All About Jasmine Guy's Daughter, Artist Imani Guy Duckette

Mar. 15, 2025

Imani Duckett and Jasmine Guy.Photo:Rob Latour/Variety/Penske Media/Getty Images

Rob Latour/Variety/Penske Media/Getty Images

TheA Different Worldalum welcomed her first and only child in 1999 with her ex-husband, Terrence Mitchell Duckett. Jasmine toldTamron Hallin 2021 that after her divorce, she “didn’t want money to go shopping,” she just wanted herself and her “kid to be okay.”

The mom of one revealed in an episode ofOWN’sWho Am Iseriesin 2014 that she would pray to not let herself get in the way of who her daughter was supposed to be. Jasmine pointed out that “childhood was one thing,” in reference to her daughter now growing up and becoming her own person, but having another “woman mind to talk to and relate to and, you know, try to get to clean the bathroom, it’s a little tricky.”

As her daughter has gotten older, theHarlemactress has gushed onInstagramthat a “mother’s love knows no boundaries, no limits, and no conditions!!”

Here is everything to know about Jasmine Guy’s daughter, Imani Guy Duckette.

She is an Aries

Jasmine Guy and daughter Imani.Amy Graves/WireImage/Getty Images

Amy Graves/WireImage/Getty Images

Jasmine became a mother in the late ‘90s.

Imani was born on March 28, 1999, making her an Aries. Jasmine celebrated her daughter’s 17th birthday in 2016, posting onX (formerly Twitter), “Happy Birthday Imani! She’s 17 today!”

Her name means faith

Imani Guy Duckette’s first Mother’s day.Jasmine Guy/Instagram

Jasmine Guy/Instagram

When her daughter was 18 months old, Jasmine sat down withRegis Philbinfor aninterviewduring which she noted that Imani’s name means “faith.”

On the show, Philibin held up a photo of little Imani that one of Jasmine’s friends took of her at a birthday party.

“It’s like the best picture I have of her,” Jasmine admitted. “All my little photo sessions look whack. I cut off her head,” adding that when she took her daughter’s photo was always pictured “drooling.”

Her parents split when she was young

Actress Jasmine Guy and Imani Guy Duckette attend the Atlanta screening of Disney’s “Let It Shine” on May 18, 2012.Moses Robinson/Getty Images

Moses Robinson/Getty Images

Imani’s mom and dad split less than 10 years after her birth. Jasmine filed for divorce from her husband in 2008. At the time, a rep for the actress toldTMZ, “Jasmine would like to say that there is no villain in this scenario and that she is ending her marriage due to irreconcilable differences.”

The rep added, “Jasmine would also like to thank everyone who wishes her and her family well, and asks that the press and the public allow her and her husband their privacy to work through what is a very difficult time."

She starred in her first play as a teenager

Actress Jasmine Guy and her daughter Imani Duckett attend the Peggy Albrecht Friendly House’s 29th Annual Awards Luncheon at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on October 27, 2018, in Beverly Hills, California.Amanda Edwards/WireImage/Getty Images

Amanda Edwards/WireImage/Getty Images

In the spring of 2016, Imani made her stage debut acting inSerial Black Face. According toArtsATL, she played 15-year-old Latoya in the play about theAtlanta Child Murders, which were a series of killings between 1979 and 1981.

She attended NYU

Imanigraduatedfrom high school in 2017, and went on to attend New York University. Jasmine revealed in a 2018Instagrampost that her daughter was currently studying at the New York City-based university.

For her senior year independent project at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, Imani created the original animation for her future solo exhibition “Paper Cuts,” which took place in March 2024 in New York City.

She’s an artist

Actress Jasmine Guy and her daughter Imani Guy Duckett.Jasmine Guy/Instagram

Imani is described as a “multi-hyphenated artist," according toNew York’s All Street Gallery’s profile of her, who also noted that she “makes sense of the world through acting, writing, and visual art.”

Jasmine’s daughter had herfirst soloart show, an exhibition called “Paper Cuts,” in2024 in N.Y.C.

“Paper Cuts is an exploration of two opposing forces within me. Growing up in the South, I realized some of the stigmas and expectations of black fortitude seeped into my developing belief systems. Those ideals clashed with the very real, powerful emotions that flooded my mind and refused to be denied,” Imani said of the exhibition on the All Street website.

“This caused a constant internal dialogue-turned-argument that left me exhausted, stagnant, and suspicious. ‘Are you even Black? Are you even depressed? Can you be both?’ Paper Cuts was born to frame my questions about my identity, strength, and fragility,” she added.

Her mom is supportive of her

Proud mom Jasmine shared her daughter’s “Paper Cuts” piece with herInstagramfollowers in 2021.

She and her mom both lived in Harlem

Actress Jasmine Guy and her daughter Imani Duckett.Jasmine Guy/Instagram

During a 2021 appearance on theTamron Hall Show, Jasmine spoke about her then-22-year-old daughter living in Harlem.

“I love the experience that she’s having in New York. It’s similar to mine because I left home at 17 to dance with Alvin Ailey and I lived on 157th street for like seven years,” she shared.

Jasmine added, “Learning how to pay bills, learning that you have to clean your own apartment. Yes, diva!”

source: people.com