Louis, Missouri, where she spent the early part of her childhood with her parents, six brothers and two sisters. Ola and her family then moved to Sacramento, California where they contniued to live until 1975 when Ola's stepfather was stationed at Yokota Air Force Base in Tokyo, Japan. Soon after her arrival in Tokyo, Ola Began her professional singing and dancing career by forming a song dance gr
oup called the Puppets, she performed in the group along with her twin brothers and sister. The musical talents of Ola and the other members of the Puppets landed them a year long performance contract at the "Big Together Club" in the Shinjuku District. The Puppets increasing popularity led to appearances in television commercials, performances in various cities throughtout Japan and a recording offer from CBS Records in Tokyo. Throughout Ola's singing and dancing career in Japan, she also engaged in a substantial number of modeling assignments. Via her representative, Eddie Arab Modeling Agency, she modeled as a poster girl and appeared in several television commercials for such well-known Japenese department stores such as, Daimaru, Isetan, Matsuya, and Parco. After her successful stay in Japan, Ola and her family returned to the United States. Upon her arrival in 1978, Ola made Los Angeles her new home in hope of furthering her career in entertainment. In June 1980, Ola appeared as "Playmate of the Month" for Playboy Magazine. After her appearance in Playboy, she entered into an exclusive contract with Johnson and Johnson for promotion of their Classy Curl hair product. As part of Ola's promotion, her pictures were displayed on all Classy Curl Kit products, in magazine advertisements, television commercials, and posters. Ola also served as a spokesperson for the Classy Curl product promotion. Additionally, she sponsored on television and print nationally known products such as "Milk" (sponsoring the Milk Advisory Board), Coca-Cola, Coors, McDonald's, and Leggs Pantyhose, as well as several other products. In 1983, Ola's entertainment career was showcased internationally when she co-starred as Michael Jackson's girlfriend in the Grammy Award winning short video, "Thriller". Her work in "Thriller" brought her worldwide recognition and made her a household name. Resulting from a successful modeling career and her work in "Thriller", Ola landed several acting roles in motion pictures produced by Paramount Studios, Columbia Pictures and Warner Brothers Studios, and also various top television shows for the three leading networks, NBC, ABC, and CBS. She has appeared in such movies as "48 Hours" (with Eddie Murphy), "Ten to Midnight" (with Charles Bronson), and "Fear City" (with Billy Dee Williams and Tom Barenger). Ola also played a leading role in a television pilot that was a spin-off from the popular sitcom, "Gimme a Break", for NBC. Ola has written and produced several songs, one of which rose to number five on the top ten chart