Career
She is best known for her childhood role as Vanessa Huxtable, the fourth child of Cliff and Clair Huxtable on the long-running National Broadcasting Company sitcom The Cosby Show (1984-1992). In December 2010, it was announced that Bledsoe would be the host of Clean House on the Style Network, replacing long-time host Niecy Nash. From September 2012 to February 2013, she was one of the stars of the new National Broadcasting Company television sitcom Guys with Kids, portraying Marny.
In 1984, Bledsoe was cast in the role of Vanessa Huxtable on the sitcom The Cosby Show.
She was a regular until its final season in 1992. She also made a one-time appearance as Vanessa on A Different World.
In 1986, Tempestt played the role of Grace Wheeler in Season 15, Episode 4 (The Gift Of Amazing Grace), of the American Broadcasting Company Afterschool Special program In the mid-1990s, Bledsoe hosted a daytime talk show, The Tempestt Bledsoe Show, produced by Columbia-Tristar and Dick Clark.
She made a brief appearance in the sitcom The Parkers, and has been featured in the recurring role of a single mother on the American Broadcasting Company show The Practice.
She also appeared in the Lifetime show Strong Medicine, and South of Nowhere. Her most recent credits include the role of Nina in the Oxygen Channel"s original television movie Husband for Hire, Steven Bochco"s Raising the Bar, and the role of Abby in the third season of Disney Channel"s animated series The Replacements. She appeared on Video Hits One"s Celebrity Fit Club.
lieutenant was announced on December 1, 2010 that Bledsoe would return to television, replacing Niecy Nash as the host of Clean House on Style Network.
Her first episode aired on January 26, 2011. In 2012, Bledsoe was heard as the voice of Sheriff Hooper in the Laika animated film ParaNorman.
Bledsoe appeared in an episode of Instant Mom, which aired on May 8, 2014.