Victoria Rowell is an award-winning actress, international lecturer,
holds two 'honorary' doctorates - a teacher, advocate, mother, and former foster
youth. She has been recognized by 193 members of Congress for advocacy
work on behalf of education, arts, foster and adoptive youth and
parents as well as diversity issues.
Her New York Times bestseller, The Women Who Raised Me, published by
HarperCollins Publishers, received literary acclaim. Rowell also enjoys
a literary book deal with Simon & Schuster for her popular soap opera
novel series.
Rowell is an Emmy-nominated, NAACP-winning actress, who co-starred with
Dick Van Dyke in the prime time television series Diagnose: Mord (1993) for
VIACOM for eight seasons, as well as starring in Daytime television.
Rowell was submitted for a Golden Globe Award, starring opposite Samuel L. Jackson in Home of the Brave (2006).
Other credits include Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) and other series. She stars in
the movie, Marry Me For Christmas and an upcoming feature, What Love Will Make You Do. She has been in multiple films, starring opposite Jim Carrey, Eddie Murphy, Will Smith, Jeff Bridges, Samuel L. Jackson, Beau Bridges, Forest Whitaker and more. Victoria is currently filming
opposite The Blacklist/Man of Steel star, Harry Lennix.
Born in Maine, Rowell was raised on a 60 acre working farm and learned
classical ballet from a book. She eventually turned professional and
performed with American Ballet Theater (ABT) II and other professional
ballet companies.
Rowell has two adult children, Maya and Jasper.
