
Kim Wayans
Born: 1961-10-16
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
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.
Filmography

Criminal Minds
2005

Thugaboo: A Miracle on D-roc's Street
2006

Hawaii Five-0
2010

In Living Color
1990

In the House
1995

China Beach
1988

My Wife and Kids
2001

New Girl
2011

Eddie Murphy Raw
1987

The Wayans Bros.
1995

Why We Laugh: Funny Women
2013

A Black Lady Sketch Show
2019

Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
1996

Reckless
2014

Thugaboo: Sneaker Madness
2006

A Different World
1987

Dream On
1990

Pariah
2011