Kent Masters King joined the cast of ABC's daytime drama Port Charles (1997) in June of 2003, just a few months after ABC Daytime President Brian Frons announced it was being canceled. Kent was born in Los Angeles, California, on August 5, 1974. She played Julie Williams in the long-running primetime soap Knots Landing (1979) from 1988 to 1992.Kent earned a degree in Cinema-Television from the University of Southern California. She has made guest appearances in such TV shows as The Parkers (1999), The Steve Harvey Show (1996), Smart Guy (1997), The Jamie Foxx Show (1996), The Wayans Bros. (1995) and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990), In 2000 she subbed for Victoria Rowell on CBS' soap opera The Young and the Restless (1973).She made her directing debut with "Manolias Funeral", which won the Black American Cinema Society Award for "Best Short Film."