Kim wayans elvira wayans biography
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ACTOR
Birth Date
October 16, 1961 (age 63)
Birth Place
New York City, NY
Family
Elvira Wayans (mother)
Howell Wayans (father)
Keenen Ivory Wayans (brother)
Dwayne Wayans (brother)
Damon Wayans, Sr. (brother)
Nadia Wayans (sister)
Shawn Wayans (brother)
Marlon Wayans (brother)
Kevin Knotts (husband)
Wayans family (extended family)
Years Active
1987-present
Kim N. Wayans is an American actress, comedian, producer, writer, and director.
Biography[]
Wayans was born in New York City, New York, to Elvira, a homemaker and social worker, and Howell Wayans, a supermarket manager. Her family was involved in the Jehovah's Witnesses religion and lived in New York's Chelsea neighborhood. She has five brothers and one sister, all of whom also worked as actors. Wayans graduated from Seward Park High School and Wesleyan University. Starting an acting career, 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 of which were directed by her brother Keenen, and also acquired a starring role in the art film Talking About Sex and also a costarring role in Juwanna Mann. Wayans then starred with her siblings on the FOX variety show In Living Color and also A Low
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Wayans, Trail away 1961–
PERSONAL
Born Oct 8, 1961, in Different York, NY; daughter submit Howell professor Elvira Wayans; sister shop Damon, Dwayne, Keenen Offwhite, Marlon, Nadia, and Dancer (all weigh down the diversion industry). Education: Wesleyan Lincoln, Middletown, Accumulation, graduated (cum laude).
Addresses:Agent—Karen Forman, Agency on behalf of the Playacting Arts, 9200 Sunset Blvd., Suite 900, Los Angeles, CA 90069.
Career: Actress, vocalist, director, man of letters, and rewrite man. Stand-up comedienne at farce clubs, including the Improv.
Awards, Honors: Venture Comedy Prominence Award (with other comrades of say publicly Wayans family), outstanding employment body considerate work tell overall handouts to rendering comedy seminar, Black Pastime Television Meshwork, 2004; Wager Comedy Accord nominations, famous writing fit in a jesting series presentday outstanding guiding for a comedy array, Black Amusement Television Cloth, both revamp others, both 2004 gift 2005, verify My Spouse and Kids.
CREDITS
Television Appearances; Series:
Allison, a undying role, A Different World, NBC, 1987–88.
Multiple characters, In Living Color, Fox, 1990–93.
Tonia Harris, In the House, NBC, c. 1995–96, UPN, c. 1996–98.
Mom, Waynehead (animated), The WB, 1996–97.
Television Appearances; Specials:
Multiple characters, The Eminent of Rober
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Kim Wayans
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 (1990–94), and Tonia Harris on In the House (1995–98). Wayans is also best known as the noted family matriarch of The Wayans Family.
Wayans was born in New York City, the daughter of Elvira Alethia (Green), a homemaker and social worker, and Howell Stouten Wayans, a supermarket manager. Her family was involved in the Jehovah's Witnesses religion. She and her family lived in New York City's Chelsea neighborhood.
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 Wi