American actress and model Essence Atkins, famous for her regular role in the first African-American primetime drama “Under One Roof”. The Cosby Show 1986 was the beginning of her for her where she guest starred where actress Lisa Bonet appeared in the role of ‘Denise Huxtable Kendall’.
Prior to the 1995 CBS series, Atkins had already appeared on television series. She has started her career with a recurring and guest role on series and dramas, including ‘Family Matters’, where she was cast as ‘Jaimee Foxworth’. Let’s look down to find out more details about her life and her career.
Essence Atkins: biography, family, education
Born to parents, Geoffrey Atkins and Sandy Nelson, on February 7, 1972, in Brooklyn, New York, American Essence Atkins spent her early days in her hometown of Brooklyn. She has not revealed that she has any siblings. But there were rumors in the late 90’s that she is related to the Mowry brothers. However, no evidence of this was found, so she became a false alarm and she was left in a corner.
As for the education of the actress, she attended Profession Children’s School. and then she trained as a dancer at the Alvin Ailey Institute. Other than this, there is no other information about her college education.
Essence Atkins: Personal Life and Divorce
In early 2009, she had married the guy she met on match.com on Valentine’s Day the year before. This was when she married Jaime Méndez, a soccer defender from Puerto Rico.
However, this marriage lasted until their divorce in 2016. The couple have a baby together, a son born in 2011, named Varro Blair Méndez.
Subtitle : Essence with her ex-husband
Source : Essence
Essence Atkins: career and achievements
I see a big difference between acting just to start your career and making it your career. On the other hand, establishing yourself professionally as something is a big challenge in such a competitive market. However, Atkins never gave up.
It was until she had her debut as Paula Young on the Cosby Show from 1986 to 1989. Meanwhile, she had her first short film Nikita’s Blues (1999) where she played Nikita. She is also popular for playing Kisha Davis in “A Haunted House and the Sequel” in the years 2013 and 14.
His acting includes movies like ‘Love For Sale (2008)’, (Preacher’s Kid (2010)’, ‘A Haunted House (2013)’, and its sequel in 2104 among others. He has also done some series regular roles like ‘Half & Half’, ‘Are we there yet?’, and ‘Marlon’, for which she was nominated for the “NAACP Image Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series”.Currently, she works for the television series ‘Ambitions ‘ as an ‘Amara Hughesken’.
