Emira Eagle (LELA ROCHON) was a demure Southern schoolteacher. When she met Frankie Lymon, she didn't even realize he'd once been a national singing sensation. The Frankie she knew was a serviceman, a polite, gentle guy who was handy around the house and wanted to start a family. The day she became Mrs. Frankie Lymon was the happiest day of Emira's life. Lela Rochon was most recently seen in the critically praised "The Big Hit," with Mark Wahlberg and Lou Diamond Phillips, and "Gang Related," starring Jim Belushi and the late Tupac Shakur. Before that, she starred opposite Chris O'Donnell and Gene Hackman in "The Chamber." Rochon earned critical and popular praise, as well as an MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance, for her starring role in the hit "Waiting to Exhale." Rochon made her film debut in "Harlem Nights" opposite Eddie Murphy and appeared with him again in "Boomerang." On television, she starred opposite Timothy Hutton in Showtime's "Mr. and Mrs. Loving," and in the Emmy-nominated ABC telefilm "The Ruby Bridges Story." Rochon began her acting career while still enrolled in college, appearing in music videos for Lionel Richie and Luther Vandross. She made her television debut in ABC's "A Bunny's Tale"; her other early TV appearances include roles in "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air," "Roc," "Hangin' With Mr. Cooper," "Homefront" and HBO's "Tales From the Crypt."