Essence Atkins
Department: Acting
Biography
Essence Uhura Atkins (born February 7, 1972) is an American actress. She is best known for the roles of Dee Dee Thorne on the UPN sitcom Half & Half and as Yvette Henderson on the The WB sitcom Smart Guy. She is currently starring in the TV series Are We There Yet? as Suzanne Kingston-Persons. Description above from the Wikipedia article Essence Atkins, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known For
Dance Flick
2009
How High
2001
Deliver Us from Eva
2003
Coins Forever
2021
Love for Sale
2008
Looking Through Lillian
2002
N-Secure
2010
The Bachelor Party
2011
Dysfunctional Friends
2012
A Haunted House
2013
Love Song
2000
My Sister's Wedding
2013
A Haunted House 2
2014
Angie's Cure
2022
A Screenshot to Santa
2023
Illicit
2020
Girlfriends' Getaway
2014
Act Like You Love Me
2013
One Night Stay
2024
Light Girls
2015
My Other Mother
2014
The Noel Diary
2022
Love and Other Four Letter Words
2007
Girlfriends Getaway 2
2015
Battle Scars
2017
Same Difference
2019
From This Day Forward
2012
Coins for Christmas
2018
Sunday in Paris
1991
Open
2020
Preacher's Kid
2010
Coins for Love
2020
Holiday Road Trip
2013
Nikita Blues
2001
Queens of Christmas
2024
He Wasn't Man Enough
2025
Toni Braxton’s Breathe Again
2026
House
2004
Half & Half
2002
The Class
2006
Smart Guy
1997
The Wayans Bros.
1995
The Cosby Show
1984
Saved by the Bell: The College Years
1993
Love, Inc.
2005
The Parent 'Hood
1995
Moesha
1996
Family Matters
1989
MADtv
1995
Under One Roof
1995
Malibu Shores
1996
Here and Now
1992
A Black Lady Sketch Show
2019
Are We There Yet?
2010
Sunday in Paris
1991
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996
Gabrielle Union: My Journey to 50
2023
Saved by the Bell: The College Years
1993
Marlon
2017
A Black Lady Sketch Show
2019
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000
The John Larroquette Show
1993
Ambitions
2019
Poppa's House
2024
Family Reunion
2019
Carol's Second Act
2019
The Company You Keep
2023
Sherri
2022
After Midnight
2024
Behind Her Faith
2020
First Wives Club
2019
The Great Indoors
2016