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Bernie Mac is mad funny for certain, but we know the real reason you watch his show is to peep his wifey, Wanda.

Kellita Smith is often referred to as “new talent,” largely on the strength of her career-making role as Wanda, Bernie Mac’s saucy, fine-ass better half on Fox’s hit comedy, The Bernie Mac Show. But the fact is she spent almost an entire decade working the sitcom circuit, appearing on The Parkers, Malcolm & Eddie, The Jamie Foxx Show as well as movies such as House Party III, Kingdom Come and The Crossing Guard with Jack Nicholson.

What’s new for Smith is being at such a comfortable place in her career. “I’m humbly grateful to be at this level,” says the Chicago-born, Oakland-raised thespian. “This level definitely feels better than Top Ramen noodles and the 99 cent store, you know.”

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