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

Filmography

• Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness: An Almost History of America — Clara
• 2026Toni Braxton’s Breathe Again — Evelyn
• 2025He Wasn't Man Enough — Monica
• 2024One Night Stay — April
• Poppa's House — Dr. Ivy Reed
• 2024Queens of Christmas — Nancy
• 2023A Screenshot to Santa — Natalie Ferguson
• The Company You Keep — Prostitute
• 2022Angie's Cure — Sheila Hart
• 2022The Noel Diary — Noel Hayden
• 2021Coins Forever — Madison Morris
• 2020Christmas Dilemma — Director
• 2020Coins for Love — Madison Morris
• 2020Illicit — Nadine
• 2020Open — Wren
• A Black Lady Sketch Show — Chef Rayna, Hannah
• Ambitions — Amara
• Carol's Second Act — Kathleen
• Family Reunion — Maureen
• First Wives Club — Maxine Hart
• 2019Same Difference — Tonya / Shauna
• 2018Coins for Christmas — Madison Morris
• 2017Battle Scars — Elsie Ramirez
• Marlon — Ashley Wayne
• The Great Indoors — Denise
• 2015Girlfriends Getaway 2 — Lauren
• 2014A Haunted House 2 — Kisha
• 2014Girlfriends' Getaway — Lauren
• 2014My Other Mother — Candy
• 2013A Haunted House — Keisha
• 2013Act Like You Love Me — Kelly Lofton
• 2013Holiday Road Trip — Clara
• 2013My Sister's Wedding — Tandy
• 2012Dysfunctional Friends — Alice
• 2012From This Day Forward — Patrice
• 2011The Bachelor Party — Michelle
• Are We There Yet? — Suzanne Kingston-Persons
• 2010N-Secure — Robin Joyner
• 2010Preacher's Kid — Peaches
• 2009Dance Flick — Charity
• 2008Love for Sale — Candace
• 2007Love and Other Four Letter Words — Roxanne
• The Class
• Love, Inc. — Renee
• House — Greta Cooper
• 2003Deliver Us from Eva — Kareenah Dandridge
• Half & Half — Dee Dee Thorne
• 2002Looking Through Lillian — Andrea
• 2001How High — Jamie
• 2001Nikita Blues
• Curb Your Enthusiasm — Renee Holcomb
• 2000Love Song — Toni
• Smart Guy — Yvette Henderson
• Malibu Shores — Julie Tate
• Moesha — Piper Davis
• Sabrina, the Teenage Witch — Marnie
• The Parent 'Hood
• The Wayans Bros. — Nina
• Under One Roof — Charlotte 'Charlie' Langston
• Saved by the Bell: The College Years — Danielle Marks
• The John Larroquette Show — Jocelyn
• Here and Now — Khalilia
• 1991Sunday in Paris — Allison Chase
• Sunday in Paris
• Family Matters — Becky
• The Cosby Show — Paula Young

Appearances as themselves (8)

• After Midnight — Self
• Gabrielle Union: My Journey to 50 — Self
• Sherri — Self - Guest
• Behind Her Faith — Self
• 2015Light Girls — Self
• 2010The Preacher's Kid in Atlanta — Self
• 2010The Prodigal Experience: Reflections on a Story — Self
• MADtv — Self