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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

35

Gender

Female

Birthday

1961-10-16 (64 years old)

Place of Birth

New York, New York, United States

Also Known As

Kim N. Wayans

Kim Wayans

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.

Known For

Acting

Eddie Murphy Raw

1987

Eddie Murphy Raw

as

Interviewed Fan (uncredited)

Thugaboo: Sneaker Madness

2006

Thugaboo: Sneaker Madness

as

Momma (voice)

Pariah

2011

Pariah

as

Audrey

Floundering

1994

Floundering

as

Unemployment

Juwanna Mann

2002

Juwanna Mann

as

Latisha Jansen

Ray Meets Helen

2018

Ray Meets Helen

as

Faye

I'm Gonna Git You Sucka

1988

I'm Gonna Git You Sucka

as

Nightclub Singer

Hollywood Shuffle

1987

Hollywood Shuffle

as

Customer in Chair

Talking About Sex

1994

Talking About Sex

as

Andie Norman

Dance Flick

2009

Dance Flick

as

Ms. Dontwannabebothered

Dream On

Dream On

as

Nicki

In Living Color

In Living Color

as

Self - Various Characters

Reckless

Reckless

as

Vi Briggs

In the House

In the House

as

Tonia Riley Harris

New Girl

New Girl

as

Susan

Criminal Minds

Criminal Minds

as

Darlene Beckett

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

as

Jackie-in-the-Box / Lulu (voice)

Marlon

Marlon

as

Miss Shabazz

Poppa's House

Poppa's House

as

Caller #2 (voice)

Production

Crew

Directing