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Kim Wayans

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63 Years Old

Kim N. Wayans is an American actress, comedian, producer, writer, and director. Wayans is the sister of Keenen Ivory, Damon Sr., Marlon, Shawn, and Nadia Wayans. She is best known for her numerous roles on the Fox sketch comedy show In Living Color, and Tonia Harris on In the House. In film she appeared in I'm Gonna Git You Sucka and Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (both directed by her brother Keenen) and had a starring role in the art film Talking About Sex and later co-starred in Juwanna Mann as Latisha Jansen. She starred with her siblings on the Fox variety show In Living Color and A Low Down Dirty Shame. Her other television work includes regular appearances on the sitcom In the House with LL Cool J and a recurring role on A Different World. Recently, she has worked as a story editor on her brother Damon's sitcom My Wife and Kids. In 2008, she co wrote a series of children's books with her husband Kevin Knotts, entitled Amy Hodgepodge, about a multiracial girl adjusting to life in public school after years of homeschooling. In December 2011, she got a chance to showcase her dramatic chops with a supporting role as a mother who struggles to understand her seventeen-year-old daughter in Pariah. She was nominated (alongside co star Pernell Walker) for Best Supporting Actress at the 2012 Black Reel Awards but lost to Octavia Spencer for The Help.

Born

New York, New York, United States on 16th October 1961

All Credits

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Criminal Minds
Darlene Beckett
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Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Jackie-in-the-Box / Lulu (voice)
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Hawaii Five-0
Diane
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A Different World
Allison
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China Beach
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New Girl
Susan
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In Living Color
Self - Various Characters
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The Wayans Bros.
Sheila
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In the House
Tonia Riley Harris
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In the House
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The Soul Man
Dr. Owens
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A Black Lady Sketch Show
Aunt Bev
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Marlon
Miss Shabazz
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Reckless
Vi Briggs
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Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
Mrs. Johnson
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Poppa's House
Caller #2 (voice)
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Dream On
Nicki
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Dance Flick
Ms. Dontwannabebothered
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I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
Nightclub Singer
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Thugaboo: A Miracle on D-roc's Street
Momma (voice)
A Low Down Dirty Shame Image
A Low Down Dirty Shame
Diane
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Pariah
Audrey
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Eddie Murphy Raw
Interviewed Fan (uncredited)
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Juwanna Mann
Latisha Jansen
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Hollywood Shuffle
Customer in Chair
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Thugaboo: Sneaker Madness
Momma (voice)
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Why We Laugh: Funny Women
Self
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Ray Meets Helen
Faye
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Floundering
Unemployment
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Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 1
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Talking About Sex
Andie Norman