Essence Atkins Biograohy, Age, Parents, Movies, TV Shows

Essence Atkins Biography

Essence Atkins is an American actress and model best known for her television comedy roles. She starred as Tasha Yvette Henderson in The WB sitcom Smart Guy from 1997 to 1999. She began her career appearing on television sitcoms before playing regularly on the short-lived first African-American prime-time soap opera Under One Roof (CBS, 1995).

Essence Atkins Age | How Old Is Essence Atkins

She was born as Essence Uhura Atkins on 7 February 1972 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States. She is 47 years old as at 2019.

Essence Atkins Height

She stands at a height of  1.56 m.

Essence Atkins Family | Mother | Parents

She is the only daughter of Sandy Nelson (mother) and Jeffery Atkins (father).
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Essence Atkins Husband

She married Jaime Mendez in 2009 in Pasadena, California. whom they met on Valentine’s Day 2008 through the online dating service Match.com. They divorced later in 2016.

Essence Atkins Children | Son

She has a son with Mendez known as, Varro Blair Mendez, who was born on Christmas Day in 2011.

Essence Atkins Career

She began her career as a teenage guest starring at the 1986 NBC sitcom The Cosby Show. She spent the following years playing guest roles on sitcoms, including Family Matters, before landing co-leading role in 1995 in the short-lived first African-American prime-time soap opera Under One Roof opposite James Earl Jones and Vanessa Bell Calloway.
She co-starred in the short-lived Fox teen soap opera Malibu Shores with Keri Russell the following year. One of her television roles was in 1993 in the Saved by the Bell spin-off, Saved by the Bell: The College Years. She appeared in the pilot, but when Tiffani-Amber Thiessen, a regular from the original, decided to return,Atkins’s character was written out.
From 1997 to 1999, Atkins starred as older sister Tasha Yvette Henderson in the WB sitcom Smart Guy. She starred alongside Rachel True in the UPN sitcom Half & Half from 2002 to 2006 playing Dee Dee Thorne, her half-sister. She also had supporting roles in How High (2001), Deliver Us from Eva (2003) opposite Gabrielle Union, and Dance Flick (2009).
She starred in the TBS sitcom series Are We There Yet from 2010 to 2013? Opposite to Terry Crews. Atkins later starred in the parody films A Haunted House (2013) and A Haunted House 2 (2014) alongside Marlon Wayans. She was cast in her NBC sitcom Marlon opposite Wayans in 2016. In 2018, she was cast in a leading role in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series Ambitions.

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