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Yamma Brown

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Yamma Brown was born in 1972 in Augusta, Georgia, USA. She is an actress, known for Hudson Hawk (1991), Fish Tank (2009) and Shaft (2019).
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    Known for

    Hudson Hawk (1991)
    Hudson Hawk
    5.7
    • Soundtrack("Body Heat")
    • 1991
    Katie Jarvis in Fish Tank (2009)
    Fish Tank
    7.3
    • Soundtrack("Get Up Offa That Thing")
    • 2009
    Samuel L. Jackson, Regina Hall, Richard Roundtree, and Jessie T. Usher in Shaft (2019)
    Shaft
    6.4
    • Soundtrack("Get Up Offa That Thing")
    • 2019
    Martin Lawrence, Kevin Conway, Vincent Regan, Marsha Thomason, and Jeannette Weegar in Black Knight (2001)
    Black Knight
    4.9
    • Soundtrack("Get Up Offa That Thing")
    • 2001

    Credits

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    Actress

    • The Regiment
      • In Production
    • No Reason (2022)
      No Reason
      5.1
      • Woman 1 Playing Cards
      • 2022
    • I'm Sorry - (Carla's Tales) (2020)
      I'm Sorry - (Carla's Tales)
      • Tamika
      • 2020

    Additional Crew

    • Chadwick Boseman in Get on Up (2014)
      Get on Up
      6.9
      • biography consultant
      • 2014

    Soundtrack

    • Jason Watkins and Tala Gouveia in McDonald & Dodds (2020)
      McDonald & Dodds
      7.6
      TV Series
      • writer: "Get Up Offa That Thing"
      • 2021
    • Karla Souza, Andrés Parra, and Paulina Gaitan in El Presidente (2020)
      El Presidente
      7.2
      TV Mini Series
      • writer: "Get Up Offa That Thing"
      • 2020
    • Samuel L. Jackson, Regina Hall, Richard Roundtree, and Jessie T. Usher in Shaft (2019)
      Shaft
      6.4
      • writer: "Get Up Offa That Thing"
      • 2019
    • Strictly Come Dancing (2004)
      Strictly Come Dancing
      6.1
      TV Series
      • writer: "Get Up Offa That Thing" (uncredited)
      • 2016
    • Chadwick Boseman in Get on Up (2014)
      Get on Up
      6.9
      • writer: "Get Up Offa That Thing / Release the Pressure", "Release the Pressure"
      • 2014
    • Eric Roberts, Tori Spelling, Reginald VelJohnson, Alfonso Ribeiro, Anna Delvey Sorokin, Joey Graziadei, Ilona Maher, Jenn Tran, Stephen Nedoroscik, Dwight Howard, Julianne Hough, Phaedra Parks, Chandler Kinney, Danny Amendola, and Brooks Nader in Dancing with the Stars (2005)
      Dancing with the Stars
      4.9
      TV Series
      • writer: "Get Up Offa That Thing"
      • 2007–2013
    • Jay Leno in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
      The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
      5.3
      TV Series
      • writer: "Get Up Offa That Thing" (uncredited)
      • 2011–2012
    • Katie Jarvis in Fish Tank (2009)
      Fish Tank
      7.3
      • writer: "Get Up Offa That Thing"
      • 2009
    • Ewan McGregor, Robin Williams, and Amanda Bynes in Robots (2005)
      Robots
      6.4
      • writer: "Get Up Offa That Thing"
      • 2005
    • Amanda Bynes in What a Girl Wants (2003)
      What a Girl Wants
      5.8
      • writer: "Get up offa That Thing / Release the Pressure"
      • 2003
    • DysFunktional Family (2003)
      DysFunktional Family
      6.5
      • writer: "Get Up offa That Thing"
      • 2003
    • Martin Lawrence, Kevin Conway, Vincent Regan, Marsha Thomason, and Jeannette Weegar in Black Knight (2001)
      Black Knight
      4.9
      • writer: "Get Up Offa That Thing"
      • 2001
    • Frank Oz, Bill Barretta, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire, The Great Gonzo, Rizzo The Rat, Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, and Fozzie Bear in Muppets from Space (1999)
      Muppets from Space
      6.2
      • writer: "Get Up Offa That Thing"
      • 1999
    • Rosie O'Donnell and Michelle Trachtenberg in Harriet the Spy (1996)
      Harriet the Spy
      6.0
      • writer: "Get Up Offa That Thing"
      • 1996
    • Whoopi Goldberg in Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993)
      Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
      5.7
      • writer: "Get Up Offa That Thing"
      • 1993

    Personal details

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    • Alternative name
      • Dr. Yamma Brown
    • Born
      • 1972
      • Augusta, Georgia, USA
    • Parents
        Deidra Jenkins
    • Relatives
      • Deanna Brown(Sibling)

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      Daughter of James Brown and sister of Deanna Brown.

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