Essence Atkins Biography
(Actress)
Birthday: February 7, 1972 (Aquarius)
Born In: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Essence Atkins is an American actor, model, and AIDS activist. She began her career with 'The Cosby Show,' which was the first-ever African–American primetime soap opera. Until the mid-1990s, Essence was mostly seen in brief roles and then began getting more significant roles. Some of her notable series and films are 'Half & Half,' 'Are We There Yet?,' 'A Haunted House,' 'Under One Roof,' 'Malibu Shores,' and 'Smart Guy.' Essence is a trained dancer, and she even once dreamt of becoming a professional dancer. However, destiny had other plans for her. Incidentally, Essence got her breakthrough role because of her dance institute. Essence has been associated with a few AIDS-awareness programs and has contributed a lot to spread positivity about the disease. Essence was earlier married to former Puerto Rican collegiate football free safety Jaime Mendez, with whom she has a son. The two announced their divorce in 2016.