Margaret Avery (born January 20, 1944, Mangum, Oklahoma) is an American actress who appeared as Sally Cordova, former girlfriend of Ricardo "Rico" Tubbs and Esteban Calderone in the episode "The Afternoon Plane" of the series Miami Vice.

CareerEdit

Avery began her career in the 1972 TV movie Something Evil, followed by roles in Marcus Welby, M.D., Sanford and Son, The Rookies (with Georg Stanford Brown), Harry O, the TV movies The Lathe of Heaven (with Kevin Conway) and For Us The Living: The Medgar Evers Story (with Laurence Fishburne), Spenser: For Hire (episode with David Strathairn and Larry Riley), Crime Story (with Dennis Farina, Bill Smitrovich, and John Santucci), Roc (with Charles S. Dutton), JAG (with David Andrews and Joe Morton), and her most recent role, in Bones (in 2005).

Her movie career began with a role in the blaxplotation film Cool Breeze (with Pam Grier), other roles included Magnum Force (with David Soul, it was Avery's character's death by drain cleaner that allegedly inspired the 1974 "Hi-Fi" murders), Which Way Is Up? (with Lonette McKee), The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh (with Jack Kehoe), The Color Purple (her Oscar-nominated performance as "Shug Avery"), and her most recent film appearance, in 2008's Meet the Browns.

Personal LifeEdit

Avery married and divorced Robert Gordon Hunt, they have a daughter, Aisha Hunt (born 1974).