
In recent years Regina Brooks Gilmore has added acting to her list of things she enjoys doing. “I love acting because it allows me to stretch and challenge myself.”
Gilmore said she’s always loved entertaining people, but her real passion is modeling, something she’s been doing since the late 80s.
Although she doesn’t look it, Gilmore is a 45-year-old wife, mother and grandmother.
Additionally she wears the hat of model, actress, producer and occasionally teaching.
A native of Bastrop, Louisiana, Gilmore has called Spartanburg S.C. home for the past five years.
Since living in the Carolinas she’s done several talent shows and acting.
The television series Changes aired in April 2011 in North Carolina, Georgia and South Carolina and Virginia. Gilmore landed the starring role as Sam Richardson; she also was a producer on the show.
Two years ago Gilmore did her first stage play, Don’t Make Me Over in Greenville, S.C.
When asked who she’d like to work with, she responded.
“I would love to work with Angela Bassett because of the range of characters that she’s played. It would be a dream of mine to also work with Denzel Washington because of my admiration for him as an actor,” she said. “Not to mention he’s stellar in all of his performances.”
Five years from now, Gilmore hopes to be I’m a household name.
“I want to send a resounding message to young women that you don’t have to be naked to model and act,” she said.
Gilmore is motivated by faith in God and family, which includes her husband of 22 years Darryl, children Antonio and Tamara and two grandchildren, Dallas and Aaliyah.
“I not only have a daughter and granddaughter, but I have several nieces and female cousins who really look up to me and I want to make them all proud,” Gilmore said.
Gilmore relies on the inspiration of her late parents Evoler Brooks and Lonnie Bosworth as well as her late grandmother Sarah Brooks.
“They have all instilled a strong foundation of love for self and others in me,” she said. She adds, “They always taught me to follow my dreams no matter what. They are responsible for me being the strong woman I am today.”
Gilmore says she thanks God daily for her gifts and don’t take them lightly.
“I pray that I will be able to leave a positive and lasting impression on this earth.”
Regina is a Model/Actress/Producer. She attended University of Monroe, Louisiana and Louisiana Businesses College. She holds an Associates Degree in Accounting/Bookkeeping. Her hobbies are reading, traveling, shopping and meeting new people.