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, 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

Born: New York, New York, United States, 1961-10-16

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1987	Hollywood Shuffle	Customer in Chair	64
2	1987	Eddie Murphy Raw	Interviewed Fan (uncredited)	73
3	1987	Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 1		0
4	1988	I'm Gonna Git You Sucka	Nightclub Singer	64
5	1994	Talking About Sex	Andie Norman	40
6	1994	Floundering	Unemployment	47
7	1994	A Low Down Dirty Shame	Diane	56
8	1996	Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood	Mrs. Johnson	70
9	2002	Juwanna Mann	Latisha Jansen	51
10	2006	Thugaboo: Sneaker Madness	Momma (voice)	70
11	2006	Thugaboo: A Miracle on D-roc's Street	Momma (voice)	80
12	2009	Dance Flick	Ms. Dontwannabebothered	49
13	2011	Pariah	Audrey	69
14	2013	Why We Laugh: Funny Women	Self	72
15	2018	Ray Meets Helen	Faye	44

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1987	A Different World	Allison	71
2	1988	China Beach		74
3	1990	In Living Color	Self - Various Characters	76
4	1990	Dream On	Nicki	69
5	1995	The Wayans Bros.	Sheila	71
6	1995	Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child	Jackie-in-the-Box / Lulu (voice)	60
7	1995	In the House		74
8	1995	In the House	Tonia Riley Harris	74
9	2005	Criminal Minds	Darlene Beckett	83
10	2010	Hawaii Five-0	Diane	78
11	2011	New Girl	Susan	74
12	2014	Reckless	Vi Briggs	70
13	2017	Marlon	Miss Shabazz	66
14	2019	A Black Lady Sketch Show	Aunt Bev	72
15	2024	Poppa's House	Caller #2 (voice)	64

Kim Wayans

Film

Television