Kym Whitley

Kym Whitley (born July 21, 1962) is an American comedian, actress and podcaster. She is known for her roles on television sitcoms, such as My Brother and Me , Sparks , Animal Practice , The Boondocks , Young & Hungry , The Parkers , The Cleveland Show , Black Dynamite , and Act Your Age. Whitley was nominated for a 2004 BET Comedy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Box Office Movie for her role as Ormandy in the 2003 comedy film Deliver Us From Eva .^[1]

Whitley was born on July 21, 1962 in Shaker Heights, Ohio to Kaysonia and William Whitley.^[2] Her father was a founding partner of Whitley and Whitley,^[3] the black architectural firm involved in a joint venture to design and build Jacobs Field (now Progressive Field), home to the Cleveland Guardians.^[4] She attended Shaker Heights High School (graduating in 1979)^[5] and Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee.^[6] She was initiated into the Alpha Beta chapter of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority.^[7]

In 1989, Whitley got her big break starring in Shelly Garrett's popular play Beauty Shop , which started in Los Angeles then later traveled across the United States. Whitley's major acting roles include the short-lived sitcoms My Brother and Me and Sparks . She has made guest appearances on several television sitcoms, including The Parent 'Hood , Married... with Children , Moesha , That's So Raven , The Parkers , My Wife and Kids and Curb Your Enthusiasm . She also hosted the short-lived BET show Oh Drama (2000). Whitley had a small role in Next Friday as Craig's aunt Suga. She was part of a group called "The Adults", which featured actors who were adult cast members in the earlier seasons of All That . In the early spring of 2010, Whitley was a co-host with R&B musician Brian McKnight on the short-lived talk show The Brian McKnight Show. From 2012 to 2013, Whitley had a recurring role on the BET comedy Let's Stay Together as Charmaine Wax.

On April 20, 2013, her reality docu-series titled Raising Whitley premiered on the Oprah Winfrey Network, with a total of 1.2 million viewers, making it the fifth most-widely viewed premiere in the history of the network.^[8] OWN ordered a second season, which premiered on January 4, 2014. Whitley then joined the cast of the television sitcom Young & Hungry which premiered on ABC Family (now Freeform) in 2014, where she played Josh's housekeeper Yolanda.^[9] The show ran for five seasons, ending in 2018.^[10] In 2017, she guest starred in the web series The Bay where she played Big Candi. She received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting or Guest Actress in a Digital Daytime Drama Series.^[11] In 2018, she guest starred in the "Thanksgiving" episode of Master of None as Denise's aunt Joyce, and sister to Angela Bassett's character.^[12] The episode won an Emmy for Best Writing for Master of None's actors Aziz Ansari and Lena Waithe.^[13] Whitley was later a recurring guest host on the E! shows Daily Pop and Nightly Pop. In 2023, she played the role of Aunt Nadine in the film You People .

Whitley is a cousin of actor and martial artist Michael Jai White.^[14] She has two older brothers, Kyle and Scott.^[3] In January 2011, she adopted her son, Joshua.^{[2] [15] [16]} In 2013, Whitley and her friend Rodney Van Johnson launched a line of t-shirts titled "Don't Feed Me." The shirts alert caregivers about children who have specific food allergies.^{[15] [8]}

• Kym Whitley at IMDb

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