Kym Whitley was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and raised in Khartoum, Sudan (Africa). Kym knew she was blessed with the gift to make people laugh after a chance encounter with Redd Foxx, who told her she had the “comedic goods.” Kym began living her dream as a stand-up comedian in Hollywood. She became Hollywood’s go- to-girl with her smooth transition to a talented, comedic actress in numerous TV shows, namely, ABC’s My Wife and Kids, CBS’s Two Broke Girls, Disney’s That’s So Raven, TV Land’s Soul Man and HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm. Kym completed production of her docuseries, Raising Whitley, on the OWN network. She has also been seen in the films A Haunted House 2, We Bought a Zoo, Fun with Dick and Jane, College Road Trip, The Nutty Professor, Next Friday and most recently Fist Fight, to name a few.
Kym Whitley was nominated for a 2017 Daytime Emmy Aw
Kym Whitley was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and raised in Khartoum, Sudan (Africa). Kym knew she was blessed with the gift to make people laugh after a chance encounter with Redd Foxx, who told her she had the “comedic goods.” Kym began living her dream as a stand-up comedian in Hollywood. She became Hollywood’s go- to-girl with her smooth transition to a talented, comedic actress in numerous TV shows, namely, ABC’s My Wife and Kids, CBS’s Two Broke Girls, Disney’s That’s So Raven, TV Land’s Soul Man and HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm. Kym completed production of her docuseries, Raising Whitley, on the OWN network. She has also been seen in the films A Haunted House 2, We Bought a Zoo, Fun with Dick and Jane, College Road Trip, The Nutty Professor, Next Friday and most recently Fist Fight, to name a few.
Kym Whitley was nominated for a 2017 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting or Guest Actress for her portrayal as Big Candi in the Emmy-nominated digital daytime drama series The Bay, the Series. In addition, Kym co-stars alongside Angela Bassett in the 2017 Primetime Emmy-winning episode of Master of None written by Emmy-winning writers Lena Waithe and Aziz Ansari.
Kym starred in Freeform’s (formerly ABC/Family) sitcom Young & Hungry for five years, which wrapped in 2017. Kym is also an accomplished voice-over actress. She has voiced the character Honeybee on Black Dynamite: The Animated TV Series and the character Melonee in the animated feature film Rango.
Currently, Kym can be seen in the new season of HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm, and heard on the radio every Tuesday and Thursday from 6–9am with Sherri Shepherd on the nationally syndicated “Tom Joyner Morning Show.”
