A Different World: Cast Rate: –☹️ Very Bad🙁 Bad😐 Average🙂 Good😃 Excellent🤩 Super! ★ Save Rating✔ Rating Saved! Notify me: –about new episodeabout new seasonabout end of season Subscribe✔ Subscription Saved! A Different World Comedy 9/24/87 NBC United States GeneralEpisodesCastCharactersGallery Cast See full cast → Jasmine Guy as Whitley Gilbert Jasmine Guy as Whitley Gilbert Kadeem Hardison as Dwayne Cleophus Wayne Kadeem Hardison as Dwayne Cleophus Wayne Darryl M. Bell as Ronald 'Ron' Johnson Charnele Brown as Kimberly 'Kim' Reese Kimberly "Kim" Reese Dawnn Lewis as Jaleesa Vinson Taylor Dawnn Lewis as Jaleesa Vinson Taylor Cree Summer as Winifred 'Freddie' Brooks Lou Myers as Vernon Gaines Glynn Turman as Col. Bradford Taylor Sinbad as Walter Oakes Jada Pinkett Smith as Lena James Ajai Sanders as Gina Deveaux Lisa Bonet as Denise Huxtable Lisa Bonet as Denise Huxtable Marisa Tomei as Maggie Lauten Mary Alice as Leticia "Lettie" Bostic Karen Malina White as Charmaine Tyesha Brown Karen Malina White as Charmaine Tyesha Brown Loretta Devine as Stevie Rallen Darryl M. Bell as Ronald "Ron" Johnson Cree Summer as Winifred "Freddie" Brooks
