Who is Torrei Hart?
Torrei Skipper was born in North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA, on 28 February 1978 – her zodiac sign is Pisces, and she holds American nationality. She’s an actress, film producer and YouTuber, with close to 30 acting credits to her name, while she’s perhaps known best for her portrayal of both Janice Allen and Helen Boil in the 2019 mystery crime thriller movie “Hollywould”. It was directed by Joshua Coates, starred Torrei, Eric Roberts and Tony Stavola, and follows award-winning author Mark Travis who has found inspiration for writing in Holly, a woman unlike any other he’s met.
Torrei’s also known for being the former wife of American actor and comedian Kevin Darnell Hart.
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Early life and education
Torrei was raised alongside her brother and sister in New Jersey, by their parents about whom not a lot is known, because Torrei respects their privacy; it’s believed that her father was a factory worker, and her mother a housewife.
She studied at Winslow Township High School and was interested in a couple of activities during her four years there, including acting with the school’s drama club, dancing and practicing creative writing. Upon matriculating in 1996, Torrei enrolled at community college, however, she quit after two years, wanting to focus on pursuing a career as an actress.
Roles in movies
Torrei spent the first decade of her acting career appearing solely in theatre plays, and it was only in 2010 that she made her debut film appearance, playing Mrs Jabonie in the short drama “The Captive”.
Her following role came five years later, when cast to play Wanda in the 2015 romantic drama “American Bad Boy”, directed by Obba Babatunde, who also starred in it alongside Katt Williams and Ciarra Carter. It follows the life of Samuel, a musician who’s dreaming of buying his own recording studio and releasing a hit song.
In 2017, Torrei played Monica in the romantic fantasy drama “Almost Amazing”, and the same year saw her play Mayor Janet Keller in the horror thriller “But Deliver Us from Evil”.
She portrayed the supporting character Judge Waltrop in the popular 2018 drama “Custody Road”, written and directed by John Lacy, and which starred Josh Daugherty, Erin Fleming and Frank Crim. It follows a stand-up comedian who’s kidnapped his former wife, trying to prevent her from winning custody over their son.
Three of Torrei’s most recent film roles have been in the 2019 drama “A Shot for Justice”, the 2020 drama “Turnt” and the 2022 sequel “Super Turnt”; she’s currently shooting for five upcoming movies, including “Lola 2”, “Sebastian” and “A Screenshot to Santa”.
Roles in TV series
Torrei made her debut TV series appearance in the 2015 episode “All Bet’s Are Off” of the crime drama “Kill ‘em All LA”, and the year 2017 saw her play a supporting character in the episode “D-I – DING” of the comedy “Speechless”.
She’s appeared in only one other TV series: between 2015 and 2022, Torrei starred as Miz Zone Foe in the not-so-popular drama “On Ten”; it also starred Amos ‘Campain’ Williams and Tracey Graves, and has aired only seven episodes.
She’s currently shooting for the upcoming comedies “We Got This” and “Southern Girls”.
Other credits
Torrei wrote the 2013 short movie “Victim of Circumstances”.
She has seven producing credits, which include the 2018 family movie “Resolution Song”, the 2019 mystery crime thriller film “Hollywould”, and the 2022 drama movie “Super Turnt”.
Torrei’s made a guest appearance in various talk-shows, most recently in “The Domenick Nati Show”, “Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta”, and “Dish Nation”.
Love life and marriage with Kevin Hart
Torrei met Kevin while they were both still attending high school, and after Torrei quit college, they both ventured into the field of stand-up comedy.
The two exchanged vows in 2003, in a small ceremony attended by only a couple of their friends and family members; Torrei gave birth to their daughter Heaven Leigh Hart in 2005, while their son Hendrix Hart followed on 18 February 2008. Kevin and Torrei filed for divorce in 2010, and it was finalized in November 2011.
Torrei hasn’t spoken of any men whom she’s perhaps been with since her divorce from Kevin, while it’s widely known that he married his second wife, Eniko Parrish on 13 August 2016, in a large ceremony in Santa Barbara, California. Eniko gave birth to their son on 21 November 2017, but a month later, Kevin revealed that he’d cheated on Eniko while she was pregnant; the two reconciled, and Eniko gave birth to their daughter on 29 September 2020.
As of June 2022, Torrei seems to be single, was married to Kevin Hart, and has two children with him.
Hobbies and other interests
Torrei’s an Instagram star, and seems to be enjoying the attention which she’s receiving from her more than 700,000 followers; she’s uploaded over 3,300 pictures onto the network, the majority of which feature her during her everyday life.
Torrei was physically highly active during her 20s and 30s, and had multiple training sessions at the gym every week, however, she no longer works out today, and has thus put on some weight.
She’s passionate about travelling, and has been to more than 20 US states for both work and pleasure, while she’s also vacationed in several European countries, including Italy and England.
Torrei’s a lover of animals, with cats and big cats – tigers being her favorites.
She has her own favorite actors and actresses, some of whom are Will Smith, Anne Hathaway and Angelina Jolie, while a couple of her favorite movies include “I, Robot”, “Men in Black” and “Mr. and Mrs Smith”.
Age, height and net worth
Torrei’s age is 44. She has long brown hair and brown eyes, her height is 5ft 2ins (1.57m) and she weighs around 155lbs (70kgs).
As of June 2022, Torrei’s net worth stands at over $3 million, while her former husband Kevin’s net worth has been estimated at more than $450 million.
Who is her former husband Kevin Hart?
Kevin Darnell Hart was born in Philadelphia on 6 July 1979 – his zodiac sign is Cancer, and he holds American nationality. He’s appeared in more than 100 movies and TV series, written close to 30, and produced more than 50 – he’s probably known best for his portrayal of Ben Barber, one of the lead characters in the 2014 action crime comedy movie “Ride Along”, directed by Tim Story, and which also starred Ice Cube and Tika Sumpter. It follows security guard Ben who’s gone on a 24-hour patrol with his girlfriend’s brother James, who’s one of the best police officers in Atlanta, Georgia; the movie won one of the eight awards for which it was nominated.
Kevin was raised in Philadelphia alongside his older brother Robert, by their mother Nancy who passed away in 2007; their cocaine-addict father wasn’t around while they were growing up, spending more time in jail than out. Kevin studied at George Washington High School, and upon matriculating in 1997 enrolled at Community College of Philadelphia, but dropped out after only a year.
He initially moved to New York City, the to Brockton, Massachusetts in 1998, and found a job as a shoe salesman; he performed stand-up comedy in his spare time, steadily finding his own style, but it wasn’t until 2009 that he began touring around the US.
He made his debut film appearance in the 2001 comedy “North Hollywood”, while a couple of his following roles were in the action crime comedy film “Paper Soldiers” and the comedy movie “Class of ‘06” both in 2002, and the 2003 musical comedy movie “Death of a Dynasty”.
Kevin gained recognition in 2005, when cast to play Smart Tech Customer in the critically acclaimed romantic comedy film “The 40-Year-Old Virgin”, written and directed by Judd Apatow, and which starred Steve Carell, Catherine Keener and Paul Rudd. It follows the male of the title who has fallen in love with a single mother, and the movie won 10 of the 29 awards for which it was nominated.
A couple of Kevin’s most notable performances in the remainder of the 2000s were perhaps in 2006 in the comedy films “Scary Movie 4” and “The Last Stand”, and the 2008 family adventure comedy film “Meet Dave”.
The year 2015 saw him star as Jimmy Callahan in the comedy movie “The Wedding Ringer”, written and directed by Jeremy Garelick, and which also starred Josh Gad and Kaley Cuoco. It follows a shy man who has hired someone to find him a best man for his upcoming wedding, and the movie won two of the six awards for which it was nominated.
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Three of Kevin’s most recent roles have been in the 2021 crime thriller mini-series “True Story”, and in 2022 comedy mini-series “Real Husbands of Hollywood” and the action thriller comedy movie “The Man from Toronto”.
He’s won 19 of the 66 awards for which he has been nominated, including two Primetime Emmy nominations: the first in 2020, for Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program for “Kevin Hart: Don’t F**k This Up”, and the other in 2021, for Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series for “Die Hart”.
One of Kevin’s favorite hobbies is playing poker; he’s entered several major tournaments, including the World Series of Poker, and in 2014 won close to $5,000; since 2010, he’s won nearly $50,000.
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