The famous Essence Uhura Atkins is an American actress. 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 in television comedies.
Atkins began her career as a teenager guest starring on the NBC sitcom The Cosby Show in 1986. The following years she spent playing guest roles on sitcoms including Family Matters, before landing a co-leading role opposite James Earl Jones and Vanessa Bell Calloway in the short-lived first African-American prime-time soap opera Under One Roof in 1995. The following year, she co-starred with Keri Russell in the short-lived NBC teen soap opera Malibu Shores. One of her television roles was in the Saved by the Bell spin-off, Saved by the Bell: The College Years in 1993. She appeared in the pilot, but when Tiffani-Amber Thiessen, a regular from the original, opted to return, Atkins’s character was written out.
Where did Essence Atkins go to college and high school?
Essence Atkins attended ‘Profession Children School,’ which is a school for students who work and continue their studies simultaneously. She has learned the basics of dance from the Alvin Ailey Institute.
Did Essence Atkins go to film school?
Essence Atkins got to know about the auditions for ‘The Cosby Show from a job description posted on her dance institute’s bulletin board. Following this, she called the casting manager and made it to the show after appearing in a couple of auditions. Essence had initially started her career as a ballet and contemporary dancer but later quit her dance career for acting.
