Kim Wayans

Born: 1961-10-16

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.


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Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood

as Mrs. Johnson
Released: 1996-01-12

When Ashtray moves to South Central L.A. to live with his father (who appears to be the same age...

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Dance Flick

as Ms. Dontwannabebothered
Released: 2009-05-22

Street dancer, Thomas Uncles is from the wrong side of the tracks, but his bond with the...

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Eddie Murphy Raw

as Interviewed Fan (uncredited)
Released: 1987-11-25

Eddie Murphy delights, shocks and entertains with dead-on celebrity impersonations, observations...

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I'm Gonna Git You Sucka

as Nightclub Singer
Released: 1988-11-10

Jack Spade returns from the army in his old ghetto neighbourhood when his brother, June Bug,...

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Hollywood Shuffle

as Customer in Chair
Released: 1987-03-20

Aspiring actor and hot-dog stand employee Bobby Taylor catches the ire of his grandmother for...

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A Low Down Dirty Shame

as Diane
Released: 1994-11-23

A black detective becomes embroiled in a web of danger while searching for a fortune in missing...

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Pariah

as Audrey
Released: 2011-12-27

A Brooklyn teenager juggles conflicting identities and risks friendship, heartbreak, and family...

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Floundering

as Unemployment
Released: 1994-11-04

A disaffected and increasingly disturbed young man journeys through post-riot Los Angeles.

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Juwanna Mann

as Latisha Jansen
Released: 2002-06-21

A basketball star is booted out of the NBA when his on-court antics go too far, so he poses as a...

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Why We Laugh: Funny Women

as Self
Released: 2013-03-21

An uncensored look into the lives of the female stand-up comedian. Featuring interviews and live...

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Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 1

as uncredited
Released: 1987-12-19

From comedian and filmmaker Robert Townsend (Hollywood Shuffle) comes this collection of comedy...

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Ray Meets Helen

as Faye
Released: 2018-05-04

Two lonely strangers who are struggling in life cross paths with each other under unusual...

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Thugaboo: Sneaker Madness

as Momma (voice)
Released: 2006-08-11

When D-Roc sees a pair of expensive sneakers called Air Jareds, he wants his mother to buy them...

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Thugaboo: A Miracle on D-roc's Street

as Momma (voice)
Released: 2006-12-21

D-Roc, Dee-Dee, DJ, Money, Lissette, Slim, Chad, Gwenny, and Soo Young are working together to...

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Talking About Sex

as Andie Norman
Released: 1994-01-01

Andie Norman (Kim Wayans) is a young publisher who gets a chance to remake a dry-text on...

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Criminal Minds

as Darlene Beckett
First aired: 2005-09-22

An elite team of FBI profilers analyze the country's most twisted criminal minds, anticipating...

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New Girl

as Susan
First aired: 2011-09-20

Jessica Day is an offbeat and adorable girl in her late 20s who, after a bad breakup, moves in...

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A Different World

as Allison
First aired: 1987-09-24

A Different World is a spin-off series from The Cosby Show and originally centered on Denise...

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The Wayans Bros.

as Sheila
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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Dream On

as Nicki
First aired: 1990-07-08

The family life, romantic life, and career of Martin Tupper, a divorced New York City book...

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In Living Color

as Self - Various Characters
First aired: 1990-04-15

In Living Color is an American sketch comedy television series that originally ran on the Fox...

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In the House

as uncredited
First aired: 1995-04-10

In the House is an American sitcom

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In the House

as Tonia Riley Harris
First aired: 1995-04-10

In the House is an American sitcom

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Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

as Jackie-in-the-Box / Lulu (voice)
First aired: 1995-03-12

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child is an American anthology animated television series.

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China Beach

as uncredited
First aired: 1988-04-26

Dateline: November 1967. Within klicks of Danang, Vietnam, sits a U.S. Army base, bar and...

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A Black Lady Sketch Show

as Aunt Bev
First aired: 2019-08-02

A narrative series set in a limitless magical reality full of dynamic, hilarious characters and...

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Marlon

as Miss Shabazz
First aired: 2017-08-16

A loving (but immature) father is committed to co-parenting his two kids with his very-together...

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Reckless

as Vi Briggs
First aired: 2014-06-29

A gorgeous Yankee litigator and a charming southern attorney must hide their intense mutual...

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