Kali Hawk

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title: "Kali Hawk" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1986-births", "living-people", "actresses-from-manhattan", "comedians-from-manhattan", "african-american-jews", "american-people-of-german-jewish-descent", "actresses-from-the-bronx", "american-film-actresses", "american-television-actresses", "american-women-comedians", "american-jewelry-designers", "comedians-from-the-bronx", "jewish-american-actresses", "state-university-of-new-york-at-purchase-alumni", "african-american-women-comedians", "african-american-comedians", "21st-century-american-comedians", "21st-century-african-american-actresses", "21st-century-american-actresses", "21st-century-american-jews", "20th-century-african-american-people", "20th-century-african-american-women", "american-women-jewellers", "jewish-american-comedians", "jewish-women-comedians"] description: "American jewelry designer (born 1986)" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kali_Hawk" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary American jewelry designer (born 1986) ::

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Field	Value
name	Kali Hawk
image	Kali Hawk on RealTVfilms.jpg
caption	Hawk in 2008
birth_date
occupation	Actress, comedian, model, jewelry designer
yearsactive	1998–present
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| name = Kali Hawk | image = Kali Hawk on RealTVfilms.jpg | caption = Hawk in 2008 | birth_date = | birth_place = | occupation = Actress, comedian, model, jewelry designer | yearsactive = 1998–present | education =

Kali Hawk (born October 4, 1986) is an American actress, comedian, model and jewelry designer. She has starred in films such as Fifty Shades of Black, Couples Retreat, Bridesmaids and Tyler Perry Presents Peeples. She recurred as Shelby in New Girl and co-starred in the first two seasons of the Adult Swim series Black Jesus.

Life and career

Hawk was raised in Manhattan. Her father was in merchandising and her mother was a buyer for Bloomingdale's. She is of African-American, Native American, and German Jewish ancestry.

She has appeared in several commercials and music videos, and she competed in the fifth season of Last Comic Standing in 2007.

Hawk has appeared in numerous comedy films, including Couples Retreat, Get Him to the Greek, Bridesmaids, Peeples, Answer This! and Fifty Shades of Black.

In 2012, Hawk was added to the cast of the In Living Color reboot pilot, which did not go forward. She also recurred in the sitcom New Girl as Shelby.

In 2019, Hawk was added to the cast of the ABC television series Schooled playing Wilma, a science teacher who was poached from an elite school to teach at William Penn Academy, but she was ultimately replaced by Haneefah Wood before appearing in an episode

Filmography

Film

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Celebrity	Popcorn Girl
2004	Mighty Times: The Children's March	Lenore	Documentary short
2005	Gotham Cafe	Party Guest	Short
Issues	Waitress
2006	Where Is Love Waiting	Faith
I Can See Clearly Now	Anara
Holla	Caprices
2007	Lovers & Haters	The One	Short
Caregiver	Tania	Video
2008	Killer Sound	-	Short
2009	Pushing Thirty	Rio	Video
Couples Retreat	Trudy
2010	Get Him to the Greek	Kali
The Fuzz	Officer Thompson	TV movie
2011	Bridesmaids	Kahlua
Answer This!	Shelly
Black and Jewish (Black and Yellow Parody)	Herself	Short
Answers to Nothing	Allegra
Let Go	Angela
2013	Peeples	Gloria Peeples
In the Meantime	Jazz	TV movie
Another Happy Anniversary	Susan	Short
Little Horribles	-	Short
2015	November Rule	Theresa
The Summoning	Ruth
Welcome to the Family	Stella	TV movie
A Light Beneath Their Feet	Julie
2016	Fifty Shades of Black	Hannah Steale
The Perfect Match	Karen
The Bounce Back	Jessica Williams
2018	White Chocolate	Anara Tomai
The Truth About Christmas	Jillian	TV movie
2019	I Am Easy to Find	Co-Worker	Short
2020	Fatale	Micaela
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Television

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Untold Stories of the E.R.	L. Montana EMT	Episode: "Motorcycle Runs Over"
2006	Bill Bellamy's Who's Got Jokes?	Model	Episode: "Warm It Up in LA"
2008	Jimmy Kimmel Live!	Nurse	Episode: "6.94"
The Game	Female Party Goer	Episode: "The Lord Givens and the Lord Taketh Away"
2011	Are We There Yet?	Danielle	Episode: "The Play Dates Episode"
2012	NTSF:SD:SUV::	Minutes	Episode: "Time Angels"
New Girl	Shelby	Recurring cast: Season 1-2
2012–13	Let's Stay Together	Connie	Recurring cast: season 2, guest: season 3
2013	Inside Amy Schumer	Hunter	Episode: "Sex Tips"
2014	Psych	Emanuelle	Episode: "Cog Blocked"
2014–15	Black Jesus	Maggie	Main cast: season 1-2
2015	The Game	Sonja Allen	Episode: "Acting Class and Rebound Ass"
2016	Real Husbands of Hollywood	Herself	Episodes: "#HollywoodTooBlack Part 1 & 2"
2017	The Mayor	Amber	Recurring cast
2017–2019	OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes	Red Action (voice)	Recurring cast
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References

References

1. "Kali Hawk". Listal.com.
2. "Actress Kali Hawk Discusses Her Celebrity-Loved Jewelry Brand, H.CROWNE".
3. "Runway ® - Celebrity Fashion Magazine - Kali Instincts". Runway ® - Celebrity Fashion Magazine.
4. "'Black and Jewish' Success Surprised Rising Multi-Talent Kali Hawk". Becksmithhollywood.com.
5. (April 3, 2012). "Meet The New Cast Of FOX's 'In Living Color' Reboot". The Huffington Post.
6. (3 August 2019). "'Schooled': Kali Hawk Joins ABC Comedy As Series Regular".

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