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Kim Wayans

Kim Wayans

Known For Acting
Birthday Oct 16, 1961 (64)
Birthplace New York, New York, United States
Popularity 0.5 (history)
Updated Aug 06, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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 app ... eared 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

Filmography

Ray Meets Helen

Ray Meets Helen

2018

as Faye

Pariah

Pariah

2011

as Audrey

Dance Flick

Dance Flick

2009

as Ms. Dontwannabebothered

Thugaboo: Sneaker Madness

Thugaboo: Sneaker Madness

2006

as Momma (voice)

Juwanna Mann

Juwanna Mann

2002

as Latisha Jansen

Talking About Sex

Talking About Sex

1994

as Andie Norman

A Low Down Dirty Shame

A Low Down Dirty Shame

1994

as Diane

Floundering

Floundering

1994

as Unemployment

I'm Gonna Git You Sucka

I'm Gonna Git You Sucka

1988

as Nightclub Singer

Hollywood Shuffle

Hollywood Shuffle

1987

as Customer in Chair

Eddie Murphy Raw

Eddie Murphy Raw

1987

as Interviewed Fan (uncredited)

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

In the House

as Tonia Riley Harris

Episodes: 64

First Aired: Apr 10, 1995

Reckless

as Vi Briggs

Episodes: 13

First Aired: Jun 29, 2014

A Different World

as Allison

Episodes: 11

First Aired: Sep 24, 1987

The Wayans Bros.

as Sheila

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 11, 1995

New Girl

as Susan

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 20, 2011

Dream On

as Nicki

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 08, 1990

Criminal Minds

as Darlene Beckett

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 22, 2005

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

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

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 12, 1995

A Black Lady Sketch Show

as Aunt Bev

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 02, 2019

Marlon

as Miss Shabazz

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 16, 2017

Hawaii Five-0

as Diane

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 2010

In Living Color

as Self - Various Characters

Episodes: 101

First Aired: Apr 15, 1990

In the House

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Apr 10, 1995

China Beach

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Apr 26, 1988

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