Birthday: Nov. 29.
Birthplace: Brooklyn.
Occupation: Actress, comedian.
Current home: Hollywood Hills.
Marital status: Single, with a boyfriend, Mark Williams, the cutest guy in the world. He’s a screenwriter.
Children: A daughter, Akeyla, 9.
Car: A black 1992 Eagle Talon with a dent on the side.
Working on: I’m starring in “Cleghorne!” on the Warner Brothers Network and I’m in the movie “Mr. Wrong” with Ellen DeGeneres that opens on Valentine’s Day, and I do my stand-up routine around the country.
Favorite childhood memory: Every time I smell fresh baked bread, it reminds me of baking bread with my grandmother on Sunday mornings with the sun streaming through the window. Prized possession: My four-poster canopy bed. Personal heroes: Every black girl’s hero is Harriet Tubman and I always liked Bugs Bunny because he could always get away.
People always think I’m: Kim Wayans from “In Living Color.”
I wish I could stop: Saying “sorry” all the time.
I’ve never been able to: Go out with a guy who was rich and famous or even just better off than me.
I’m better than anyone else when it comes to: Being goofy.
If I could do it over I: Would have gone to Yale to study drama.
I want to teach my child: That effort is its own reward.
The worst advice my mother ever gave me: “Your mouth is going to get you in trouble. Shut up!”
If I could change one thing about myself: I’d be younger. I’d love to start over.
The best time of my life: Finding out there was life after “Saturday Night Live.”
If I wasn’t an actress, I’d be: An anthropologist in Africa.
If I’ve learned one thing in life it’s: Listen to yourself. The one thing I can’t stand: Someone talking to me when I’m sleeping. Three words that best describe me: A regular person.
