Kellita Smith Biography

Kellita Smith
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Kellita Smith
Born July 11, 1969 (1969-07-11) (age 40)
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Years active 1993–present

Kellita Smith (born July 11, 1969) is an American actress and model. She is best known for her role as Wanda McCullough on the sitcom, The Bernie Mac Show.

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Early life

Smith was born in Chicago, Illinois. In 1972, Smith's parents divorced and she and her brother Eric moved to Oakland, California to live with their mother. In 1989, Smith earned a degree in political science from the Santa Rosa Junior College. After taking early jobs as a saleswoman and an administrative assistant, Smith enrolled in an acting workshop.

Career

Smith has held recurring roles on CBS' Nash Bridges, UPN's Malcolm & Eddie, FOX Television's Martin, the WB's Jamie Foxx Show, Sister, Sister and ABC's NYPD Blue. She also guest starred on the sitcoms The Steve Harvey Show and The Parkers. She co-starred in Fox Searchlight's Kingdom Come starring Whoopi Goldberg, Miramax's The Crossing Guard with Jack Nicholson directed by Sean Penn and New Line Cinema's House Party 3. She developed her acting talent by a chance-casting in the play, Tell It Like It Tiz, which toured the U.S. for two years.

Other theatrical credits include the Los Angeles productions of No Place to be Somebody at the K.C. Theatre Company, Feelings (The Hudson Theatre) for which she won an NAACP Theatre Award for Best Supporting Actress, The Thirteenth Thorn (Complex Theatre) for which she was nominated for an NAACP Theatre Award for Best Actress, and One Woman Two Lives, which premiered at The Imagined Life Theater in July 2009.

Smith has appeared in magazines such as Savoy, People, TV Guide, Dysonna, Esquire, Black Men, Emmy, Fitness, Oil of Olay, Glamour, Vanity Fair, Cosmopolitan, Jet, Today's Black Woman, Stuff, and Essence.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

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