A native Californian, Roquel's professional acting career includes a seven year recurring role on the longest running soap, ‘Days of Our Lives ‘ (NBC), as well as ‘The Bold and the Beautful (CBS), ‘Generations ‘(NBC), and ‘Port Charles’ (ABC). Roquel has also starred in ‘It's a Miracle’ as the real life mother “Rita Wallace “", and also presented on ‘Oprah ‘(ABC).

Roquel starred in the Emmy nominated ‘Pepitos Mamadas’,and Fox's, ‘Beyond Belief ‘, opposite “Tony Plana”. She has co-starred with “Blair Underwood” on ‘High Incident ‘ and ‘America Crime ‘ opposite “Felicity Huffman”. Other television credits include ‘Doubt ‘, ‘Devious Maids ‘, ‘Marlon’ and ‘Being Mary Jane’.

Roquel is no stranger to the big screen she was recently casted in ‘Desperate’ a CJon Saulsberry Production. She has allso appeared in numerous films including, ‘Harlem Nights ‘ and ‘Another 48 Hours’ with Eddie Murphy, ‘Action Jackson ‘ with Carl Weathers, ‘Marked for Death ‘ with Steven Seagal and ‘Holly Day ‘ with John Wesley.

Roquel has also been featured in leading theatrical roles in ‘My Brother’s Blood’, ‘Julius Ceasar ‘, ‘Fences’, ‘I Need Thee ‘ and ‘A Raisin in the Sun ‘ In addition she performed in productions of ‘Busline 210’, and ‘The Inquest of Sam Cooke’, at the Wilshire Ebell Theater in Los Angeles, California.