Kent Masters King joined the cast of ABC's daytime drama
Port Charles (1997) in June of
2003, just a few months after ABC Daytime President
Brian Frons announced it was being canceled.
Kent was born in Los Angeles, California, on August 5, 1974. She played
Julie Williams in the long-running primetime soap
Knots Landing (1979) from 1988
to 1992.
Kent earned a degree in Cinema-Television from the University of
Southern California. She has made guest appearances in such TV shows as
The Parkers (1999),
The Steve Harvey Show (1996),
Smart Guy (1997),
The Jamie Foxx Show (1996),
The Wayans Bros. (1995) and
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990),
In 2000 she subbed for
Victoria Rowell
on CBS' soap opera
The Young and the Restless (1973).
She made her directing debut with "Manolias Funeral", which won the
Black American Cinema Society Award for "Best Short Film."