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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

41

Gender

Female

Birthday

1969-01-15 (56 years old)

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Also Known As

کلیتا اسمیت

Kellita Smith

Biography

Kellita Smith (born January 15, 1969) is an American comedian, model and actress. She is perhaps best known for her role as Wanda McCullough, Bernie Mac's wife in the FOX sitcom The Bernie Mac Show which originally ran from 2001 to 2006. Born in Chicago, Illinois, Kellita Smith was raised in Oakland, California. She studied at Santa Rosa Junior College, receiving her associate degree in political science. In early years, she worked as a model and began her acting career on stage in a regional production of Tell It Like It Tiz. Other theatrical credits include the Los Angeles productions of No Place to be Somebody at the K.C. Theatre Company, Feelings (The Hudson Theatre) for which she won an NAACP Theatre Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1996, The Thirteenth Thorn (Complex Theatre) for which she was nominated for an NAACP Theatre Award for Best Actress, and One Woman Two Lives, which premiered at The Imagined Life Theater in July 2009. On television, Kellita Smith made her debut in an episode of In Living Color and later guest-starred on Living Single, Moesha, 3rd Rock from the Sun, The Parkers and NYPD Blue. She had the recurring roles in Martin, Sister, Sister, Malcolm & Eddie and The Jamie Foxx Show. In 2001 she was cast opposite Bernie Mac in the Fox sitcom The Bernie Mac Show. The series aired on Fox for five seasons from 2001 to 2006. She was nominated four times for a NAACP Image Award for her role as Wanda McCullough on The Bernie Mac Show. In film, she co-starred alongside Mo'Nique in the Hair Show (2004), and later appeared in Fair Game, King's Ransom, Roll Bounce and Three Can Play That Game. In 2012, Kellita Smith returned to television with the role of First Lady Katherine Johnson in the syndicated sitcom, The First Family. In 2014, she was cast as Roberta Warren in the Syfy post-apocalyptic series, Z Nation. In this role, she also appeared on Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! in 2015.

Known For

Acting

King's Ransom

2005

King's Ransom

as

Renee King

Roll Bounce

2005

Roll Bounce

as

Vivian

Hair Show

2004

Hair Show

as

Angela

Fair Game

2005

Fair Game

as

Cheryl

Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!

2015

Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!

as

Sergeant Roberta Warren

She's Not Our Sister

2011

She's Not Our Sister

as

Vivian Walker

A Deadly Adoption

2015

A Deadly Adoption

as

Officer Mason

The Man in 3B

2015

The Man in 3B

as

Det. Anderson

The Secret She Kept

2016

The Secret She Kept

as

Virginia

The Preacher's Son

2017

The Preacher's Son

as

Anita Emerson

Imperial Dreams

2014

Imperial Dreams

as

Tanya

Masquerade

2000

Masquerade

as

Monica

Q: The Movie

1999

Q: The Movie

as

Mo Mo

Kingdom Come

2001

Kingdom Come

as

Bernice Talbert

Influence

2020

Influence

as

Carla Hudson

The Bernie Mac Show

The Bernie Mac Show

as

Wanda 'Baby' McCullough

This Is Us

This Is Us

as

Elizabeth DuBois

In the Cut

In the Cut

as

Cheryl

Z Nation

Z Nation

as

Roberta Warren

Hell's Kitchen

Hell's Kitchen

as

Self - Restaurant Patron

Lace

Lace

as

Judge Sears

From Scratch

From Scratch

as

Lynn Wheeler

The First Family

The First Family

as

Katherine Johnson

Production

Crew

Directing