Kali Hawk

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 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 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

Television 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