This bright-eyed and beautiful young African-American performer was discovered in the manner of Hollywood legends of old. Fox was working as a waitress in a Sunset Boulevard eatery when she caught the eye of producer Trevor Walton who liked her looks and had a deal at Paramount. He auditioned her for one of his films and introduced her to the woman who became her agent. Fox made her screen debut with a bit part as a hooker in Oliver Stone's "Born on the Fourth of July" (1989). TV work soon followed on daytime soaps, the short-lived black-oriented "Generations" on NBC and "The Young and the
"Discovered" while waitressing at a restaurant on Sunset Boulevard by Trevor Walton, then a producer at Paramount; Walton introduced her to the woman who subsequently became her agent (date approximate)
1989
Screen debut as a hooker in "Born on the Fourth of July"
Appeared as Maya Davis, a recurring character, on "Generations", an NBC daytime soap targeted at black audiences
