Chrystee Pharris

Chrystee Pharris is an American actress, best known for her role as Simone Russell on the NBC daytime soap opera, Passions.

Pharris was born in Middletown, Ohio and attended the Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1990s, she began appearing on television sitcoms, The Steve Harvey Show, Sister, Sister, and Moesha, before landing the role of Simone Russell on the NBC daytime soap opera, Passions in 2001. Pharris left Passions in 2004 in order to be able to pursue a singing career.

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