Background
Overman"s mother is African-American and her father is of English heritage from the United Kingdom.
Overman"s mother is African-American and her father is of English heritage from the United Kingdom.
Overman made her acting debut in the 1995 movie The Walking Dead. In 2000, she was cast as Gabriela Garza in the daytime soap opera General Hospital, a character who also appeared in the General Hospital spinoff Portuguese Charles. She left the role in 2002.
From 2005 to 2006, she starred in the short-lived Universitas Pembangunan Nasional sitcom Love Incorporated.
She has also made guest appearances in numerous television shows and movies, including Two and a Half Men, Beverly Hills, 90210, Computer Society of India: Miami, Without a Trace, Desperate Housewives, Ghost Whisperer and The L Word. She has starred in the 2006 film Phat Girlz and was Linda, Josh"s (Derek Luke) stuck-up and corrupt fiance in Tyler Perry"s 2009 movie Madea Goes to Jail.
Ion also starred in the 2013 movie Tunnel Vision as the detective trying to find the murderer and who befriends the murdered family"s patriarch, who also barely survived being murdered.