Chaunté Wayans

Chaunté Wayans is a member of the Wayans Family, whose members include Keenen Ivory Wayans, Damon Wayans, Kim Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, and her brother Damien Dante Wayans. She is the daughter of Elvira Wayans.^[3]

Chaunté entered the film industry as a production assistant, working on Americanizing Shelley and some of her uncles' productions, including Scary Movie 2 and My Wife and Kids. She later appeared as herself in the TLC series Trading Spaces. She made her feature film debut in 2009, alongside several extended family members, in the movie Dance Flick, in the role of Free Gas Pedestrian.

In 2013, Chaunté appeared on the MTV2 television series Wild 'n Out.^[4]

In 2019, Chaunté appeared in the stand-up comedy series Tiffany Haddish Presents: They Ready.^[5][6] She also appeared in multiple episodes of the truTV series Laff Mobb's Laff Tracks.^[7] In 2020, Chaunté appeared in the BET+ comedy series All The Way Black.^[8] The same year, she went on the House Arrest Comedy Tour, a virtual comedy tour held during the COVID-19 pandemic.^[9][10]

In 2022, Chaunté was one of the five comics to appear in the HBO Max stand-up special Marlon Wayans Presents: The Headliners.^[11] She starred in the 2023 romantic comedy Advanced Chemistry, which had a sold-out world premiere at the Dances With Films festival New York.^[12]

Chaunté is openly gay.^[9] She married her wife Marshay Nicole in 2023.