Essence Atkins

Essence Atkins

1972-02-07 New York City, New York, USA 35 Credits

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

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One Night Stay

One Night Stay

2024

as April

Acting

Obsessive Jessica refuses to be discarded after a one night stand gone wrong. Instead of leaving Marcus' luxurious mansion, she finds a quiet place to...

A Screenshot to Santa

A Screenshot to Santa

2023

as Natalie Ferguson

Acting

When a storm prevents their parents from getting home on Christmas Eve, two sisters overcome their sibling rivalry to outsmart a pair of intruders.

The Noel Diary

The Noel Diary

2022

as Noel Hayden

6.3
Acting

Cleaning out his childhood home at Christmas, a novelist meets a woman searching for her birth mother. Will an old diary unlock their pasts — and hear...

Angie's Cure

Angie's Cure

2022

as Sheila Hart

10.0
Acting

A traumatized rape victim finds therapy in a most disturbing way.

Coins Forever

Coins Forever

2021

as Madison Morris

6.3
Acting

Madison and Alec are flourishing in their dream jobs and have grown their budding romance but new challenges open old wounds and threaten to derail th...

Open

Open

2020

as Wren

4.5
Acting

Cameron and Wren have had an open marriage for the last 3 years. They set rules as boundaries to assure a healthy open relationship, however they quic...

Christmas Dilemma

Christmas Dilemma

2020

Director

6.4
Directing

Newlywed couple Jay and Monica struggle to decide which set of in-laws they should join for their first Christmas. They eventually decide against pick...

Coins for Love

Coins for Love

2020

as Madison Morris

7.6
Acting

Madison lands her dream job at a publishing company. To her dismay, she must complete a probationary period and will not receive her full salary until...

Illicit

Illicit

2020

as Nadine

1.0
Acting

A couple finds out that starting a extra marital affair is a lot easier to do than ending one when they both are seduced into outside situations.

Same Difference

Same Difference

2019

as Tonya / Shauna

9.5
Acting

As Tonya Keating grapples with the innate knowledge that her death is imminent, she is compelled to let go of the past and reconcile with her estrange...

Coins for Christmas

Coins for Christmas

2018

as Madison Morris

5.3
Acting

Single mom Madison finds herself scraping pennies together two weeks before Christmas after the IRS freezes her bank account, her ex fails to come thr...

Battle Scars

Battle Scars

2017

as Elsie Ramirez

5.0
Acting

Every Marine has a story, some they're proud of, other they'd rather forget. After coming home from his tour of duty in Afghanistan suffering from PTS...

Girlfriends Getaway 2

Girlfriends Getaway 2

2015

as Lauren

6.0
Acting

A bride and her three friends travel to Puerto Rico for her wedding when chaos ensues.

Light Girls

Light Girls

2015

as Self

10.0
Acting

From the creator and director of the critically acclaimed documentary Dark Girls, award-winning filmmaker Bill Duke continues the conversation on colo...

My Other Mother

My Other Mother

2014

as Candy

8.5
Acting

When gruff and independent Candy meets her angry and stubborn birth mother, can the two open their hearts to each other?

Girlfriends' Getaway

Girlfriends' Getaway

2014

as Lauren

5.7
Acting

Set in Trinidad and Tobago, the comedy which is described as Waiting To Exhale meets The Hangover, Girlfriends’ Getaway is about four friends who take...

A Haunted House 2

A Haunted House 2

2014

as Kisha

6.2
Acting

After exorcising the demons of his ex, Malcolm starts afresh with his new girlfriend and her two children. After moving into their dream home, Malcolm...

Holiday Road Trip

Holiday Road Trip

2013

as Clara

5.2
Acting

Ashley Scott plays an executive for a company that produces pet supplies. Just after getting into a fight with her boyfriend about their relationship ...

My Sister's Wedding

My Sister's Wedding

2013

as Tandy

5.3
Acting

Matthew and Sharon are one day away from their highly anticipated wedding when her sister Candice comes home from New York.

Act Like You Love Me

Act Like You Love Me

2013

as Kelly Lofton

5.4
Acting

Kelly Lofton is a young, successful dentist who has all the material things a woman could ask for. However, Kelly has struggled to find time for love ...

A Haunted House

A Haunted House

2013

as Keisha

5.9
Acting

Malcolm and Kisha move into their dream home, but soon learn a demon also resides there. When Kisha becomes possessed, Malcolm - determined to keep hi...

From This Day Forward

From This Day Forward

2012

as Patrice

10.0
Acting

Patrice and Corrine are two sexy, confident women with great relationships, but they've got it all wrong when it comes to love. Before they drive thei...

Dysfunctional Friends

Dysfunctional Friends

2012

as Alice

6.5
Acting

A group of college friends are reunited after the death of their very successful friend. The will dictates that each person will receive a large sum o...

The Bachelor Party

The Bachelor Party

2011

as Michelle

5.0
Acting

30-year-old Lance is marrying Michelle, the girl of his dreams, and his closest buddies, Trey, Reny and Akeem are throwing him a bachelor party. What ...

N-Secure

N-Secure

2010

as Robin Joyner

5.7
Acting

N-Secure is a no holds-barred thrilling drama mixed with murder, mayhem and manipulation among affluent professionals. This film sheds light on a man'...

Preacher's Kid

Preacher's Kid

2010

as Peaches

6.1
Acting

Longing to experience more of life, twentysomething preacher's daughter Angie strikes out on her own for the very first time and joins a traveling gos...

Dance Flick

Dance Flick

2009

as Charity

4.9
Acting

Street dancer, Thomas Uncles is from the wrong side of the tracks, but his bond with the beautiful Megan White might help the duo realize their dreams...

Love for Sale

Love for Sale

2008

as Candace

6.5
Acting

Trey is a young deliveryman who can't seem to catch a break. His whole life is a shambles - no money for college and no game to attract the ladies. Af...

Love and Other Four Letter Words

Love and Other Four Letter Words

2007

as Roxanne

5.5
Acting

In this warm-hearted romantic comedy, Stormy La Rue, a rising star T.V. Talk Show host in Philadelphia must dig her way out the hole she creates by te...

Deliver Us from Eva

Deliver Us from Eva

2003

as Kareenah Dandridge

6.4
Acting

Eva Dandridge has been in charge of her younger sisters ever since their parents died many years ago. She is a very uptight young woman who constantly...

Looking Through Lillian

Looking Through Lillian

2002

as Andrea

2.0
Acting

An edgy indie-psychological drama about an alluring but mixed-up L.A. Girl who flip-flops between facing life's uncertainty under her own direction or...

How High

How High

2001

as Jamie

6.3
Acting

Multi-platinum rap superstars Redman and Method Man star as Jamal and Silas, two regular guys who smoke something magical, ace their college entrance ...

Nikita Blues

Nikita Blues

2001

5.0
Acting

A teenage girl seeks love in all the wrong places. In particular, with her English teacher, who is engaged to the school’s assistant principal.

Love Song

Love Song

2000

as Toni

7.5
Acting

A privileged, black college student with a fiance falls in love with a white musician she meets on her 21st birthday.

Sunday in Paris

Sunday in Paris

1991

as Allison Chase

Acting

A pilot for an unsold NBC series. A single woman with three children realizes that her family has lost sight of their values and gives up her career a...