Married to actor Carl Lumbly, the couple has a son, Brandon, born in 1988. She and Lumbly, who was a regular on Cagney & Lacey (1981), played husband and wife on the show in which she had a recurring role.
Is often confused with another actress, Lonette McKee, both of them having similar sounding first and last names and both being light-complected African American women.