Amai Zackary Wayans is one of the luckiest children of Hollywood who are born into luxury and fame. The 22-year-old media personality is the daughter of actor-comedian Marlon Wayans and his ex-wife, Angelica Zachary.
Despite being born to a famous celebrity, Amai has lived most of her life away from the spotlight. On the other hand, her father has established a successful career in the entertainment industry.
As we all know almost everything about Marlon, here we will talk about his daughter Amai. Scroll down below to know more about her career and personal life.
Who Is Amai Zackary Wayans? How Old Is She Now?
Amai Zackary Wayans was born on 24th May 2000 in the United States of America to actor-comedian Marlon Wayans and his then-wife Angelica Zachary. She was born under the birth sign Gemini.
As of now, Wayans is in her mid-20s. She grew up alongside her sibling, Shawn Howell Wayans who was born on February 3, 2002. She holds an American nationality and has Afro-American ethnic descent.
For high school, she went and graduated from Oakwood School which is located in North Hollywood. She then joined the University of Southern California in 2018.
When she got accepted in USC, Marlon took to Instagram and congratulated her with a screenshot of their Facetime call captioned:
"When your daughter gets accepted to #usc go Trojans!!! #proudpapa congrats my love. I told you ... you’re amazing! #blackexcellence"
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Did Amai Azachary Follow Her Father's Footstep Into The Acting World?
As Zackary is still in college, she is yet to pursue a career in any field. As mentioned above, she maintains a private lifestyle away from the media and spotlight hence, it is unclear if she is involved in any kind of business venture.
Whereas her father began appearing on In Living Color between 1992 to 1993. From 1995-1999, he co-starred alongside his brother Shawn Wayans in the WB sitcom The Wayans Bros.
He then starred in films and TV shows like I'm Gonna Git You Sucka, Above the Rim, The 6th Man, Senseless, The Parent 'Hood, Waynehead, and more.
The actor-comedian made his breakthrough as Shorty Meeks in the 2000 film Scary Movie which he co-wrote as well. He reprised his role as Meeks in its sequel Scary Movie 2.
His other notable credits are The Ladykillers, White Chicks, Norbit, Dance Flick, A Haunted House film sequel, Funniest Wins, Animals, Marlon, and Sherman's Showcase.
Marlon played Ted White in the biographical musical drama film Respect alongside Jennifer Hudson, Forest Whitaker, Audra McDonald, and others.
According to Celebrity Net Worth, he has an estimated net worth of $40 million.A year later, Marlon's fortune is the same as it was in 2021.
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Is Amai Zackary Wayans Dating Anyone?
The star kid is a Lesbian and has openly expressed her sexuality. As per her father, Zackary came out to Marlon when she was just 14 years old.
According to her father, she came out of the closet using one of the lines of Katy Perry's song: "I Kissed a Girl and I liked it." to which he responded casually and jokingly:
"why you had to choose a Katy Perry's song instead of an Aretha Franklin's one to come out."
Talking about her relationship status, Amai hasn't been spotted with anyone in the public nor has she been linked with anyone romantically. Hopefully, she will let the public know more about her personal life in the near future.
Is Amai Available On Social Media?
Sadly, Amai Zackary Wayans is not present on any of the social media sites including Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. She does not like to share her personal life in the public rather, she loves living a life away from media attention.
On the other hand, her father, Marlon is almost available on all the major social media platforms and has millions of fan following in each of them.
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