Kali Hawk

Kali Hawk (born October 4, 1986) is an American actress, comedian, model and jewelry designer.^[2] 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.

Hawk was raised in Manhattan.^[3] Her father was in merchandising and her mother was a buyer for Bloomingdale's.^[3] She is of African-American, Native American, and German Jewish ancestry.^[4] She attended State University of New York at Purchase.

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.^[5] 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^[6]

• Kali Hawk at IMDb