Modelling Beauvais moved to
Miami at 16 to pursue a career in modeling. After driving down from
Massachusetts, Beauvais hoped to interview for a modelling agency without an appointment. She was approached at a red light while putting on lipstick by the very owner of the agency she sought to see. went to
New York City to pursue a career as a fashion model, after signing with the Ford Modeling Agency. She lived with
Eileen Ford and later modeled with Irene Marie Models. She modeled print ads for
Avon,
Mary Kay, and
Clairol and in catalogs for
Lerner New York Clothing Line,
Neiman Marcus, and
Nordstrom and walked the runway for
Calvin Klein and
Isaac Mizrahi and also shot TV commercials for
Burdines.
Magazine covers Beauvais has appeared on the covers of numerous
luxury lifestyle and
fashion magazines such as
CVLUX, ''
Harper's Bazaar, Sheen Magazine
, People'
s Health
issue, VIVmag, Essence, Ebony, Jet, Playboy, Vibe and Hype Hair''. In 2017, she was featured on five different magazine covers. fashion show in New York City
Film and television In 1984, she made her first television appearance in the crime drama series
Miami Vice, in the episode "
Give a Little, Take a Little". Beauvais portrayed a rose-bearer in the romantic
comedy film Coming to America (1988) at age 21. In 1994, she rose to prominence as an actress for her portrayal of Cynthia Nichols in
Aaron Spelling's
prime time soap opera Models Inc. From 1996 to 2001, she co-starred in
The Jamie Foxx Show as hotel employee Francesca "Fancy" Monroe and the love interest of
Jamie Foxx's character,
Jamie King. From 2001 to 2004, she played
Assistant District Attorney Valerie Heywood and the love interest of
Detective Baldwin Jones, played by
Henry Simmons, on
NYPD Blue. In 2011 and 2012, Beauvais played Hanna Linden on the TNT law drama
Franklin & Bash. In 2013, Beauvais portrayed the First Lady opposite Foxx as the President in the action thriller film
White House Down. In 2017, she played the role of Doris Toomes, wife of
Michael Keaton's character,
Adrian Toomes, in
Spider-Man: Homecoming. She starred in
R. Kelly's music video for "
Down Low (Nobody Has to Know)", as the wife of
Ronald Isley and the lover of R. Kelly, delivering the title line as inducement for an affair. In 2001, after the
Jamie Foxx Show ended its run, Beauvais appeared in
Luther Vandross' music video, "Take You Out," playing Vandross' girlfriend. She also appeared on some episodes of
Grimm as
Henrietta. In 2016, Beauvais was named as one of the co-hosts of the syndicated infotainment discussion series
Hollywood Today Live, after a month-long period of guest hosting the show. Beauvais recurred as Veronica Garland, the Wicked Stepmother character from
Cinderella, on the second season of the web television series
Tell Me a Story. She also portrayed
Dennis Quaid's love interest in the web television series
Merry Happy Whatever. Beauvais joined the cast of
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills as the series' first black cast member during its
tenth season, which premiered in April 2020. Throughout her five seasons on
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Beauvais was outspoken about pay disparities within the cast on the franchise. She was regularly referred to as a grounded voice during a period of significant cast turnover across the franchise. During her last few seasons on the show, she formed a close friendship wth cast member Sutton Stracke though the two are no longer friends. She began co-hosting the daytime talk show
The Real for its seventh season in September 2020. Beauvais reprised her role as a rose bearer in the sequel to the romantic comedy film
Coming to America, titled
Coming 2 America. In 2022, Beauvais signed a first-look development deal with
NBCUniversal Television and Streaming, via her production company Garcelle Beauvais Productions. That same year, she was cast in the
Hulu mystery thriller series
The Other Black Girl, a television adaptation of the
2021 novel by
Zakiya Dalila Harris. In addition, she starred in TV movies
Caught in His Web and
Black Girl Missing on
Lifetime. In April 2024,
Deadline announced that Beauvais will be executive producing three original films for
Lifetime channel, saying: "I am so excited and grateful to continue my relationship with Lifetime because they immediately understood the importance of creating this new franchise with the
Black Girl Missing movies. Having a network that stands by you and supports your mission gives me hope in humanity." On August 4, 2024, Beauvais and
Keltie Knight hosted the
Miss USA 2024 beauty pageant. In March 2025, Beauvais announced her departure from
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, after five seasons.
Other ventures In 2008, Beauvais launched a children's jewelry line called Petit Bijou. She hosts the weekly late-night talk show podcast
Going to Bed with Garcelle, in which she discusses dating, sex, and relationships with guests. Her memoir,
Love Me As I Am: My Journey from Haiti to Hollywood to Happiness, co-written with Nicole E. Smith, was published by Amistad on April 12, 2022.
Interior design On July 13, 2022, Beauvais launched a home collection, "Garcelle at Home" on
HSN. The collection, inspired by her Haitian heritage, includes comforter sets, lamps, pillows, doormats and other accessories. ==Personal life==