Which guest star played Marissa Redman, Hilary's boss, in season 1?

Queen Latifah played Marissa Redman, Hilary’s boss, in season 1 of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.

Latifah appeared in the season 1 episode “The Clients,” listed as episode 25 and aired on May 6, 1991. Marissa Redman is associated with Hilary Banks’s professional life, giving the episode a storyline outside the Banks family home and highlighting Hilary’s ambitions.

The role is notable because Queen Latifah later returned to the series in a different character. In season 2, she played Dee Dee, a woman Will meets and becomes romantically interested in. That repeat appearance can cause confusion when viewers remember Latifah but associate her only with the later character.

The other choices were also recognizable guest stars from the show. Jasmine Guy played Kayla Samuels, Vivica A. Fox played Janet, and Naomi Campbell appeared as Helen. None of them played Hilary’s boss, making Queen Latifah the single canonical answer.