- Acting films
- 17
- Acting avg
- 6.11
- Peak run
- 2001’13
Acting films, by TMDB rating
The career
Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 25+ votes
Essence by the numbers
Average
6.11
7 rated films
Vote weighted
6.09
bigger films count more
Median
6.3
half are better
Consistency
±0.52
rating spread
Career
26y
2001 to 2026
Total votes
5.79K
across every film
Best
6.4
How High
Worst
5.0
Dance Flick
Newest first
Filmography
| 2026 | Toni Braxton’s Breathe Again | Evelyn | · | 5 |
| 2025 | He Wasn't Man Enough | Monica | · | 3 |
| 2022 |  The Noel Diary | Noel Hayden | 6.3 | 413 |
| 2022 | Angie's Cure | Sheila Hart | · | 2 |
| 2020 | Illicit | Nadine | · | 2 |
| 2017 | Battle Scars | Elsie Ramirez | · | 5 |
| 2014 |  A Haunted House 2 | Kisha | 6.2 | 1,637 |
| 2013 | Act Like You Love Me | Kelly Lofton | · | 5 |
| 2013 |  A Haunted House | Keisha | 6.0 | 2,125 |
| 2012 | Dysfunctional Friends | Alice | · | 17 |
| 2010 | N-Secure | Robin Joyner | · | 11 |
| 2010 |  Preacher's Kid | Peaches | 6.4 | 46 |
| 2009 |  Dance Flick | Charity | 5.0 | 312 |
| 2008 | Love for Sale | Candace | · | 9 |
| 2003 |  Deliver Us from Eva | Kareenah Dandridge | 6.5 | 93 |
| 2002 | Looking Through Lillian | Andrea | · | 4 |
| 2001 |  How High | Jamie | 6.4 | 1,100 |
Better together?
Essence Atkins's regulars
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.
Films together: Michael Tiddes and Essence Atkins movies
Takes