Kellita Smith

Born: 1969-01-15

Kellita Smith (born January 15, 1969) is an American comedian, model and actress. She is perhaps best known for her role as Wanda McCullough, Bernie Mac's wife in the FOX sitcom The Bernie Mac Show which originally ran from 2001 to 2006. Born in Chicago, Illinois, Kellita Smith was raised in Oakland, California. She studied at Santa Rosa Junior College, receiving her associate degree in political science. In early years, she worked as a model and began her acting career on stage in a regional production of Tell It Like It Tiz. Other theatrical credits include the Los Angeles productions of No Place to be Somebody at the K.C. Theatre Company, Feelings (The Hudson Theatre) for which she won an NAACP Theatre Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1996, The Thirteenth Thorn (Complex Theatre) for which she was nominated for an NAACP Theatre Award for Best Actress, and One Woman Two Lives, which premiered at The Imagined Life Theater in July 2009. On television, Kellita Smith made her debut in an episode of In Living Color and later guest-starred on Living Single, Moesha, 3rd Rock from the Sun, The Parkers and NYPD Blue. She had the recurring roles in Martin, Sister, Sister, Malcolm & Eddie and The Jamie Foxx Show. In 2001 she was cast opposite Bernie Mac in the Fox sitcom The Bernie Mac Show. The series aired on Fox for five seasons from 2001 to 2006. She was nominated four times for a NAACP Image Award for her role as Wanda McCullough on The Bernie Mac Show. In film, she co-starred alongside Mo'Nique in the Hair Show (2004), and later appeared in Fair Game, King's Ransom, Roll Bounce and Three Can Play That Game. In 2012, Kellita Smith returned to television with the role of First Lady Katherine Johnson in the syndicated sitcom, The First Family. In 2014, she was cast as Roberta Warren in the Syfy post-apocalyptic series, Z Nation. In this role, she also appeared on Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! in 2015.


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Imperial Dreams

as Tanya
Released: 2014-01-20

A 21-year-old reformed gangster's devotion to his family and his future is put to the test when...

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Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!

as Sergeant Roberta Warren
Released: 2015-07-22

The sharks take bite out of the East Coast when the sharknado hits Washington, D.C. and Orlando,...

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The Crossing Guard

as Tanya
Released: 1995-11-15

Unable to move on from the loss of his daughter, Freddy, now a shell of the person he was...

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A Deadly Adoption

as Officer Mason
Released: 2015-06-20

Things go awry when an author and his wife welcome a pregnant woman into their home, with plans...

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Roll Bounce

as Vivian
Released: 2005-09-23

In the summer of 1978, a teenager and his group of friends face new challenges when their...

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Hair Show

as Angela
Released: 2004-10-17

Peaches, a hair stylist from Baltimore, and her estranged sister, Angela, the owner of an...

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King's Ransom

as Renee King
Released: 2005-04-22

Hoping to foil his own gold-digging wife's plan, a loathsome businessman arranges his own...

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I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac

as Self
Released: 2012-02-19

I AIN'T SCARED OF YOU is a documentary tribute to Bernie Mac (1957-2008). From his stand-up in...

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Kingdom Come

as Bernice Talbert
Released: 2001-04-11

When her husband keels over from a stroke, Raynelle Slocumb calls the entire clan together to...

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Three Can Play That Game

as Carla
Released: 2007-01-01

Shanté Smith has moved to Atlanta where she's the Love Doctor, a relationship expert who uses...

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The Preacher's Son

as Anita Emerson
Released: 2017-01-09

When the romantic secrets of his family members become public, the career and community standing...

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Gang of Roses 2: Next Generation

as Madame L
Released: 2012-02-10

Cassie, the last remaining member of the original Gang of Roses, is sitting in a small Mexican...

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Influence

as Carla Hudson
Released: 2020-02-20

Carl Weber introduces us to the Hudsons, a family of African-American lawyers lead by famed...

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The Man in 3B

as Det. Anderson
Released: 2015-11-06

Daryl Graham (Lamman Rucker) has just moved into a Jamaica, Queens, apartment building and his...

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The Secret She Kept

as Virginia
Released: 2016-07-10

Based on ReShonda Tate Billingsley's novel of the same name, The Secret She Kept, a successful...

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Masquerade

as Monica
Released: 2000-11-10

After moving to LA, a young woman starts a romance with a man (Cress Williams) she met on the...

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She's Not Our Sister

as Vivian Walker
Released: 2011-06-25

What happens when three sisters find out they stand to inherit a multimillion-dollar fortune,...

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Q: The Movie

as Mo Mo
Released: 1999-01-01

A young man throwing the cookout to end all cookouts finds his party is skidding off the rails.

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Retiring Tatiana

as CeCe
Released: 2000-01-18

A thirty-something avowed bachelor from Los Angeles invites a jazz singer that he is barely...

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DuSable to Obama: Chicago's Black Metropolis

as Self - Host
Released: 2010-06-15

The history of Chicago's African-American community told like never before -- through the voices...

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This Is Us

as Elizabeth DuBois
First aired: 2016-09-20

Follows the lives and families of three adults living and growing up in the United States of...

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Hell's Kitchen

as Self - Restaurant Patron
First aired: 2005-05-30

Aspiring restaurateurs brave Ramsay and his fiery command of the kitchen as he puts the...

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The Steve Harvey Show

as Ava Whitley
First aired: 1996-08-25

Down on his luck and out of money, former R&B star Steve Hightower lands a music teacher gig at...

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The Bernie Mac Show

as Wanda 'Baby' McCullough
First aired: 2001-11-14

The Bernie Mac Show is an American sitcom that aired on Fox for five seasons from November 14,...

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The Parent 'Hood

as uncredited
First aired: 1995-01-18

The Parent 'Hood is an American sitcom that aired on The WB airing from January 18, 1995 to July...

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The Wayans Bros.

as Claire
First aired: 1995-01-11

The Wayans Bros. is a situation comedy that aired from January 1995 to May 1999 on The WB. The...

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The Jamie Foxx Show

as uncredited
First aired: 1996-08-28

Texas native Jamie King is an aspiring actor who heads to Hollywood in hopes to find fame and...

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Hangin' with Mr. Cooper

as uncredited
First aired: 1992-09-22

Hangin' with Mr. Cooper is an American television sitcom that originally aired on ABC from 1992...

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For Your Love

as Sophia
First aired: 1998-03-17

From commitment phobics to blissful newlyweds to wedlock veterans, For Your Love depicts love in...

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Martin

as uncredited
First aired: 1992-08-27

Sassy sitcom centering on radio and television personality Martin Payne. Series focuses on his...

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Z Nation

as Roberta Warren
First aired: 2014-09-12

Three years after the zombie virus has gutted the country, a team of everyday heroes must...

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In the Cut

as Cheryl
First aired: 2015-08-25

A well-renowned barber meets the son he never knew he had, thirty years after his birth. Work,...

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Malcolm & Eddie

as uncredited
First aired: 1996-08-26

Malcolm and Eddie are as different as one can imagine. Nevertheless, they're best friends who...

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The Parkers

as uncredited
First aired: 1999-08-30

The Parkers is an American sitcom that aired on UPN from August 30, 1999, to May 10, 2004. A...

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Moesha

as uncredited
First aired: 1996-01-23

Moesha was an American sitcom series that aired on the UPN network from January 23, 1996 to May...

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Living Single

as uncredited
First aired: 1993-08-29

Living Single is an American television sitcom that aired for five seasons on the Fox network...

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Sister, Sister

as uncredited
First aired: 1994-04-01

Twins Tia Landry and Tamera Campbell were separated and adopted at birth. Fourteen years later,...

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From Scratch

as Lynn Wheeler
First aired: 2022-10-21

An artist finds romance with a chef in Italy and embarks on a life-changing journey of love,...

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Lace

as Judge Sears
First aired: 2021-11-04

Lacey is a prolific lawyer for the rich and powerful in Los Angeles who can make anyone's...

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