Editing Victoria Rowell (section)

{{short description|American actress (born 1959)}}
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| image            = De'Von Brown with Actress Victoria Rowell.jpg
| caption          = Rowell in 2012
| name             = Victoria Rowell
| birth_name       = Victoria Lynn Rowell
| birth_date       = {{birth date and age|1959|5|10}}
| birth_place      = [[Portland, Maine]], U.S.
| death_date       =
| death_place      =
| othername        =
| occupation       = Actress, director, writer, producer
| yearsactive      = 1987–present
| spouse           = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Tom Fahey|1989|1990|reason=divorced}}
* {{marriage|[[Radcliffe Bailey]]|2009|2014|reason=divorced}}
}}
| children        = 2
}}

'''Victoria Lynn Rowell''' (born May 10, 1959)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://movies.yahoo.com/person/victoria-rowell/biography.html|title=Victoria Rowell|work=Yahoo Movies|access-date=November 4, 2014}}</ref> is an American actress, screenwriter, director, and producer. She began her career as a ballet dancer and model before making her acting debut in the 1987 comedy film ''[[Leonard Part 6]]''. In 1990, Rowell joined the cast of the [[CBS]] daytime soap opera ''[[The Young and the Restless]]'' as [[Drucilla Winters]], her signature and longest role on television, for which she was nominated for three [[Daytime Emmy Award]]s. She departed from the show in 2007. Rowell is also well known for her role as Dr. Amanda Bentley in the CBS medical crime drama ''[[Diagnosis: Murder]]'' (1993–2001). From 1993 to 2000, she appeared on both series simultaneously.

Rowell has had a number of roles in feature films. She starred alongside [[Eddie Murphy]] in the 1992 comedy ''[[The Distinguished Gentleman]]'', and later had roles in the films ''[[Dumb and Dumber]]'' (1994) and ''[[Barb Wire (1996 film)|Barb Wire]]'' (1996). She is an 11-time [[NAACP Image Award]]s winner.