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Acting

Essence Atkins

Career: Active from 1991 to 2026, busiest in 2013 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles: 31
top three billing

Average score: 53/100

Highest rated: Smart Guy
76/100

Characters

5

The characters Essence Atkins played, best-known titles first.

Essence Atkins as Keisha

Essence Atkins as Tasha Yvette Henderson

Essence Atkins as Ashley

Essence Atkins as Ivy

Essence Atkins as Suzanna Kingston

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 36 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Essence Atkins Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Tension
3.4, average 5.9
Crime
1.1, average 3.6
Violence
1.7, average 4.1
Mystery
1.6, average 3.9

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 5
Horror Parody 2
Pop Culture References 2
Romantic Comedy 2
Wholesome 2
Family Sitcom 2
Character-Driven Humor 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

65

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

15 titles · average score 54

Toni Braxton’s Breathe Again

as Evelyn

Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness: An Almost History of America

56

TV show · as Clara

He Wasn't Man Enough

as Monica

Poppa's House

67

TV show · as Dr. Ivy Reed

One Night Stay

as April

The Company You Keep

67

TV show · as Prostitute

The Noel Diary

63

as Noel Hayden

Angie's Cure

as Sheila Hart

Coins Forever

as Madison Morris

Open

as Wren

Coins for Love

as Madison Morris

Christmas Dilemma

Director

2010s

24 titles · average score 52

Ambitions

55

TV show · as Amara

Coins for Christmas

60

as Madison Morris

Marlon

59

TV show · as Ashley Wayne

A Haunted House 2

33

as Kisha

My Other Mother

73

as Candy

Girlfriends' Getaway

as Lauren

A Haunted House

34

as Keisha

Act Like You Love Me

48

as Kelly Lofton

My Sister's Wedding

as Tandy

From This Day Forward

as Patrice

Are We There Yet?

52

TV show · as Suzanne Kingston-Persons

N-Secure

33

as Robin Joyner

2000s

12 titles · average score 54

Dance Flick

35

as Charity

Love for Sale

56

as Candace

Love and Other Four Letter Words

44

as Roxanne

The Class

49

TV show

26

TV show · as Renee

House

80

TV show · as Greta Cooper

Deliver Us from Eva

52

as Kareenah Dandridge

Half & Half

51

TV show · as Dee Dee Thorne

Looking Through Lillian

46

as Andrea

How High

47

as Jamie

Curb Your Enthusiasm

86

TV show · as Renee Holcomb

Love Song

72

as Toni

1990s

12 titles · average score 58

Smart Guy

76

TV show · as Yvette Henderson

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

66

TV show · as Marnie

Moesha

76

TV show · as Piper Davis

Malibu Shores

46

TV show · as Julie Tate

Under One Roof

TV show · as Charlotte 'Charlie' Langston

The Wayans Bros.

48

TV show · as Nina

The Parent 'Hood

71

TV show

The John Larroquette Show

47

TV show · as Jocelyn

Saved by the Bell: The College Years

35

TV show · as Danielle Marks

Here and Now

TV show · as Khalilia

Sunday in Paris

TV show

Sunday in Paris

as Allison Chase

1980s

2 titles · average score 67

Family Matters

59

TV show · as Becky

The Cosby Show

74

TV show · as Paula Young