it was canceled after two seasons in 2018. In 2016, she was cast opposite Wayans in his NBC sitcom Marlon. Atkins later starred alongside Marlon Wayans in the parody films A Haunted House (2013) and A Haunted House 2 (2014). From 2010 to 2013, she starred in the TBS sitcom series Are We There Yet? opposite Terry Crews. She also had supporting roles in films How High (2001), Deliver Us from Eva (2003) opposite Gabrielle Union, and Dance Flick (2009). From 2002 to 2006 she starred alongside Rachel True in the UPN sitcom Half & Half playing Dee Dee Thorne, her half-sister. She appeared in the pilot, but when Tiffani-Amber Thiessen, a regular from the original, opted to return, Atkins's character was written out.įrom 1997 to 1999, Atkins starred in the WB sitcom Smart Guy as the older sister Tasha Yvette Henderson. One of her television roles was in the Saved by the Bell spin-off, Saved by the Bell: The College Years in 1993. The following year, she co-starred with Keri Russell in the short-lived NBC teen soap opera Malibu Shores. The following years she spent playing guest roles on sitcoms include Family Matters, before landing co-leading role opposite James Earl Jones and Vanessa Bell Calloway in the short-lived first African-American prime-time soap opera Under One Roof in 1995. In film, Atkins has appeared in How High Deliver Us from Eva (2003), Dance Flick (2009), A Haunted House (2013), A Haunted House 2 (2014), and The Noel Diary (2022).Ītkins began her career as a teenager guest starring on NBC sitcom The Cosby Show in 1986. She later went to star as Dee Dee Thorne in UPN sitcom Half & Half (2002–06), Suzanne Kingston-Persons in TBS comedy series Are We There Yet? (2010–13) and as Ashley Wayne in NBC sitcom Marlon (2016-18). From 1997 to 1999, she starred as Tasha Yvette Henderson in The WB sitcom Smart Guy. She began her career appearing on television sitcoms, before her regular role on the short-lived first African-American prime-time drama Under One Roof ( CBS, 1995).Ītkins is best known for her roles on television comedies. What this all boils down to is that "Dance Flick" is surprisingly entertaining, probably because you watch it with low expectations but also because it does have some clever comedy going on rather than dumb jokes which try to be as crude as possible.Essence Uhura Atkins (born February 7, 1972) is an American actress. It makes a pleasant change and why unlike many of the more recent spoof movies "Dance Flick" isn't uncomfortable to watch. Yes there is a gag about camel toes and another about a drunk student being breathalysed cue blow job joke but it doesn't revel in trying to be gross. Having said that for those who just want dumb fun it is full of dumb fun which did little for me but will entertain those who just like stupidity.īut here is the thing which makes "Dance Flick" really stand out from the recent spoof crowd, it has innuendo and juvenile humour but it is less crass. It is still predominantly a dumb ass movie but the change in lyrics and some imaginative spoofing lifts it from the usual wasteland spoof movies have become. And that is where "Dance Flick" works because instead of making just dumb jokes about these other movies it tries to be a bit more clever.
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