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Tina Yvonne Andrews (born April 23, 1951) is an American actress, television producer, screenwriter, author and playwright. She is known for writing the TV mini-series, ''Sally Hemings: An American Scandal'' (2000), which was the first time that the Jefferson-Hemings relationship had been explored on TV, and with Hemings portrayed as a fully realized woman. In 2001, Andrews was the first African American to win the Writers Guild of America award for Original Long Form, for her script for this mini-series.〔 Andrews had earlier explored her interest in Hemings with a play, ''The Mistress of Monticello'', which was read at a workshop in Chicago in 1985. ==Biography== Tina Yvonne Andrews was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. She attended New York University, where her major studies were in Drama.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Official Tina Andrews website )〕 She spent many years acting in such series as ''Days of Our Lives'', where she played the character Valerie Grant from 1975 to 1977. Her character was part of the first interracial romance ever shown on daytime television.〔 She also acted in the influential TV mini-series, ''Roots'' (1977), as Aurelia, the girlfriend of the character Kunta Kinte. From this role, she met and became professional partners with Alex Haley, the author of the book on which it was based and the screenplay for the series. Haley hired Andrews to work with him on the miniseries ''Alex Haley's Great Men of African Descent'', which aired on PBS. Haley also mentored Andrews' literary work.〔 Andrews is married to Stephen Gaines, an award-winning producer in theatre, and documentary filmmaker.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Tina Andrews Picture Pages )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tina Andrews」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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