Diedre Wayans

Diedre Wayans is an American screenwriter. She is also popular for being a member of the Wayans family of entertainers.

Diedre Wayans’ Early Life and Education:

Diedre Wayans was born in 1959, in New York City, New York, USA. However, her exact birthday is unavailable. She is the third child out of ten children. She is the daughter of an American social worker and homemaker Elvira Alethia and a supermarket manager father, Howell Stouten Wayans. Diedre grew up with her nine siblings, Dwayne, Keenen, Damon, Kim, Elvira, Nadia, Vonnie, Shawn, and Marlon.

Taking a look at her academics, it seems Diedre has not revealed publically regarding her educational background. However, she is surely a high school graduate from New York. But unlike most of her siblings, it is not sure if she attended college or not.

Diedre Wayans’ Professional Career:

Diedre Wayans worked as a screenwriter for several of her brothers’ sitcoms. However, her career didn’t turn out to be as successful as most of her siblings. Nonetheless, she did everything she could and made a beautiful career out of it for herself. Her siblings, on the other hand, are most successful. Her brother Keenen is a famous actor and comedian. He is mostly known for his Fox sketch comedy series In Living Color.

Her other brother Damon was a famous stand-up comedian. He is most notable for his works in Damon in 1998, In Living Color from 1990 to 1992, My Wife and Kids from 2001 to 2005, and more. Likewise, Shawn and Marlon collaborated and are famous for their works in movies like The Wayans Bros. from 1995 to 1999, Scary Movie in 2000, White Chicks in 2004, Dance Flick in 2009, and so on. Moreover, Marlon even had his own sitcom, Marlon in 2017.

Her sister, Kim is an actress, comedian, and producer who got her fame from the sketch comedy show In Living Color from 1990 to 1994 and In the House from 1995 to 1998. Her other sister, Elvira is a screenwriter and Nadia is an actress. Elvira wrote numerous episodes of her brother’s sitcom My Wife and Kids. She also wrote episodes of What Do You Know, The Anniversary Present, Celibacy, and more. Nadia is only famous for her portrayal in I’m Gonna Get You Sucka in 1998.