Janet Hubert

Biography

Janet Louise Hubert was born on January 13, 1956, in Chicago, Illinois. She won a scholarship to the Juilliard School in New York City and went on to create the iconic role of Tantomile in the original Broadway production of Cats. Her breakout TV role came in 1990 as Vivian Banks on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, earning her an NAACP Image Award nomination for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series in 1991.