| Terry Dexter | |
| Birth Place: | Detroit, Michigan, U.S.[1] |
| Origin: | Los Angeles, California, U.S.[2] |
| Genre: | R&B, soul, pop, dance |
| Associated Acts: | Simply Red Eminem, Will.i.am, George Duke, Patti Labelle |
| Years Active: | –present |
Terry Dexter is an American contemporary R&B singer and actress.
Dexter was born in Detroit, Michigan.[3] [1] She has a twin sister,[4] and she describes her ethnicity simply as multiracial.[5] [6] [7]
From the age of 9 to 14, Dexter was a lead singer in the four piece band Tristar who played live all over the Detroit area and neighboring cities.[3] [6] She began singing background for other artists at age 11,[7] most notably for Simply Red.[2] [7] At age 13 she signed to Elektra Records,[2] but an album on the label never materialized. Dexter signed to Warner Bros. Records in 1998 in her late teens,[2] and she released her eponymous debut album and two singles from the album,"Better Than Me" and "Strayed Away" in 1999 (although her debut single, "You'll Never Miss Me ('Til I'm Gone)" featured on the "Rush Hour" film soundtrack was released via Warner Bros. subsidiary Reprise Records).[8] [9] She then moved to A&M Records and was featured on the single "Magic" alongside 'The Black Eyes Peas' as part of the "Legally Blonde" soundtrack but left the label without having released an album.[2] Dexter's critically acclaimed second album, Listen, spanned two singles and was released via Penny's Gang Records/Universal in 2008.[8]
| Title | Album details | Peak positions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US R&B [10] | US Heat | |||||
| Terry Dexter |
| align=center valign=center | 49 | align=center valign=center | 31 | |
| Listen |
| align=center valign=center | 43 | align=center valign=center | — | |
| Title | Year | Chart Positions | Album | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US R&B | ||||||||
| "You'll Never Miss Me ('Til I'm Gone)" | align=left valign=center | 1998 | align=center valign=center | — | align=center valign=center | — | align=left valign=center rowspan=3 | Terry Dexter | |
| "Better Than Me" | align=left valign=center rowspan=2 | 1999 | align=center valign=center | 99 | align=center valign=center | 47 | |||
| "Strayed Away" | align=center valign=center | — | align=center valign=center | 62 | |||||
| "Beautiful One" | align=left valign=center | 2008 | align=center valign=center | — | align=center valign=center | — | align=left valign=center | Listen | |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Deliver Us from Eva | Valerie | [11] | |
| 2009 | Love in the Nick Of Tyme | Tyme Prentice | Video | |
| 2010 | How Do You Spell Love? | - | Short | |
| 2011 | Brickwalk Café | Hers | ||
| Battle Buddy | Sgt. Rainey | Short | ||
| Tent City, USA | Rosemary | Short | ||
| 2012 | The Co-Star | Darcel | Short | |
| 2014 | hMTU-1 | Bobby Reynolds | Short | |
| Melissa Anne | Jenny | Short | ||
| 2015 | The Hit Upon | Lauren | Short | |
| 2016 | Silent Cry Aloud | Leshawna | ||
| 2017 | 6th & 12th | Detective Cheevers | Short | |
| 2018 | The Choir Director | Peaches | ||
| DWB: Dating While Black | Kim | |||
| 2019 | Prey | Mrs. Michaels | Short | |
| Pseudo | Special Agent Randazzo | Short | ||
| 2022 | Grimcutty | Laura |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | It's Showtime at the Apollo | Herself | Episode: "Eric Benét and Terry Dexter" | |
| 2015 | The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show | Joan of Arc (voice) | Episode: "Biggest Fan/Queen Isabella" | |
| 2019-23 | A House Divided | Eileen | Main Cast |