TINA ANDREWS is currently one of Hollywood's most in demand screenwriters. She wrote and Co-Executive produced the highly rated, critically acclaimed CBS miniseries, "Sally Hemings: An American Scandal" which was based on her play "The Mistress of Monticello." The miniseries dealt with the controversial relationship between third president Thomas Jefferson and slave paramour Sally Hemings and for it Tina recently won the prestigious Writers Guild of America 2000 award for Outstanding Longform (television), and the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Miniseries, T.V. Movie or Special.

Andrews also wrote the Warner Brothers film, "Why Do Fools Fall In Love?" which starred Halle Berry, Larenz Tate, Lela Rochon and Vivica A. Fox based on the court battle between the three wives of '50's singer Frankie Lymon over his estate, and she co-wrote the CBS miniseries, "Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis" on which she also served as Co?Executive producer. She currently has an animated internet series on www. urbanentertainment.com called, "Sistas 'N The City" on which she is writer/executive producer; she will write and Co-Executive produce "The O.Z." for Edmonds Entertainment and the Ultimate Group, which is an updated, hip?hop version of "The Wizard of Oz" to be broadcast on Fox Broadcasting and other T.V projects include "Twisted," a remake of the Charles Dickens classic "Oliver Twist" set to star John Leguizamo as Fagin.

Tina attended New York University where she majored in film. While in New York she won the role of "Ermendarde" on Broadway and the touring company of "Hello, Dolly" starring Pearl Bailey and Cab Calloway. She has appeared in several films including, "Conrack," starring Jon Voight, directed by Martin Ritt and "Carny" starring Jodie Foster. At Ritt's insistence Tina moved to Los Angeles where she was cast as Valerie Grant on "Days of our Lives." It was daytime's first interracial relationship and Tina's storyline propelled the soap to #2 in the ratings. She then wrote three spec screenplays.

A role in the miniseries, "Roots" led to an incredible professional relationship with author Alex Haley. He read one of her spec scripts and hired Tina to collaborate with him on an eight part PBS series called "Alex Haley's Great Men of African Descent." Tina now had a literary mentor and second father in Haley. Mr. Haley unfortunately died before completion of the project. However, Haley's recommendations led Tina to her first screenplay sale at Colombia Pictures as well as several writing assignments and uncredited contributions on films.

Currently, Miss Andrews is writer and Co-Executive producer of a CBS miniseries on Coretta Scott King tentatively entitled, "Coretta" and her book, "Sally Hemings An American Scandal: The Struggle To Tell The Controversial True Story," a behind-the-scenes memoir of her 15 year struggle to write and produce the Sally Hemings miniseries, is available in bookstores and is published by Malibu Press. CLICK HERE for more details on the book! An essay written by Tina is included in the new book "The First Time I Got Paid For It: Writers Tales From The Hollywood Trenches", published by Public Affairs which includes essays from famous Hollywood screenwriters concerning their early experiences working professionally in the film industry.

She is also a guest lecturer with speaking engagements scheduled at seminars, colleges and universities across the country.

Tina is married to documentary filmmaker, and award winning theatrical producer Stephen Gaines ("Fight The Good Fight") and in her spare time she is an accomplished photographer.

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