Kali Hawk | |
---|---|
Born | [1] Bronx, New York City, New York, USA [2] | October 4, 1986
Education | State University of New York, Purchase (BFA) |
Occupation(s) | Actress, comedian, model, jewelry designer |
Years active | 1998–present |
Kali Hawk (born October 4, 1986) is an American actress, comedian, model and jewelry designer. [3] She has starred in films such as Fifty Shades of Black , Couples Retreat , Bridesmaids and Tyler Perry Presents Peeples . She recurred as Shelby in New Girl and co-starred in the first two seasons of the Adult Swim series Black Jesus.
Hawk was raised in Manhattan. [4] Her father was in merchandising and her mother was a buyer for Bloomingdale's. [4] She is of African-American, Native American, and German Jewish ancestry. [5] She attended State University of New York at Purchase.
She has appeared in several commercials and music videos, and she competed in the fifth season of Last Comic Standing in 2007.
Hawk has appeared in numerous comedy films, including Couples Retreat , Get Him to the Greek , Bridesmaids , Peeples , Answer This! and Fifty Shades of Black .
In 2012, Hawk was added to the cast of the In Living Color reboot pilot, which did not go forward. [6] She also recurred in the sitcom New Girl as Shelby.
In 2019, Hawk was added to the cast of the ABC television series Schooled playing Wilma, a science teacher who was poached from an elite school to teach at William Penn Academy, but she was ultimately replaced by Haneefah Wood before appearing in an episode [7]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1998 | Celebrity | Popcorn Girl | |
2004 | Mighty Times: The Children's March | Lenore | Documentary short |
2005 | Gotham Cafe | Party Guest | Short |
Issues | Waitress | ||
2006 | Where Is Love Waiting | Faith | |
I Can See Clearly Now | Anara | ||
Holla | Caprices | ||
2007 | Lovers & Haters | The One | Short |
Caregiver | Tania | Video | |
2008 | Killer Sound | - | Short |
2009 | Pushing Thirty | Rio | Video |
Couples Retreat | Trudy | ||
2010 | Get Him to the Greek | Kali | |
The Fuzz | Officer Thompson | TV movie | |
2011 | Bridesmaids | Kahlua | |
Answer This! | Shelly | ||
Black and Jewish (Black and Yellow Parody) | Herself | Short | |
Answers to Nothing | Allegra | ||
Let Go | Angela | ||
2013 | Peeples | Gloria Peeples | |
In the Meantime | Jazz | TV movie | |
Another Happy Anniversary | Susan | Short | |
Little Horribles | - | Short | |
2015 | November Rule | Theresa | |
The Summoning | Ruth | ||
Welcome to the Family | Stella | TV movie | |
A Light Beneath Their Feet | Julie | ||
2016 | Fifty Shades of Black | Hannah Steale | |
The Perfect Match | Karen | ||
The Bounce Back | Jessica Williams | ||
2018 | White Chocolate | Anara Tomai | |
The Truth About Christmas | Jillian | TV movie | |
2019 | I Am Easy to Find | Co-Worker | Short |
2020 | Fatale | Micaela |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
2005 | Untold Stories of the E.R. | L. Montana EMT | Episode: "Motorcycle Runs Over" |
2006 | Bill Bellamy's Who's Got Jokes? | Model | Episode: "Warm It Up in LA" |
2008 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Nurse | Episode: "6.94" |
The Game | Female Party Goer | Episode: "The Lord Givens and the Lord Taketh Away" | |
2011 | Are We There Yet? | Danielle | Episode: "The Play Dates Episode" |
2012 | NTSF:SD:SUV:: | Minutes | Episode: "Time Angels" |
New Girl | Shelby | Recurring cast: Season 1-2 | |
2012–13 | Let's Stay Together | Connie | Recurring cast: season 2, guest: season 3 |
2013 | Inside Amy Schumer | Hunter | Episode: "Sex Tips" |
2014 | Psych | Emanuelle | Episode: "Cog Blocked" |
2014–15 | Black Jesus | Maggie | Main cast: season 1-2 |
2015 | The Game | Sonja Allen | Episode: "Acting Class and Rebound Ass" |
2016 | Real Husbands of Hollywood | Herself | Episodes: "#HollywoodTooBlack Part 1 & 2" |
2017 | The Mayor | Amber | Recurring cast |
2017–2019 | OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes | Red Action (voice) | Recurring cast |
In Living Color is an American sketch comedy television series that originally ran on Fox from April 15, 1990, to May 19, 1994. Keenen Ivory Wayans created, wrote and starred in the program. The show was produced by Ivory Way Productions in association with 20th Television and was taped at stage 7 at the Metromedia Square on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California.
Jenna Elfman is an American actress. She is best known for her leading role as Dharma on the ABC sitcom Dharma & Greg (1997–2002), for which she received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy in 1999, and three nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. After making her film debut in Grosse Pointe Blank (1997), she has appeared in Krippendorf's Tribe (1998), Dr. Dolittle (1998), EDtv (1999), Keeping the Faith (2000), Town & Country (2001), Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003), Clifford's Really Big Movie (2004), and Big Stone Gap (2014).
Wendie Malick is an American actress and former fashion model, known for her roles in various television comedies. She starred as Judith Tupper Stone in the HBO sitcom Dream On and as Nina Van Horn in the NBC sitcom Just Shoot Me!, with the latter earning nominations for two Primetime Emmys and a Golden Globe Award.
Erika Rose Alexander is an American actress, writer, producer, entrepreneur and activist best known for her roles as Pam Tucker on the NBC sitcom The Cosby Show (1990–1992), and Maxine Shaw on the Fox sitcom Living Single (1993–1998). She has won numerous awards for her work on Living Single, including two NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series. Her film credits include The Long Walk Home (1990), 30 Years to Life (2001), Déjà Vu (2006), Get Out (2017), American Refugee (2021), Earth Mama (2023) and American Fiction (2023), for which she was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Performance.
Lorraine Toussaint is a Trinidadian-born actress based in the United States. She is the recipient of various accolades, including a Black Reel Award, a Critics' Choice Television Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
Amber Evangeline Valletta is an American model and actress. She began her career as a fashion model, landing her first of 17 American Vogue covers in February 1993. During the 1990s, Valletta reached the status of supermodel, working as the face of Giorgio Armani, Chanel, Escada, Louis Vuitton, Prada, Valentino, Gucci and Versace, and signing multimillion-dollar cosmetics contracts with Calvin Klein and Elizabeth Arden. From 1995 to 1996, Valletta and her friend and fellow model Shalom Harlow hosted the MTV show House of Style.
Oliver Rutledge Hudson is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Adam Rhodes in the CBS comedy series Rules of Engagement (2007–2013), Jeff Fordham on the ABC musical drama series Nashville (2013–2015) and Wes Gardner in the Fox horror comedy Scream Queens. He appeared as one of the main cast members of the ABC sitcom Splitting Up Together, produced by Ellen DeGeneres. In 2022, he played FBI agent Garrett Miller in Fox's The Cleaning Lady.
Justina Milagros Machado is an American actress. She began her career playing secondary roles on television and film before starring as Vanessa Diaz in the HBO comedy-drama series, Six Feet Under (2001—05), for which she received Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series. Machado later starred in the short-lived series Missing, Three Rivers and Welcome to the Family and was a regular cast member in the first season of the USA Network crime drama Queen of the South.
Sara Rue is an American actress. She is best known for her performances as Carmen Ferrara on Popular, as Claude Casey on Less than Perfect, and as the Attorney General in Idiocracy. In 2011, she hosted The CW reality series Shedding for the Wedding. She had a recurring role in the comedy Rules of Engagement, as Brenda, the softball teammate and good friend of Jeff Bingham. She had a regular role as Kim on the short-lived ABC sitcom Malibu Country, and appeared in the main cast of the TV Land comedy series Impastor. She is also known for her role as Olivia Caliban in the second season of the Netflix series A Series of Unfortunate Events.
Wendi McLendon-Covey is an American actress known primarily for her work in comedic and improvisational roles. From 2013 until 2023, she played the role of family matriarch Beverly Goldberg on the ABC comedy series The Goldbergs, for which she was nominated for two Critics' Choice Television Awards for Best Actress in a Comedy Series.
Camara DaCosta Johnson, known as Yaya DaCosta, is an American actress and model. She was the runner-up in Cycle 3 of America's Next Top Model. DaCosta eventually went on to star in ABC's daytime drama series All My Children (2008), ABC's comedy-drama Ugly Betty (2009), and NBC's medical drama Chicago Med (2015–2022).
Samuel Nicholas Wechsler is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Kyle Valenti on The WB teen drama series Roswell, and as Jack Porter on the ABC drama television series Revenge.
Yvette Nicole Brown is an American actress. She starred as Shirley Bennett on the NBC sitcom Community, as Dani in the 2015 reboot of The Odd Couple on CBS, and as Dina Rose on the ABC sitcom The Mayor. Brown had a recurring role as Helen Dubois in Drake & Josh, and has had guest roles in television shows such as That '70s Show, The Office, Boston Legal, Chuck, The Soul Man, Mom, and Big Shot. In 2021, she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for her role in A Black Lady Sketch Show.
Samantha Lynn Hanratty is an American actress. Her first lead was in 2009, portraying Chrissa Maxwell in An American Girl: Chrissa Stands Strong. In 2011, she played the role Whitney Brown in the film The Greening of Whitney Brown. Hanratty is considered a Celebrity Friend for the Starlight Children's Foundation. Since 2021, she has played teenage Misty Quigley in the Showtime drama series Yellowjackets.
Stephanie Lynn Pratt is an American television personality. In 2007, she came to prominence after being cast in a supporting role on the reality television series The Hills. In 2010, the series saw Pratt become a primary cast member, joining Audrina Patridge, Lo Bosworth and Kristin Cavallari.
Kate Miner, also known as Kate Lang Johnson, is an American actress. Notable film credits include Fifty Shades of Black, The Campaign, Fired Up, Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon, and A Leading Man.
Annie Mumolo is an American screenwriter, actress, comedian, and producer, best known for co-writing the 2011 film Bridesmaids with Kristen Wiig, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award and a BAFTA for Best Original Screenplay. She and Wiig also co-wrote the screenplay and played leading roles for the 2021 comedy film Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar. She has also appeared in films such as This Is 40 (2012), Afternoon Delight (2013), The Boss (2016), Bad Moms (2016), Queenpins (2020), and Confess, Fletch (2022).
Sasheer Zamata Moore is an American actress and stand-up comedian. She is best known for her tenure as a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 2014 to 2017. Since her departure from SNL, she has garnered wider attention for her leading roles in the TV series Woke (2020–2022) and Home Economics (2021–2023). In 2024, Zamata starred as Jennifer Kale in the Disney+ Marvel show Agatha All Along. She has also served as a celebrity ambassador for the American Civil Liberties Union.
Fifty Shades of Black is a 2016 American slapstick romantic comedy film directed by Michael Tiddes and starring Marlon Wayans, who also serves as co-writer and co-producer. The film is a parody to the 2015 erotic romantic drama film Fifty Shades of Grey, the film co-stars Kali Hawk, Affion Crockett, Jane Seymour, Andrew Bachelor, Florence Henderson, Jenny Zigrino, Fred Willard and Mike Epps.
Kimrie Denise Lewis is an American actress, director and writer. She is best known for playing Poppy Banks on the ABC comedy Single Parents and Mika on the NBC comedy Kenan. She had a recurring role as reporter Ashley Davidson on Scandal.