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Fatima Faloye’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

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Natalie Ross

Published Feb 16, 2026

IntroAmerican actress
IsActor 
Television actor 
FromUnited States of America 
TypeFilm, TV, Stage & Radio 
Genderfemale
Birth18 November 1972, New York City
Age:47 years

Fatima Faloye (born in Harlem, New York City), is of Nigerian and Barbadian descent and studied at Dalton School in New York City as well as New York University. Faloye won the coveted NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 1996 for her role as Chantel Tierney in New York Undercover. Faloye has also had small roles in the long-running series Law & Order. She has also worked on several short independent films as a producer and is studying to move into the director’s chair. Her cousin, Christian Faloye is the Hip Hop recording artist known as Ilacoin.