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Kali Hawk
Born (1986-10-04) October 4, 1986 (age 38)
Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Education State University of New York, Purchase (BFA)
Occupation Actress, comedian, model, jewelry designer
Years active 1998–present

Kali Hawk (born October 4, 1986) is an American actress, comedian, model, and jewelry designer. She is known for acting in movies like ... Shades of Black, Couples Retreat, Bridesmaids, and Tyler Perry Presents Peeples.

On television, she had a recurring role as Shelby in the show New Girl. She also co-starred in the first two seasons of the Adult Swim series Black Jesus.

Life and Career

Kali Hawk grew up in Manhattan, a part of New York City. Her father worked in merchandising, and her mother was a buyer for the famous store Bloomingdale's. Hawk has African-American, Native American, and German Jewish family roots. For college, she attended the State University of New York at Purchase.

Her career began with appearances in commercials and music videos. In 2007, she showed off her comedy skills as a contestant on the fifth season of the TV show Last Comic Standing.

Acting Roles

Hawk has acted in many comedy movies. Some of her well-known films include Couples Retreat, Get Him to the Greek, Bridesmaids, and Peeples. She also starred in the parody movie ... Shades of Black.

In 2012, Hawk was cast in a new version of the classic comedy show In Living Color, but the show was not made. During that time, she also had a memorable role as Shelby in the popular comedy series New Girl.

In 2019, Hawk was set to join the cast of the ABC show Schooled as a science teacher. However, the role was later given to another actress before any episodes with her were filmed.

Selected Filmography

Here are some of the movies and TV shows Kali Hawk has appeared in.

Film

Year Title Role
2009 Couples Retreat Trudy
2010 Get Him to the Greek Kali
2011 Bridesmaids Kahlua
2011 Answer This! Shelly
2013 Peeples Gloria Peeples
2016 ... Shades of Black Hannah Steale
2016 The Perfect Match Karen
2016 The Bounce Back Jessica Williams
2020 Fatale Micaela

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2011 Are We There Yet? Danielle Episode: "The Play Dates Episode"
2012 New Girl Shelby Recurring role (7 episodes)
2012–13 Let's Stay Together Connie Recurring role
2014 Psych Emanuelle Episode: "Cog Blocked"
2014–15 Black Jesus Maggie Main role (Seasons 1-2)
2017 The Mayor Amber Recurring role
2017–2019 OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes Red Action (voice) Recurring role

See also

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