What happened to Natalie Desselle Reid? B.A.P.S. star dead at 53

American actor Natalie Desselle-Reid, who's best known for playing Halle Berry's stylish sidekick in the 1997 cult classic B.A.P.S., has passed away at the age of 53. Desselle-Reid had played Mickey opposite Berry's Nisi in B.A.P.S. The comedy show followed a pair of aspiring female entrepreneurs' unlikely journey to opening a joint soul food restaurant and hair salon in Los Angeles. The duo soon begins to live the life of "Black American Princesses" after caring for a Beverly Hills millionaire. Read on to find out, “What happened to Natalie Desselle Reid?”

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Natalie Desselle's death

What happened to Natalie Desselle Reid?

Desselle Reid’s family took to her Instagram handle on December 7 to inform her fans, the actor had passed away. Her picture was uploaded along with a caption that read, “It is with extremely heavy hearts that we share the loss of our beautiful Natalie this morning from colon cancer. She was a bright light in this world. A queen. An extraordinary mother and wife.”

Natalie Desselle Reid’s co-star Halle Berry took to her Instagram on December 8, to mourn her close friend and co-star. Sharing throwback pictures of the 53-year-old actor, Berry wrote a caption stating, “I’m still processing this devastating news - and as I continue to read all of your kind words, memories of Natalie continue to flood back to me.” Paying tribute to the star, Berry wrote, “Natalie taught us to love, joy and humour through her characters - she could never dim her light, and it was infectious. With her, I laughed harder than I’d ever laughed before. She showed us it was ok to be goofy and funny while still being sincere and extraordinarily kind. She and I would hoot and holler over every tribute we came across, sending them back and forth to one another, overwhelmed that our on-screen friendship meant as much to you as it did to us. She was especially humbled by that, as am I.”

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The X-Men star expressed how Natalie Desselle Reid was often underrated, passed over and deprived of the platform she truly deserved. Just four days ago, Berry had posted a throwback Instagram video of her and Desselle-Reid in character while shopping on Rodeo Drive. Many fans commented on how it was their favourite comedy movie. Aside from her culture-defining role in B.A.P.S, Reid also starred in as Minerva in the inclusive retelling of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella alongside Brandy Norwood, Whitney Houston and Whoopi Goldberg.

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Some of her other roles include Eve’s friend Janie Eggins over a three-season span on the UPN sitcom Eve from 2003-2006. She has been in How to Be a Player, Madea's Big Happy Family and the TV show Built to Last. Up on Natalie Desselle’s death, actor and rapper Bow Wow tweeted, “Sending my love and condolences out to Natalie Desselle family. Had the pleasure of working with her on Tyler Perrys 'Madea Big Happy Family' sending my love.” 

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Natalie Desselle Reid's children

A report in her IMDb page states that the actor is survived by her husband, Leonard. The couple had three children, Sereno, Summer and Sasha. Fans on Twitter also mourned the loss of the actor.