page_title: Essence Atkins
hierarchical_section_title: Essence Atkins
caption_attribution_description: English: Actress Essence Atkins On Kindness, Motherhood and Her New Show, Ambitions
context_page_description: Essence Uhura Atkins is an American actress and model. 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.
  Atkins is best known for her roles on television comedies. From 1997 to 1999, she starred as Tasha Yvette Henderson in The WB sitcom Smart Guy. She later went to star as Dee Dee Thorne in UPN sitcom Half & Half and TBS comedy series Are We There Yet? as Suzanne Kingston-Persons. In film, Atkins has appeared in Deliver Us from Eva, Dance Flick, A Haunted House and A Haunted House 2.
context_section_description: Essence Uhura Atkins (born February 7, 1972) is an American actress and model. 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).
  Atkins is best known for her roles on television comedies. From 1997 to 1999, she starred as Tasha Yvette Henderson in The WB sitcom Smart Guy. She later went to star as Dee Dee Thorne in UPN sitcom Half & Half (2002–06) and TBS comedy series Are We There Yet? (2010–12) as Suzanne Kingston-Persons. In film, Atkins has appeared in Deliver Us from Eva (2003), Dance Flick (2009), A Haunted House (2013) and A Haunted House 2 (2014).
caption: Atkins in 2019
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