Reneé Tenison (born December 2, 1968) is an American model, actress, and the first African-American selected to be the Playboy Playmate of the Year (1990).
Tenison was born in Caldwell, Idaho.[1] She has three older brothers and an identical twin sister, Rosie, who also works as a model. Rosie and Renee posed in the August 2002 issue of Playboy together.
Tenison appeared as the Playmate of the Month in the November 1989 issue of Playboy magazine and was subsequently named Playmate of the Year for 1990, the first PMOY of African American descent. In 2001, she was selected as one of the ten sexiest women of the year by the readers of Black Men magazine. In May 2017, at the age of 48, Tenison duplicated her Playmate of the Year cover along with her cohorts Kimberley Conrad, Candace Collins, Lisa Matthews, Cathy St. George, Charlotte Kemp, and Monique St. Pierre nearly three decades on.[2]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Shout | Girl in Bar | |
| 1993 | CB4 | Twin | |
| 2000 | Nutty Professor II: The Klumps | Dog Owner | uncredited |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Married... with Children | Macadamia | "Route 666: Part 2" |
| Topsy | "Lookin' for a Desk in All the Wrong Places" | ||
| 1996 | Marla | "Spring Break: Part 2" | |
| "Torch Song Duet" | |||
| 1991 | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Katie | "Guess Who's Coming to Marry?" |
| 1996 | "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do: Part 2" | ||
| 1995 | Living Single | Christina | "Space Invaders" |
| The Crew | "Bar Mitzvah Boy" | ||
| Family Matters | Tawny | "Teacher's Pet" | |
| Martin | Ebony | "Housekeeper from Hell" | |
| 1996 | The Jamie Foxx Show | Gwen | "Who's Da Man?" |
| 1997 | Renegade | Roxanne | "Sex, Lies and Activewear" |
| Malcolm & Eddie | Renee | "Lockdown" | |
| 1998 | Veronica's Closet | Dakota | "Veronica's All Nighter" |
| Mike Hammer, Private Eye | — | "A New Leaf: Part 1" (as Renée Tenison) | |
| V.I.P. | Donna Fabre | "Vallery of the Dolls" | |
| Mortal Kombat: Conquest | Sora | "Quan Chi" | |
| 1999 | "Flawed Victory" | ||
| L.A. Heat | Kendra Brooks | ||
| The Steve Harvey Show | Cherry | "Party of Five" (as Reneé Tenison) | |
| 2000 | Judging Amy | Mia | "Shaken, Not Stirred" |
| 2001 | The Parkers | Nurse Betty | "In Sickness and in Health" |
| 2003 | Candy | "She's a Bad Mamma Jamma" |
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| National | |
