Tamara LaSeon Bass (born March 23, 1978) is an American actress, director and writer. Her acting career began when she was a mere 16 years old. Bass began as an actress of the small screen, scoring roles in the series "Sliders" (1994-99), "Moesha" (UPN, 1995-2001) and "Any Day Now" (Lifetime, 1998-2002). Later, Bass acted in "Belly Fruit" (1999), "Boston Public" (Fox, 2000-04) and "The Fugitive" (CBS, 2000-01). She also appeared in "Baby Boy" (2001) and "Haunted" (UPN, 2002-03). More recently, Bass worked on the Jamal Woolard dramatic musical "Notorious" (2009).