Maxwell is best known for her starring role in the 1997
romantic comedy Hav Plenty and as the recurring character Lena Turner on the hit
UPN sitcom Girlfriends. Maxwell starred in docu-reality show
Love In The City on
OWN, Oprah Winfrey Network. Maxwell has also appeared in the WB sitcom
For Your Love and in the 2002 film
G, a modernized, loosely-based adaptation of
The Great Gatsby starring
Richard T. Jones and
Blair Underwood, and directed by
Christopher Scott Cherot. She appeared in
R&B singer
Joe's video,
What if a Woman. She also had a cameo in the
infomercial for 'Yoga Booty Ballet'. Maxwell also appears frequently as a guest expert on WEtv’s
Growing Up Hip-Hop. In 2006, she moved to London to study photography. Her first solo art exhibit,
Introspection: India, ran for one month at the
Papillion Institute of Art in Los Angeles in March 2011. Her work has been exhibited in the
Bay Area,
New York City, and
Italy. ==Filmography==