Mini Biography
Tionne Tenese Watkins was born April 26, 1970 in Des Moines, Iowa. She is also known as T-Boz in the R&B/Hip Hop group TLC. Born to parents of both African American and Native American descent. She has been diagnosed with sickle cell anemia making her 1 in 12 people of African American descent with the disease. She is the founder of the group TLC and also the lead singer along with Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas whom is usually the lead singer in the more romantic songs done by the group. Starting at the age of seven she has been in and out of the hospital due to her sickle cell disease. At the age of nine years old her family move to Atlanta, George. She used to model and was a hair dresser as a teenager. She was one of the original people of TLC along with Lisa "Left-Eye" Lopes and Crystal Jones. However, Crystal Jones left and was quickly replaced by Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas. In 1996, she went public with her disease and due to her illness had to cancel two shows. She married rapper Mack 10 August 2000, and they have a daughter together Chase Anela Rolison, who born on October 20, 2000. She is very close friends with fellow group member Rozonda Thomas. One of her longest hospital stays was for four months in 2002. The death of Lisa "Left-Eye" Lopes in 2002 was a very traumatic event for her and Rozonda. Unfortunately, in June 2004 T-Boz filed for divorce and requested a restraining order against Mack 10. She is one of the spokespeople for Sickle Cell Disease Association of America.

Filmography

Actress:

"Class of 3000" (2006) TV series (unknown episodes)

Belly (1998) .... Tionne
"One World Music Beat" (1998) TV series .... Host
"Living Single" .... Camille Harris (1 episode, 1997)
... aka My Girls
- Three Men and a Buckeye (1997) TV episode .... Camille Harris
House Party 3 (1994) .... Sex as a Weapon
"CBS Schoolbreak Special" .... 3rd Rapper (1 episode, 1992)
- Words Up! (1992) TV episode .... 3rd Rapper

Soundtrack:

Anne B. Real (2003) (performer: "Be Somebody")


Fled (1996) (performer: "Touch Myself")
... aka Perseguidos (USA: Spanish title)

Producer:
ATL (2006) (executive producer) (as Tionne Watkins)

Self:

BET Awards 2008 (2008) (TV) .... Herself - Performer
The Last Days of Left Eye (2007) (TV) .... Herself
2006 Trumpet Awards (2006) (TV) .... Herself
"The Early Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 2005)
- Episode dated 27 July 2005 (2005) TV episode (as T-Boz) .... Herself
"106 & Park Top 10 Live" .... Herself (1 episode, 2005)
... aka 106 & Park (USA: short title)
- Episode dated 27 July 2005 (2005) TV episode (as T-Boz) .... Herself
"The View" .... Herself (1 episode, 2005)
- Episode dated 26 July 2005 (2005) TV episode .... Herself
"Tavis Smiley" .... Herself (1 episode, 2005)
- Episode dated 22 July 2005 (2005) TV episode (as T-Boz) .... Herself
"The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" .... Herself (1 episode, 2005)
- Episode #1.117 (2005) TV episode (as T-Boz) .... Herself
"R U the Girl" (2005) TV series .... Herself - Host (unknown episodes)
"Behind the Music" .... Herself (2 episodes, 1999-2004)
... aka VH1's Behind the Music (USA)
- TLC: The Final Chapter (2004) TV episode .... Herself
- TLC (1999) TV episode .... Herself
"Born to Diva" (2003) TV series .... Herself (Judge)
MTV Video Music Awards 2002 (2002) (TV) .... Herself
... aka VMAs 2002 (USA: short title)
Hype Williams: The Videos, Vol. 1 (2002) (V) (as TLC) .... Herself (segment "No Scrubs")
"Top Ten" .... Herself (1 episode, 2001)
- Girl Bands (2001) TV episode .... Herself
2000 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards (2000) (TV) .... Herself
TLC: Sold Out (2000) (TV) .... Herself - Singer
The 42nd Annual Grammy Awards (2000) (TV) (as TLC) .... Herself - Performer


MTV Video Music Awards 1999 (1999) (TV) (as TLC) .... Herself
"Ultra Sound" .... Herself (1 episode, 1999)
- TLC: You've Got Mail (1999) TV episode .... Herself
"Living Single" .... Herself (1 episode, 1995)
... aka My Girls
- The Following Is a Sponsored Program (1995) TV episode (as TLC) .... Herself
MTV Video Music Awards 1995 (1995) (TV) (as TLC) .... Herself - Performer/Winner
"Saturday Night Live" .... Herself - Musical Guest (1 episode, 1995)
... aka NBC's Saturday Night (USA: first season title)
... aka SNL (USA: informal title)
... aka SNL 25 (USA: alternative title)
... aka Saturday Night (USA: second season title)
... aka Saturday Night Live '80 (USA: sixth season title)
... aka The Best of Saturday Night Live (USA: rerun title)
- Bob Saget/TLC (1995) TV episode (as TLC) .... Herself - Musical Guest
1995 MTV Movie Awards (1995) (TV) .... Herself
"It's Showtime at the Apollo" .... Herself (1 episode, 1992)
... aka Showtime at the Apollo (USA: new title)
- Episode #6.12 (1992) TV episode (as TLC) .... Herself
"Out All Night" .... Herself (1 episode, 1992)
- Episode #1.1 (1992) TV episode .... Herself
"The Arsenio Hall Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1992)
- Episode dated 9 July 1992 (1992) TV episode (as TLC) .... Herself

Official bio coming soon.

More than likely T-boz charity will be sickle cell anemia

Tionne Watkins is best known as "T-Boz," the lead singer of the best-selling female group of all time, TLC, with over 18 million albums sold worldwide. In addition to her success as a musician, Watkins is also a successful actress, producer and a tireless fundraiser for many important charities. She has been named one of People Magazine's "50 most beautiful people" twice and appeared as Josephine Baker in revered makeup artist Kevin Aucoin's book "Making Faces." As president of her own entertainment company, Shee Entertainment, Watkins was the executive producer of the hit film, "ATL." As an actress, she received rave reviews for her role in the film "Belly" and guest starred on the long-running sitcom "Living Single." She also had a small role in the feature film "House Part III." Watkins authored the book "Thoughts" in 1999 and is currently working on her own children’s clothing line. Watkins is the national spokesperson for the Sickle Cell Anemia Foundation. Her efforts on the group's behalf led her to be named by the Iris Captor-UCLA Women's Health Center as one of the top ten women in health education along with others, such as Katie Couric and Oprah Winfrey. Her charity work and incredible contribution to the entertainment industry have come to define Watkins as one of the most influential and important performers of her generation. Watkins will be playing for the charity, "Sickle Cell Foundation of Georgia."

I loved T-Boz in the movie Belly. I hope she will come out of her shell a bit as the show progresses.

I hope T-boz wins!

“Hi everyone. If you caught the first episode of the Celebrity Apprentice, let me know what you honestly think. I didn’t talk much that episode because I had the worst sinus infection and working out on the streets with a 102 temp. But what they didn’t show was how I sold $14,000 dollars worth of cup cakes. I was the 3rd person to sale the most cupcakes. LA Reid (Def JAM) came down a bought a $5,000 cupcake and Steve Rifkind also bought 1 cupcake for $5,000 dollars. And the other $4,000 came from me hustling on the streets getting people to buy them. But if you don’t keep up drama they don’t show you as much and they want to try and make it exciting tv. But if you do what you were supposed to like I did and work hard that’s called boring tv. Those who want to see more of the (more) popular Celebs should blog on the NBC Celebrity Apprentice blog site and vote. Tell them too show T-boz more. Ha Ha! As you can all see Annie Duke is an ass, yes I said it. Anyway I do start talking more around the 3rd challenge. Thank you for your support and I’ll give you an update on the behind the scenes as to what really happened every MON after the show airs” - T-boz. //View Tionne’s Blog!

[size="2"][/size]they need to show T-boz more often man i almost fell asleep the first two episodes. im sittin in the crib like damn i wish T-boz would say somethin you tell these loud females to shut up or sumthin you know but she said she was sick the first episode so im let that one go but they need to fix they editing team they T-Boz Lookin Like a lame which she aint. but overall the show aight jus show T-Boz more.

I wish they would show more T-Boz. I want to see the hard work that the celebs are putting in. I don't want to see the foolishness and mayhem.

T-boz to me just seems like a naturally quiet woman. When she has something to say they show here plus Natalie is quiet too. T-boz works well with her group and help bring alot of money, besides that she wasn't project manager yet. I guess she'll wait until she sees a task, that she know she can take charge of.

I've been a fan of TLC since TLC was born, and T-Boz has this sexy, smoky singing voice. She's great.

NBC please show more of Ms.T-Boz. She is fabulous, let more of America know. She's already our Apprentince...

Go Tionne!!

The way that they are editing this show it makes it appear that tthis woman is doing nothing. I would like to see more of what she is doing and less of the Joan Rivers/MelissaRivers tag team

I do know the spin that television places on so called reality tv. I agree that T-Boz "appears" to be uninvolved and downright listless most of the time. I would love to see more from her. Melissa Rivers and although I like Joan, are both wearing on my patience. Melissa is an obnoxious ass and Joan albeit experienced, is not the end all to be all. This was Claudia's downfall, relying solely on Joan to save the day. She is resourceful, but not the ONLY resource. I would like to see Clint, Melissa and Annie fired! Think Joan may pipe down a bit if Melissa goes!

Tionne is far from a quiet woman... she's very much the opposite.

NBC for the last time we're begging you, please show more of T-Boz on The Celebrity Apprentice....

hell yeah more TBOZ is a must!!!! this sundays episode tho there will be more =)

Tionne was an excellent PM. The only problem I saw tonight was that after she made her assignments, we never saw her again until the boardroom. C'mon, show us some more of this awesome team player!

they only show those who bring drama...tboz will never bring drama so thats why we're not seeing her much. but i believe she will make it to the end so i guess we will have to wait to see her till t hen!! but go Tionne she won 20k for her charity sickle cell of georgia!!! =)

I only started watching b/c of tboz. I usually hate the celebrity editions. Please nbc show more tionne.

trumps a douche...tionne could of easily won the whole thing he just got rid of her b/c she was'nt as entertaining and those freaks the rivers

while her job performace was good, she had to go and make one fatal error. Never say you'll go into the boardroom . I feel bad for her but yikes...you want to win you don't volunteer to be fired basically.

Tionne was so boring on the show. I'm glad Trump got rid of her.

In terms of keeping the show entertaining, Donald did the right thing.

Why did T-Boz not get her last word? She got wrongfully kicked off, didn't get extra money for her charity and then they don't even show her getting in the cab or speaking her mind??
Trump couldn't even pronounce her name right. They should show a little more respect for someone who has done so much in her career!

None at all

Wow this is the reason why Trump is firing hardworking contestants who did nothing wrong and keepig dramatic airheads who just want TV time.

Indeed
Tionne worked hard the entire season
Viewers didn't get to see the work she put in.

They put it as bonus footage... which future proves how much she was disregarded

It's obvious that the producers decided early on that t-boz was going to be a minor player.

Her contributions to the challenges up to the Loews Hotel episode were completely ignored, heck you hardly ever even saw her outside of the boardroom.

On the task that she led (Loews Hotel) she truely shined. She was organized, authoritative (without being obnoxious), she had the support of her entire team (except Melissa, who is too good to clean rooms), chipped in with whatever portion of the task needed help and . . . she won. Even so, the editors focused on Joan Rivers and her front desk "skills".

My point is, if you believe that this show hasn't been carefully plotted from the beginning, you're being naive. The reason that T-Boz was fired had nothing to do with volunteering to return to the boardroom, it was because she surprised the producers by winning the previous task. That was the episode where she was "supposed" to go.

Clint had to stay to continue creating drama with Joan and Melissa. Melissa had to stay, after all, we are all still waiting to see when she gets fired (a ratings tactic, and don't forget, Joan said she'd be gone before Melissa).

To add to the drama, Piers Morgan will be back next week in some capacity - it was his smiling face you saw at the end of the episode.

Any similarity between CA and reality is purely coincidental.

I think it's absolutely horrible that T-Boz was fired. It was obvious she was confidant that her team won, so of course she's going to volunteer to go to elimination. She didn't get the opportunity to say "Well, since my team needs to have two people going to elimination, maybe I'll take that back." I think that she was awesome for deciding to go. She should've been able to defend herself, and Donald didn't give her the chance.

Chloe was fired because of a past she had. Who does Donald think he is firing her because of that. We all know damn well he does not have a perfect past. Um his multiple marriages is number one. His point of Mothers Against Drunk Driving was good, after they put you through jail, AA meetings, and classes is enough of a lesson. If you don't learn after that, then shame on you. To fire someone for personal reasons is horrid.

I'm sorry, but to not fire Clint Black after the bad video he did is beyond ruining the show. It defeats the whole purpose of the show. Donald Trump is now firing people for personal reasons and not because of their work ethics. I'm going to continue to watch the show, but I have a whole different perspective on Donald. I always thought people didn't know what they were talking about when they talked about him, now I realized he's a typical rich man, his money gives him a power to degrade people. I've lost a lot of respect for the guy, and I hope he realizes that personal issues can't be covered by money.

Peace, Love, and Happiness.

Mickey

Mickey, you couldn't have said it better.

See what T-Boz had to say about being fired.

Best line from her - "I do think it's an honor to work with Mr. Trump but I will never change for no one. I walked in as Tionne and walked out as Tionne."

The Official T-Boz Website

Thats probably why she wasnt on the live show