Kristin Clarke

Kristin Alyse Clarke (born March 12), known professionally as Kristin Clarke is an African American/ Barbadian film and theatre actress. Clarke was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan to an African American father and a Bajan/African American mother. Clarke attended Bates Academy elementary and middle school on the west side of Detroit. While she was in high school she attended Renaissance high school located on the west side, in the city of Detroit. After her mother remarried she moved to Birmingham, MI and changed schools. She attended Groves high school for her sophomore year where she enrolled in their drama program. Kristin found her talent in entertainment during her high school years and went to local auditions in Detroit, Michigan. She briefly attended Oakland Community College for theatre in 2019 to prepare for her first lead role. Clarke made her acting debut in October 2018 in the crime thriller film First Lady along side actress Nicole (Hoopz) Alexander. In 2020 She landed her first lead role in the romantic comedy Chocolate Kiss as Ashley Valentine seen on Amazon Prime Video. In November 2020 she occurred in the Swifts Motion produced thriller also on Prime Video: Circumstances II as Venus, an as Iesha in the film Trust Nobody to be released 2021. She is the great niece of film and theatre actress Dorothy Dandridge, the first woman of color to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress; the great gran daughter of singer, actress, and dancer Vivian Dandridge; and the great gran daughter of singer, composer, actor and writer Emmet "Babe" Wallace.