Tami Roman’s always had legs

On last week’s “Renaissance Man,” Ice Cube told us how John Singleton launched him from a rapper with no acting experience into a bona fide Tinseltown talent with his role in “Boyz n the Hood.”

This week, we have “The Real World: Los Angeles” star and reality television pioneer Tami Roman tell us how the director cut her from “Boyz n the Hood.” Well, her face, at least.

“I booked my first [acting] job, and I was really good at it,” she told me. But then “John Singleton put me in ‘Boyz n the Hood’ and I was really bad at it. And listen — that man said, ‘You’re not good and we’re just going to use your legs in this scene.’ I get residuals for my legs.” Not a bad nor a tough check to get. Moneymaking legs aside, the harsh feedback from the late, great director did something positive for her. She said it pushed her to put a serious effort into learning the art of acting.

“I studied with a lady named Chip Fields. She changed my life and taught me everything that I needed to know about the craft of acting.”

She’s now on Apple TV+’s “Truth Be Told,” where she plays Octavia Spencer’s stepmother. She’s also on BET’s “The Ms. Pat Show,” playing the comedian’s sister.

“We’re a part of a motorcycle club,” she said of her “Truth” role. “And I play Octavia’s sexy stepmother. That character is very specific, very rooted, very grounded in being the family glue, so to speak, between Octavia and her father, where with ‘The Ms Pat Show,’ that character’s a recovering crack addict.

So there’s a difference.”

Talk about range.