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Kim Wayans
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1961-10-16,New York, New York, United States
Gender
Female
Biography
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.

Filmography

Eddie Murphy Raw

7.258

Eddie Murphy Raw
1987-11-25

A Low Down Dirty Shame

5.655

A Low Down Dirty Shame
1994-11-23

Thugaboo: A Miracle on D-roc's Street

8

Thugaboo: A Miracle on D-roc's Street
2006-12-21

Thugaboo: Sneaker Madness

7

Thugaboo: Sneaker Madness
2006-08-11

6.877

Pariah
2011-12-27

4.658

Floundering
1994-11-04

Why We Laugh: Funny Women

7.2

Why We Laugh: Funny Women
2013-03-21

Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 1

0

Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 1
1987-12-19

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

7

Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
1996-01-12

5.073

Juwanna Mann
2002-06-21

Ray Meets Helen

4.4

Ray Meets Helen
2018-05-04

I'm Gonna Git You Sucka

6.423

I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
1988-11-10

Hollywood Shuffle

6.4

Hollywood Shuffle
1987-03-20

Talking About Sex

4

Talking About Sex
1994-01-01

4.878

Dance Flick
2009-05-22

7.4

In the House
1995-04-10

A Different World

7.123

A Different World
1987-09-24

6.9

Dream On
1990-07-08

7.4

China Beach
1988-04-26

The Wayans Bros.

7.1

The Wayans Bros.
1995-01-11

In Living Color

7.6

In Living Color
1990-04-15

7

Reckless
2014-06-29

7.4

In the House
1995-04-10

7.351

New Girl
2011-09-20

8.3

Criminal Minds
2005-09-22

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

6

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995-03-12

A Black Lady Sketch Show

7.2

A Black Lady Sketch Show
2019-08-02

6.6

Marlon
2017-08-16

7.754

Hawaii Five-0
2010-09-20

6.4

Poppa's House
2024-10-21