Kym Whitley
Biography
Kym Whitley is an American actress and comedian whose career has spanned sitcoms, films and hosting. Born in Shaker Heights, Ohio, she attended Fisk University before landing her break in 1989 in Shelly Garrett's touring play Beauty Shop. She became a familiar face on television, with roles on the sitcoms My Brother and Me and Sparks and guest appearances on shows including Moesha, The Parkers and Curb Your Enthusiasm. She hosted the BET show Oh Drama, co-hosted The Brian McKnight Show, played Charmaine Wax on Let's Stay Together and Yolanda on Young & Hungry, and was a recurring guest host on the E! programs Daily Pop and Nightly Pop. Her film credits include Next Friday (2000) and Deliver Us from Eva (2003), the latter bringing her a 2004 BET Comedy Award nomination. She later guest starred on Master of None and appeared in You People.
65years old
Turns 66 on June 7in 237 days
- Born Shaker Heights
- Star sign: GeminiThe sign runs May 21 to June 20
- Also credited as Kym Elizabeth Whitley
Movie Career
- Films
- 18
- Career span
- 25 years2000 to 2025
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Big break
Whitley's big break came in 1989, when she starred in Shelly Garrett's popular play Beauty Shop. The production started in Los Angeles and later traveled across the United States.
Kym Whitley movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
John Hamburg directed two of these films. Ten actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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All films by John Hamburg
Also two films together4 more actors
- Jaime PresslyA Haunted House 2 (2014) and I Love You, Man (2009)
- Buddy LewisThe Outlaw Johnny Black (2023) and House Party 4: Down to the Last Minute (2001)
- Essence AtkinsA Haunted House 2 (2014) and Deliver Us from Eva (2003)
- Tracey Cherelle JonesSomething Like a Business (2010) and Baby Boy (2001)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Kym Whitley's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$604 million
10 of the 17 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 17 films: 10 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 2 never in cinemas; 3 figure not found.
- 10Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 2Never in cinemas
- 3Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 99% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$178M29.5% of the total
- 2$120M19.9% of the total
- 3$92M15.2% of the total
- 4$60M9.9% of the total
- 5$52M8.5% of the total
- 6$41M6.8% of the total
- 7$29M4.9% of the total
- 8$25M4.2% of the total
$6.4 millionfrom the other 2 films with a worldwide figure, 1% of the total