates Chris Mrs. Johnson Episode: "Everybody Hates Valentine's Day"
Boston Legal Reporter #6 Episode: "BL: Los Angeles"
Happy Hour Kit Episode: "Boo! This Party Sucks"
Girlfriends Waitress Episode: "Just Joan"
2007 Notes from the Underbelly Sharice Episode: "Pilot"
Days of Our Lives Danielle Calder Regular cast
2009–11 Meet the Browns Sasha Brown Main cast
2012 Key & Peele Wife Episode: "Episode #2.3"
2013–22 Young Justice Rocket, Lynn Stewart-Pierce, Captain Celestia, Faora, Highfather Avia (voice) Guest: season 2, recurring cast: seasons 3–4[17]
2017 Stan Against Evil Lara Bouchard Recurring cast: Season 2
2018–19 Bronx SIU Jasmine Main cast
2021–22 The Family Business Raven Sinclair Recurring cast: Season 3-4
2022 Terror Lake Drive Deputy Mayor Recurring cast: Season 2
The Young and the Restless Imani Benedict Regular cast

References

  1. ^ "Bio - Denise Boutte". Archived from the original on 22 June 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  2. ^ a b https://www.hallmarkchannel.com/napa-ever-after/cast/denise-boutte [bare URL]
  3. ^ "Fremont Centre Theatre". www.fremontcentretheatre.com.
  4. ^ Martinez, Julio (March 30, 2005). "National Pastime".
  5. ^ "Days of our Lives Newcomers!". October 17, 2007.
  6. ^ "September 2007 | blackfilm.com | features | WHY DID I GET MARRIED? An Interview with Lamman Rucker and Denise Boutte". www.blackfilm.com.
  7. ^ "TBS". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2011-03-10.
  8. ^ "HopeTodayMagazine.com is for sale | HugeDomains".
  9. ^ Anderson, Derek (May 30, 2017). "IFC Announces the Start of Production in Atlanta on Season 2 of STAN AGAINST EVIL". Daily Dead.
  10. ^ "Secrets | Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com. February 21, 2018.
  11. ^ "Couples' Night | Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com.
  12. ^ Jackson, Panama (May 18, 2022). "'Her Only Choice' is a movie that stars Denise Boutte. This is a Denise Boutte appreciation post". TheGrio.
  13. ^ Nickolai, Nate (August 28, 2018). "TV News Roundup: NBC Releases First Act of Fall Drama 'Manifest'".
  14. ^ Petski, Denise (March 23, 2021). "'The Family Business': KJ Smith Upped To Series Regular, Sheila E., Stan Shaw, Denise Boutte, Jasper Cole Among 10 To Recur".
  15. ^ Rosario, Alexandra Del (January 6, 2022). "'Terror Lake Drive': Pascale Armand, Yolonda Ross, Charles Malik Whitfield & More To Lead Season 2 Of AllBlk Anthology Series".
  16. ^ Lewis, Errol (August 18, 2022). "Denise Boutte To Temporarily Replace Leigh-Ann Rose as Imani Benedict on 'The Young and the Restless'". Soap Opera Network.
  17. ^ "Denise Boutte (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved May 24, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.