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Kim Wayans

1961-10-16 (63 years old) in New York, New York, United States

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.

Movies

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Ray Meets Helen
42 %|May 4, 2018
Drama, Fantasy, Romance
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Why We Laugh: Funny Women
72 %|Mar 21, 2013
Documentary, Comedy
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Pariah
68.37 %|Dec 27, 2011
Drama
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Dance Flick
48 %|May 22, 2009
Music, Comedy, Action
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Thugaboo: A Miracle on D-roc's Street
80 %|Dec 21, 2006
Animation
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Thugaboo: Sneaker Madness
70 %|Aug 11, 2006
Animation, Comedy, Family, TV Movie
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Juwanna Mann
52 %|Jun 21, 2002
Comedy
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A Low Down Dirty Shame
56.47 %|Nov 23, 1994
Comedy, Crime
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Floundering
49 %|Nov 4, 1994
Comedy, Romance
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Talking About Sex
40 %|Jan 1, 1994
Comedy, Romance
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I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
64 %|Nov 10, 1988
Comedy, Action, Crime
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Eddie Murphy Raw
73 %|Nov 25, 1987
Comedy
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Hollywood Shuffle
64 %|Mar 20, 1987
Comedy

Series

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A Black Lady Sketch Show
74 %|Aug 2, 2019
Comedy
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Marlon
66 %|Aug 16, 2017
Comedy, Drama
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Reckless
71.07000000000001 %|Jun 29, 2014
Crime, Drama
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New Girl
74 %|Sep 20, 2011
Comedy
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Criminal Minds
83 %|Sep 22, 2005
Crime, Drama, Mystery
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In the House
73 %|Apr 10, 1995
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In the House
73 %|Apr 10, 1995
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The Wayans Bros.
71 %|Jan 11, 1995
Comedy
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Dream On
69 %|Jul 8, 1990
Comedy
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In Living Color
75 %|Apr 15, 1990
Comedy
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China Beach
73 %|Apr 26, 1988
Drama, War & Politics
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A Different World
70 %|Sep 24, 1987
Comedy, Family