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Living Single: Created by Yvette Lee Bowser. With Queen Latifah, Kim Coles, Erika Alexander, John Henton. Follows the lives of several single male and female roommates and friends in 1990s Brooklyn, New York.
- (6.7K)
- 1993-08-22
- Comedy
- 30
Living Single featured successful Black characters including an attorney, a stockbroker, and a business owner, in contrast to Friends, which featured white characters including a waitress, a folk singer, and an unemployed actor.
Living Single (TV Series 1993–1998) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
- Helen Armitage
- Queen Latifah – Khadijah James. Played by Queen Latifah, the ambitious and independent Khadijah James was the editor and publisher of her own urban magazine Flavor and shared an apartment with roommates Regine and Synclaire.
- Kim Coles – Synclaire James. Kim Coles played Khadijah’s roommate and cousin Synclaire James-Jones. An aspiring actress, Synclaire was sweet-natured and a more naïve than her cousin who she worked for at Flavor magazine as a receptionist.
- Kim Fields – Regine Hunter. Khadijah’s childhood friend Regine Hunter (Kim Fields) was a sassy fashionista with a penchant for wigs and gossip who worked as a buyer for a boutique and was constantly on the lookout for Mr. Right.
- Erika Alexander – Maxine ‘Max’ Shaw. Erika Alexander of Black Lightning and Wu-Tang: An American Saga fame played Maxine ‘Max’ Shaw. A sharp-tongued public defender, Max was Khadijah’s best friend from college and spent much of her time at the girls’ brownstone.
- Queen Latifah (Khadijah James) Before playing the role of a successful magazine founder in NYC, Queen Latifah was known for her musical talent. Latifah's career began in the early-'90s with her album All Hail the Queen, which featured her hit single "Ladies First."
- Kim Fields (Regine Hunter) Kim Fields grew up under the spotlight: Her mother, Chip Fields, was a singer, actress, and TV director. Years before landing the role of socialite wannabe Regine Hunter, Fields gained fame as Dorothy "Tootie" Ramsey on The Facts of Life.
- Kim Coles (Synclaire James-Jones) In the early-'90s, Kim Coles found success as part of the original cast of the sketch comedy series In Living Color. Due to the popularity of the show, Coles landed the role of the hilarious Synclaire on Living Single, which cemented her legacy in pop culture.
- Erika Alexander (Maxine Shaw) Erika Alexander got her break when she portrayed Pam Tucker on The Cosby Show, a part which secured her ascent to fame as a '90s sitcom star.
Created by Yvette Lee Bowser (producer of A Different World and Hangin' with Mr. Cooper), Living Single is a sexy, funny, and inspirational look at six young, upwardly mobile friends sharing laughs, love, and a Brooklyn townhouse.
Aug 22, 2018 · Culture. How the ’90s Kinda World of Living Single Lives on Today. Twenty-five years after its premiere, the cast and crew of Yvette Lee Bowser’s iconic ensemble sitcom talk about the show’s...
