Essence Atkins Bio, Twin Sister, Husband, Son, Parents, Ethnicity, Height

May 2024 · 3 minute read

The New Yorker, Essence Atkins, is both an actress and a model. She has been in the film industry since 1986 and first cut her teeth doing guest roles. It wasn’t until the mid-’90s that she started playing bigger, recurring roles on TV shows like Under the Same Roof, Malibu Shores, and Smart Guy.

The ambitious actress in her later years was involved in series and movies such as Dance Flick, Are We There?, Deliver Us From Eva, A Haunted House, and Ambitions. She has also worked with artists like Terry Crews, Keri Russell and Gabrielle Union.

Essence Atkins’ Organic, Ethnicity

Born Essence Uhura Atkins in Brooklyn, New York, the Big Apple native attended Profession Children’s School and then the Alvin Ailey Institute where she trained as a dancer.

She began her career as a wide-eyed 14-year-old African-American. Some would say she couldn’t have gotten off to a better start with her first acting role with The Cosby Show where she starred alongside veteran Bill Cosby. She appeared on two episodes of the series in 1986 and 1989 respectively as Paula Young.

She then made many appearances, mostly guest roles until the late 1990s. Atkins appeared as Allison Chase in the 1991 television short Sunday in Paris. She then made several single and double episode appearances on Charlie Hoover (1991), Family Matters (1992), Saved by the Bell: The College Years (1993), Promised Land (1997), and Parent’s Hood. (1996), and Moesha (1999).

After recurring roles on Under One Roof, Smart Guy, and Malibu Shores, Essence Atkins started the 2000s with Sabrina, the Teenage Witch. She appeared in three episodes of the series portraying the character of Marnie. Over the next five years, she played more film roles than television. She was Toni in Love Song; Nikita in Nikita Blues; Jamie in How High; and Kareenah in Deliver Us From Eva.

In 2002, she started a recurring role in the television series Dee Dee Thorne. Half half. Her time with the show ended in 2006 after she played the character for 91 episodes. Her next major television role came when she joined the cast of Are We There Yet? with Terry Crews, Keesha Sharp and Teala Dunn, where she played Suzanne Kingston. From 2012 to 2013, she also appeared on 22 episodes of Mr. Box Office as Samantha Owens.

Since 2005, Essence Atkins has been part of a plethora of films such as Love for Sale (2008), Preacher’s Child (2010), Dysfunctional Friends (2012), and A Haunted House (2013). More recently, the American actress has been on projects such as Haunted House 2 (2014), Sister Code (2015), Illegal (2017), Marlon (2017 – 2018), and Christmas Pieces (2018).

Parents, twin sister

Not much, if nothing is known about Essence’s parents besides their names. She was born and raised in St. Alban’s, Queens to her parents Geoffrey Atkins and Sandy Nelson.

Atkins has no siblings as she is her parents’ only biological child. A rumor emerged in the late 90s to early 2000s that Essence was a sister to famous Hollywood twin sisters, Tia and Tamera Mowry. Of course, that didn’t help the Smart Guy TV series , her character was the sister of Tahj Mowry, Mowry’s brother. However, the New York native is not related to the Mowry family.

Is Essence Atkins married? husband, son

Tired of dating the same regular guys in his industry, Essence decided to try a dating site. She created her profile on Match but left her picture because she was a public figure and didn’t want to be inundated with requests. It was here on Valentine’s Day 2008 that she met Jaime Mendez, a former Puerto Rican college footballer. After a year of dating, the couple married in September 2009 in Pasadena, California.

The couple have a son together, Varro Blair Mendez, who was born on Christmas Day in 2011. Essence Atkins and Jaime Mendez called in 2016 for their wedding.

Height, weight and body measurements

Atkins is a diminutive which ironically makes her stand out the most among her peers. The actress stands at a height of 157cm and maintains an athletic weight of 57kg. She also has a bust size of 32 inches; 24 inch waist; and hip size of 33 inches.

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