Kiki Haynes

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Kiki Haynes
Born
Kianya Haynes [1]

(1976-12-17) December 17, 1976 (age 48)
OccupationActress
Years active1997–present
Parent(s)Reginald Haynes
Oona'o Haynes

Kianya Haynes [1] [2] (born December 17, 1976) [3] [4] is an American actress who is best known for role as Keisha on the OWN/TBS comedy-drama television series Tyler Perry's For Better or Worse . She has also had roles in the films Bamboozled (2000), Nora's Hair Salon (2004) and Restraining Order (2006).

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Career

Her first acting role was a small part in Spike Lee's Bamboozled (2000), which starred Damon Wayans and Jada Pinkett-Smith. She followed that with a small part in the 2004 comedy Nora's Hair Salon appearing alongside Jenifer Lewis and Tatyana Ali. Haynes' first break came in 2007 when she landed the lead role of Nicole Lawson in the stage play The Bachelorette Party by Donald Welch and in association with Will Smith. She gained other roles for different projects including Restraining Order (2006) and Double Duty (2009).

However, Kiki's big break came in 2011 after landing her starring role in Tyler Perry's For Better or Worse . Haynes plays Keisha Jones, single mother and ex-girlfriend to Marcus Williams (played by Michael Jai White). She is also newly wed to Richard Ellington, played by Kent Faulcon which causes quite a tension as Richard and Marcus are former college buddies and business partners. On November 9, 2011, she was nominated for Supporting Actress in a comedy at the 43rd NAACP Image Awards. [5]

Personal life

Kiki was born in Livingston, New Jersey, the daughter of Reginald Haynes, leader of the R&B singing group The Legendary Escorts, and Oona'o Haynes, a spoken word artist and founding member of the National Association of Black Journalists.

Kiki grew up in East Orange, New Jersey with her only sibling, Alethia Pierson. Her curiosity to seek a career as an actress began as a very young girl as she watched both her parents perform on stage. Once she joined the drama club at her middle school, Hart Middle, at the age of 10, she entered the drama competition and won the best actress award amongst 6th graders. That win awarded Kiki with a trip to visit the set of The Cosby Show , where she met Bill Cosby, Phylicia Rashad, Malcolm Jamal Warner and the rest of the cast. It was that monumental moment she realized she too one day would be on a set of her own, starring in a TV Show.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1997Rules of EngagementReceptionistTV movie
2000 Bamboozled Da Bomb Girl
2003Cutthroat AlleyGil's Girl
2004 Nora's Hair Salon Kiki
2006Restraining OrderTammy Smith
RingsJanelleShort
A Different LightMisty LawShort
2007Tournament of DreamsShirley
2008Shattered!Bartender
2009No ComplaintsJenn
Double DutyLilly
2010My Girlfriend's BackZoe
Cream SodaLillyVideo
2012Redemption of a DogAngela
2014Love the One You're WithMikiTV movie
2015My First LoveKareenaVideo
2017The Lost Souls CafePamTV movie
Message from a MistressRenee Clinton
2018Before You Say I Do Live!Tori
2019Intern-in-ChiefCamille
2020MatchedPorscha TurnerTV movie
2021Lost and foundEveShort

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2005 Barbershop Woman in audienceEpisode: "Debates and Dead People"
2011–12 For Better or Worse Ro'Keisha JonesRecurring cast: season 1, main cast: season 2
2012 Rules of Engagement ReceptionistEpisode: "Goodbye Dolly"
2014One LoveWaitressEpisode: "Tea-Ball"
2018Ladies of the LawMirandaMain cast
2020Two DegreesKikiEpisode: "Dessert & Down From There"
2021–present All the Queen's Men Detective DavisRecurring cast
2021 Twenties CocoaEpisode: "One Night Only?"

References

  1. 1 2 "Actress Kiki Haynes Talks with Kontrol Magazine". kontrolmag.com. 12 May 2015. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
  2. "IMDB Profile". imdb.com.
  3. "Week of December 16 - Calvary Lutheran Church". clconcord.org.[ permanent dead link ]
  4. "Kiki Haynes".
  5. "Kiki Haynes From TBS Comedy Sitcom "For Better Or Worse" Nominated for Supporting Actress in a Comedy for the 43rd NAACP Awards". 1888pressrelease.com.