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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

72

Gender

Female

Birthday

1972-02-07 (54 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

Esence Atkins

اسنس اتکینز

Essence Atkins

Biography

Essence Uhura Atkins (born February 7, 1972) is an American actress. She is best known for the roles of Dee Dee Thorne on the UPN sitcom Half & Half and as Yvette Henderson on the The WB sitcom Smart Guy. She is currently starring in the TV series Are We There Yet? as Suzanne Kingston-Persons. Description above from the Wikipedia article Essence Atkins, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Known For

Acting

Dance Flick

2009

Dance Flick

as

Charity

How High

2001

How High

as

Jamie

Deliver Us from Eva

2003

Deliver Us from Eva

as

Kareenah Dandridge

Coins Forever

2021

Coins Forever

as

Madison Morris

Love for Sale

2008

Love for Sale

as

Candace

N-Secure

2010

N-Secure

as

Robin Joyner

The Bachelor Party

2011

The Bachelor Party

as

Michelle

A Haunted House

2013

A Haunted House

as

Keisha

Love Song

2000

Love Song

as

Toni

Angie's Cure

2022

Angie's Cure

as

Sheila Hart

A Screenshot to Santa

2023

A Screenshot to Santa

as

Natalie Ferguson

Illicit

2020

Illicit

as

Nadine

Act Like You Love Me

2013

Act Like You Love Me

as

Kelly Lofton

One Night Stay

2024

One Night Stay

as

April

Light Girls

2015

Light Girls

as

Self

My Other Mother

2014

My Other Mother

as

Candy

The Noel Diary

2022

The Noel Diary

as

Noel Hayden

Battle Scars

2017

Battle Scars

as

Elsie Ramirez

Same Difference

2019

Same Difference

as

Tonya / Shauna

Coins for Christmas

2018

Coins for Christmas

as

Madison Morris

Sunday in Paris

1991

Sunday in Paris

as

Allison Chase

Open

2020

Open

as

Wren

Preacher's Kid

2010

Preacher's Kid

as

Peaches

Coins for Love

2020

Coins for Love

as

Madison Morris

House

House

as

Greta Cooper

Half & Half

Half & Half

as

Dee Dee Thorne

Smart Guy

Smart Guy

as

Yvette Henderson

The Cosby Show

The Cosby Show

as

Paula Young

Love, Inc.

Love, Inc.

as

Renee

Moesha

Moesha

as

Piper Davis

MADtv

MADtv

as

Self

Under One Roof

Under One Roof

as

Charlotte 'Charlie' Langston

Here and Now

Here and Now

as

Khalilia

Are We There Yet?

Are We There Yet?

as

Suzanne Kingston-Persons

Marlon

Marlon

as

Ashley Wayne

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Curb Your Enthusiasm

as

Renee Holcomb

Ambitions

Ambitions

as

Amara

Poppa's House

Poppa's House

as

Dr. Ivy Reed

Sherri

Sherri

as

Self - Guest

First Wives Club

First Wives Club

as

Maxine Hart

Production

Crew

Directing