Twins Tia Mowry and Tamera Mowry-Housley have gone through their respective acting careers side-by-side.
The siblings rose to fame playing separated-at-birth twins on Sister, Sister from 1994 to 1994. Tia and Tamera have since costarred in Disney Channel’s Seventeen Again (alongside their brother Tahj Mowry) and Twitches franchise; a Lifetime movie titled Double Wedding; as well as their eponymous Style Network reality TV show.
Perhaps one of their most memorable scenes together occurred in Twitches, when they chanted “go twitches, go twitches” in unison.
“Tia and I made that up. That was an improv,” Tamera recalled during a November 2022 appearance on Today. “We were so shocked and surprised with happiness that [it was] what stuck. My sister and I looked at each other, we did the lame [hand signal] and also the ‘go twitches, go twitches.’ We’d pause for a little bit [and go] ‘It’s your birthday.’ We made that up on the fly.”
‘Sister, Sister’ Cast: Where Are They Now?
Tia and Tamera were also maids of honor in one another’s respective weddings to Cory Hardrict and Adam Housley. However, sometime after Tia and Hardrict divorced in 2022, the sisters’ bond fractured.
“I feel and wish that my sister and I were still close and I could pick up the phone and call her, but that’s just not where we are right now,” Tia confessed in a September 2024 trailer for her My Next Act docuseries. (A source later clarified to Us Weekly that Tia was referring to the siblings’ geographic distance.)
Keep scrolling to revisit everything Tia and Tamera have said about their relationship through the years:
Tia and Tamera Mowry’s Auntie Vibes
Tia and ex-husband Hardrict share son Cree and daughter Cairo, while Tamara and Housley are parents to son Aden and daughter Ariah. The actresses have loved being aunts to their nieces and nephews.
“Seeing my sister as a mom is amazing. She is so inspiring because she is juggling being a mom, being an actress and being a businesswoman at the same time,” Tamara exclusively told Us Weekly in 2011. “She’s doing an amazing job — and she’s beautiful!”
The next year, Tamara gave birth to Aden and it was Tia’s turn to gloat.
“I am so thrilled and happy to be an auntie,” Tia told Us in 2012. “I now know the love that my sister has for [my son] Cree, it is overflowing. I’ve kissed her new bundle of joy at least 100 times! I couldn’t be happier for her.”
What ‘Sister, Sister’ Meant to Tia and Tamera Mowry
In September 2020, Tamera reflected on the origins of Sister, Sister.
“It all began here with my sissy! What a blessing to have inspired many at such a young age. Representation matters,” Tamara wrote via Instagram. “I’m so grateful and I am so excited for our generation to relive one of my fav jobs in history! And I’m ecstatic for the newer generation to discover this show, now on @netflix. I never thought in a million years #SisterSister would become an American classic. Thanks for supporting us throughout the years. I’m forever grateful.”
Tamera Mowry’s Quotes About Twin Sister Tia Mowry’s Split From Cory Hardrict
Tamera Mowry Had Tia’s Back Post-Divorce
Tia filed for divorce from Hardrict in October 2022, and Tamara has been vocal about being there for her sibling. (The exes’ divorce was finalized the following April.)
“I support her. So whatever she wants, the Mowrys have her back,” Tamara said on Today that month. “I love her dearly. She is strong but I know right now, she just kind of just wants to, you know, just kind of process it all, take it all in and be a little private about that. As a sister, I’m just going to respect that.”
Two months later, Tamara told Us that she was inspired to see Tia “handling everything with grace.”
“You have your ups [and] you have your downs — but she’s allowing her experience to change her. I feel [like she has changed] for the better,” the former Real cohost exclusively said. “Things are not always gonna go as planned or we’re gonna have some plot twists. You [have to] learn from it, grow from it and do it with love. I feel like that is what she’s doing.”
Tia and Tamera Mowry’s Birthday Memories
“I want to take this moment to cherish my sister and wish an early happy birthday to Tamera,” Tia wrote via Instagram in July 2024. “Having you by my side as we’ve grown and evolved has been an incredible blessing. Not everyone can say they’ve had someone with them through every major milestone in life.”
She added, “From growing up together and getting our big break to navigating the teenage years, and motherhood, I’m immensely grateful to have shared this journey with you. Here’s to celebrating all the beautiful memories and milestones we’ve experienced and built together. We’re turning 46! How did we get here??”
Tia and Tamera Mowry Are No Longer ‘Close’
In a September 2024 trailer for Tia’s My Next Act, she opened up about life as a single mother.
“I’ve always wanted the family dynamic of having a mom and a dad in one household. When you’re dropping your kids off, you actually visually see how that is no longer,” she said. “Being alone has been the most challenging part of my divorce.”
Tia added, “It’s times like this when I feel and wish that my sister and I were still close and I could pick up the phone and call her, but that’s just not where we are right now.”
Tia did not reveal when or why the estrangement began, while Tamara has not publicly addressed the supposed falling-out.
A source later clarified the situation, telling Us, “Tia was referring to physical distance between them because of where they both live, not distance between them as it relates to their relationship.”
Tia and Tamera Mowry Are Taking on ‘New Roles’
Shortly after Tia revealed in a My Next Act teaser that she and Tamera were no longer geographically close, she opened up to Us about where they stood.
“You could hear it from me, and this is basically what I was insinuating: I feel like as we grow up, we all start our own families and their children need to lean on them. We begin to take on new roles and responsibilities within our lives,” Tia told Us exclusively in September 2024. “That is what that was all about.”
She added, “In these transitions in life, sometimes you just want a hug and you just want someone to be as accessible as they used to be, and that is not the case. It’s called life.”
Tia further noted that she and brother Tahj are based in Los Angeles while Tamera lives in Napa. Sibling Tavior, meanwhile, resides in Tennessee.
No Rift Here Between Tia and Tamera Mowry
Tia set the record straight about her relationship with Tamera in a December 2025 interview with Entertainment Tonight.
“Everybody thought that there was this huge rift or distance, and that was not the case,” she told the outlet. “The world, they’re so used to seeing all of us together, but at the end of the day, we all grow up. We all have our own families. Yes, there’s distance, because we all are doing our own thing, but when something is important to you, or when it is a priority, you will make time for it.”
Tia added that she and Tamera “made a pact” to “reach out to each other once a week” on Sundays.
“So as long as we make time for each other, that’s all that matters,” she said.
The Mistle-Tones star also shared what she admires most about Tamera, telling the publication that her sister is a “great mother.”
“It’s not easy having ambitions and doing what you love to do, and trying to juggle all of that at the same time,” Tia continued. “You know, she’s doing her best to be present for her kids, and she’s doing a great job. I have incredible nieces and nephews. So, yeah, I would say she’s an incredible mother. I’m inspired by that.”
