Tatyana Ali Recalls Will Smith’s Generous Gift in Fresh Prince’s Final Season (Exclusive) [Video]

Tatyana Ali looks at her Fresh Prince of Bel-Air costars as family.

Speaking with PEOPLE about her brand Baby Yams — a limited-edition series of handmade, heirloom-quality baby quilts that donates 100% of proceeds to Black and Indigenous midwives and doulas — the actress, 45, says the best memories from her time on the sitcom’s set are those of laughing with castmates.

“Our last season of the show, Will [Smith] had opened up his dressing room and knocked out a wall to create one big, beautiful dressing room out of two,” Ali, who played Ashley Banks on the NBC sitcom from 1990 to 1996, recalls.

“We all saw it when we came in early that year. We thought it was so beautiful. He looks at all of this. As a gift to everybody in our final season, he introduced us to his designer and said, ‘He designed this room. Work with him and design your own dressing room.’ “

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