[1][2][3] Maxwell is best known for her starring role in the 1997 romantic comedy Hav Plenty and as the recurring character Lena Turner on the hit UPN sitcom Girlfriends.
[4] Maxwell starred in docu-reality show Love In The City on OWN, Oprah Winfrey Network.
Maxwell has also appeared in the WB sitcom For Your Love and in the 2002 film G,[5] a modernized, loosely-based adaptation of The Great Gatsby starring Richard T. Jones and Blair Underwood, and directed by Christopher Scott Cherot.
Maxwell also appears frequently as a guest expert on WEtv’s Growing Up Hip-Hop.
[7] Her work has been exhibited in the Bay Area, New York City, and Italy.