Paige Hurd is an American actress best known for her recurring role as Tasha Clarkson on the CW sitcom Everybody Hates Chris. She has also played Samantha Grover in Hawaii Five-0 (2013–2017), Gayle Franklin in The Oval (2019–2023), and Lauren Baldwin in Power Book II: Ghost (2020–2023).
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Early life
The late rapper DMX was Hurd's godfather.
Career
Hurd portrayed Tasha, next-door neighbor of Chris (Tyler James Williams), in the Chris Rock-produced TV show Everybody Hates Chris. Hurd played DMX's daughter in Cradle 2 the Grave, a 2003 film starring Jet Li. Paige appeared as Denise in The Cat in the Hat, a 2003 family-comedy film loosely based on the 1957 book of the same name, by Dr. Seuss.
Hurd was featured in the 2005 comedy Beauty Shop, which starred Queen Latifah.
Hurd appeared in Jasmine Villegas's music video for "I Own This" and Steph Jones's music video for "Beautiful." She was Justin Bieber's love interest in the music video of "Never Let You Go." She was featured in Romeo Miller's music video "Mistletoe". Hurd started her acting career training with Dallas Young Actors Studio, directed by Linda Seto. She is starring in a new movie called "Crosstown" with well-known actors and actresses such as Vivica A. Fox. She was also featured in two of singer Trevante's music videos "Be Your First" and "Forever." In 2014, Paige starred in G-Eazy's music video for the single "I Mean It." And in 2012, she participated in the music video of Nas titled "Daughters".
In 2019, she began starring as one of the lead roles in the hit show Tyler Perry's The Oval, where she played as the first daughter "Gayle Franklin", who is rebellious and a wild child she left during season 2. From 2020 to 2023, she starred as Lauren Baldwin in Power Book II: Ghost, which serves as a sequel and spin off to the original series Power.
Personal life
Since 2024, Hurd has been in a relationship with Royce O'Neale and they got engaged on February 13, 2025 at Viceroy Riviera Maya in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. On July 18, 2026, Hurd and O'Neale got married at the Oheka Castle in Huntington, New York.
