Kim Wayans
Nacimiento : 1961-10-16, New York, New York, United States
Historia
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.
Faye
Ray meets Helen during a random collision of altered fates. They are strangers, over sixty, lonely, luckless. He hit rock bottom in the big city, she on a small farm. It’s a struggle not to give up or in. But then separately and without warning, each becomes overwhelmed by unrelated and extraordinary events.
Herself
An uncensored look into the lives of the female stand-up comedian. Featuring interviews and live performance footage from some of today's most prominent female voices in stand-up comedy and entertainment, this revealing documentary sheds light on the legacy of the female comedian and the dedication, courage and passion that is required to be successful in the male dominated stand-up comedy business.
Audrey
Narra la historia de una adolescente afroamericana del Bronx de 17 años que va descubriendo su propia sexualidad en una atmósfera represiva. Alike entabla complejas relaciones con sus amigos, su padre confidente y su conflictiva madre mientras reflexiona sobre su identidad.
Ms. Dontwannabebothered
Parodia de las películas de bailes de adolescentes en la que un joven bailarín de street dance, Thomas Uncles (Damon Wayans Jr.), con tendencia a ir por el mal camino, y una joven muy hermosa, Megan White (Shoshana Bush), se unen gracias a su pasión hacia el baile y son puestos a prueba en la competición de baile más divertida.
Momma (voice)
D-Roc, Dee-Dee, DJ, Money, Lissette, Slim, Chad, Gwenny, and Soo Young are working together to find a way to bring the true meaning of Christmas home to less fortunate young Gavin and his family.
Momma (voice)
When D-Roc sees a pair of expensive sneakers called Air Jareds, he wants his mother to buy them to wear at school in order to look cool. His mother purchases a cheaper priced pair of Air Johnsons instead. Afraid of looking bad to his crew, D-Roc asks Soo-Young to make Air Jareds out of Air Johnsons and when they work out well, they realize they can make money by converting the shoes. Their plan to make money eventually goes wary and D-Roc is taught a lesson about being himself.
Latisha Jansen
Jamal Jeffries es un brillante jugador de baloncesto que, para seguir siendo profesional del deporte que ama, decide jugar en la otra liga profesional... ¡la de chicas! Todo comienza cuando Jamal, uno de los mejores jugadores de la NBA, es expulsado del equipo en el que jugaba a causa de su comportamiento. Desesperado por jugar de nuevo, decide disfrazarse de mujer y entrar en el equipo femenino de baloncesto. Así, tratará de seguir adelante con su carrera convertido en Juwanna Mann, provocando todo tipo de confusiones y situaciones descabelladas.
Mrs. Johnson
Ashtray es un joven negro que se va a Los Angeles a vivir con su padre y con su peculiar abuela. Allí se encuentra con su primo Loc Dog, que se pasa el día con su pandilla de amigos por el barrio.
Diane
Un ex policía de historial dudoso que se gana la vida como detective privado, es contratado para seguir la pista a su atractiva ex novia y al botín de un robo de… ¡20 millones de dólares!. Es el trabajo más salvaje y arriesgado de su vida, pero con la ayuda de su fiel y sexy socia, Shame está dispuesto a aprovecharlo para lavar su nombre de una vez por todas.
Unemployment
A disaffected and increasingly disturbed young man journeys through post-riot Los Angeles.
Andie Norman
Andie Norman (Kim Wayans) is a young publisher who gets a chance to remake a dry-text on "assertive communication skills" into a best selling book to be titled 'Talking About Sex'. Andie's boyfriend, Doug Penn (Daniel Beer), is a good guy whose sex life with Andie begins tapering off as he finds watching sports on TV more interesting. Andie assembles her female friends to videotape a rough cut of a discussion program for a TV documentary for her book as a promotional item. All of Andie's and Doug's friends later get together for an all-night cocktail party at their house to celebrate the upcoming release of the book where Andie, Doug and their friends end up revealing intimacies to each other over too many drinks which include past bed-hopping and infidelity with puts a test on all relationships in both hilarious and heartfelt ways which leads to Andie and Doug to decide if they can have a future together.
Nightclub Singer
Comedia que parodia el género del blaxploitation de los años 70. Jack Spade regresa a su hogar tras su servicio militar, y se encuentra con la muerte de su hermano pequeño por "sobredosis de oro". El barrio no es el que era, y los proxenetas y los traficantes se han hecho los dueños. Jack, con la ayuda de unos vecinos, le va a plantar cara a Mr. Big, el amo del barrio. (FILMAFFINITY)
Interviewed Fan (uncredited)
Tras "Delirious", éste es el segundo especial grabado en formato película de Eddie Murphy. Grabado en Nueva York, el cómico se centra en las repercusiones de "Delirious", las consecuencias de la fama, las relaciones de pareja, y en su familia.
Customer in Chair
Aspiring actor and hot-dog stand employee Bobby Taylor catches the ire of his grandmother for auditioning for a role in the regrettably titled exploitation film "Jivetime Jimmy's Revenge." When Tinseltown Studios casts Taylor in the title role, he has a series of conflicted dreams satirizing African-American stereotypes in Hollywood, and must reconcile his career goals with his desire to remain a positive role model for his little brother.
