Arnetia Walker
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Arnetia Walker (born 1956) is an American actress whose most famous roles are as Nurse Annie Roland in the NBC sitcom Nurses and Ms. Ross in the WB dramedy Popular.
Born in Columbus, Georgia, Walker was attending New York’s prestigious High School of the Performing Arts when she was cast in her Broadway debut, "The Sign in Sidney Brustien’s Window" by Lorraine Hansberry. She went on to stand by for Stephanie Mills as Dorothy in the original Broadway run of The Wiz. In 1987 she starred in the Broadway revival of Dreamgirls in the role of Lorrell Robinson, and eventually achieved the distinction of being the only woman to have played all three of that show’s principal characters.
In March 2008 Arnetia can be seen in the role of Grandma Clara in the feature film comedy College Road Trip, starring Martin Lawrence and Raven-Symoné.
Walker’s films include For Love of the Game, Love Crimes, Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills, and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. She also appeared in the HBO movie Cast a Deadly Spell. She has worked extensively in television, including as a series regular in the ABC sitcom The Big House, Camp P, the NBC sitcom, Nurses, and as a guest star in Everybody Loves Raymond, City of Angels, Touched by an Angel, The Steve Harvey Show, Just Shoot Me, and NYPD Blue.
She is married to television news anchor/reporter Elliott Francis, and they have one child, Trevor.
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Acting
TV
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
as Samantha
1990
TV
Quantum Leap
as Traci
1989
TV
Everybody Loves Raymond
as Friendly Mom
1996
Movie
For Love of the Game
as Airport Bartender
1999
Movie
College Road Trip
as Grandma Porter
2008
TV
Mad About You
as Jamie's Co-Worker
1992
TV
Touched by an Angel
as Sweeney
1994
Movie
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
as Dogette
1982
TV
Just Shoot Me!
as Tisha
1997
Movie
Cast a Deadly Spell
as Hypolite Kropotkin
1991
TV
Judging Amy
as Laura Evans
1999
TV
Bookie
as Grandma Marion
2023
TV
Popular
as Ms. Ross
1999
Movie
Love Crimes
as Maria Johnson
1992
Movie
Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills
as To-Bel
1989
Movie
The Wizard of Speed and Time
as Tina Dreem / Running Girl
1989
Movie
The Cherokee Kid
as Jenny
1996
TV
The Steve Harvey Show
as Judge Maxine Sharp
1996
TV
Malcolm & Eddie
1996
TV
Love & War
1992
TV
Nurses
as Nurse Annie Roland
1991
TV
Some of My Best Friends
2001
TV
The Big House
2004
Singer and Sons
1990