Salli Richardson is an American actress and an entertainer who is famous for her role in “A Low Down Dirty Shame”, 1994s hit comedy-action movie and “I am Legend” in which she came into view with one of the best actors in Hollywood, Will Smith. She is also a voice actress and has acted on one of the Disney animated series “Gargoyles”.
As we know that directly or indirectly, celebrities usually do get involved in controversies/rumors. Likewise, there was also a rumor spreading around like a wildfire that Salli and her husband, Dondre Whitfield split up. Let’s see if the rumor’s actually certain or not, shall we?
Salli Richardson Bio, Ethnicity
The talented television personality was born as Salli Richardson on November 23, 1967, in Chicago, Illinois. She grew up alongside three brothers; Josh, Chad, and Nalin. She is from a mixed-race family with her father who is Irish-Italian (white) and mother who is African American (black). However, Salli considers herself a black person.
Talking about her educational background, she graduated from the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools. Richardson was a tennis player in her high school days. Moreover, she got a chance to show her acting skills in the Kuumba Workshop theater, for the first time.
Salli Richardson Career, Net Worth
Salli’s life as an actress bloomed with the support of her mother who encouraged her to attend auditions. When she was just 14 of her age, she did her first professional role which was for a poetry production, “The Tiger Who Wore White Gloves”. Subsequently, Salli kept on serving as an actress in various theatre productions until 1991 when she got the opportunity to appear on “Up Against the Wall”. In 1992, she appeared in “Prelude to a Kiss, Mo’ Money” and “How U Like Me Now”.
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By 2000, Richardson has already played important roles in many popular movies. She resumed with others like “Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid”, “I am Legend”, and “The Sin Seer”. As mentioned earlier, the actress has also done some voice acting too.
Salli Richardson Relationship, Husband, Family
Salli has been in many relationships including Sean Combs in 1991 and Matthew McConaughey in 2000. However, she broke up with both of them. In 2001, she met Dondre Whitfield and after several months of dating, they eventually got married on September 8, 2002. There had been a rumor about their divorce. Salli later claimed that the news was false and she is still living happily with her spouse, Dondre Whitfield.
The couple has two kids; one daughter, Parker Richardson-Whitfield another one is a son, Dondre Terrell Whitfield.
Salli Richardson Body Measurement, Height
The 50-year-old actress has a gorgeous body with the size 34-27-34. She has an average height of 5 Feet 4 Inches and she weighs about 57 kg.
