Kim LaShaunda Coles (born January 11, 1962) is an American actress,
comedian and game show host. Coles is known for her roles as a cast
member on In Living Color for the first season (1990-1991) and as
Synclaire James-Jones on television sitcom Living Single
(1993â€"1998), which both originally aired on Fox. She was the host of
BET's game show Pay It Off in 2009.Coles was born in Brooklyn. Her
father was the first Black dean of the Pratt Institute. She attended a
private Lutheran school and was quiet and studious until high school,
when her sense of humor emerged. She graduated from Brooklyn Technical
High School.Coles has appeared on many television shows, including
Frasier ("Dr." Mary Thomas), Six Feet Under, Celebrity Mole, Living
Single and The Geena Davis Show. Early in her career, she appeared as
one of the hosts of It's Showtime at the Apollo. She was an original
cast member on the sketch comedy series In Living Color that appeared
on the FOX network. After leaving "In Living Color", she then got the
role as Synclaire James on Living Single and won an NAACP Image Award
for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series. She appeared as the mother
of Spirit on UPN's One on One. Coles is a published author; her book
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.mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}ISBN 978-0-7868-8322-6, Hyperion
Books, 1998.Coles appeared on Celebrity Mole: Hawaii and was the first
contestant to be eliminated. At the reunion of the show, she was one
of two celebrities (the other was Michael Boatman) to correctly guess
that Frederique van der Wal was the series' saboteur, Kathy Griffin
was the winner, and Erik von Detten was the runner-up. Coles also
joined other celebrities for a weight loss journey on the VH-1 reality
show, Celebrity Fit Club. After 16 weeks, she lost a total of 24 lbs,
and dropping nearly 4 percentage points in body fat, going from 34.7%
to 31%. She accomplished this with the help of her team, "Ralphie's
Angels". She lost 10.2% of her body weight, dropping down to 196 lbs.
comedian and game show host. Coles is known for her roles as a cast
member on In Living Color for the first season (1990-1991) and as
Synclaire James-Jones on television sitcom Living Single
(1993â€"1998), which both originally aired on Fox. She was the host of
BET's game show Pay It Off in 2009.Coles was born in Brooklyn. Her
father was the first Black dean of the Pratt Institute. She attended a
private Lutheran school and was quiet and studious until high school,
when her sense of humor emerged. She graduated from Brooklyn Technical
High School.Coles has appeared on many television shows, including
Frasier ("Dr." Mary Thomas), Six Feet Under, Celebrity Mole, Living
Single and The Geena Davis Show. Early in her career, she appeared as
one of the hosts of It's Showtime at the Apollo. She was an original
cast member on the sketch comedy series In Living Color that appeared
on the FOX network. After leaving "In Living Color", she then got the
role as Synclaire James on Living Single and won an NAACP Image Award
for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series. She appeared as the mother
of Spirit on UPN's One on One. Coles is a published author; her book
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.mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}ISBN 978-0-7868-8322-6, Hyperion
Books, 1998.Coles appeared on Celebrity Mole: Hawaii and was the first
contestant to be eliminated. At the reunion of the show, she was one
of two celebrities (the other was Michael Boatman) to correctly guess
that Frederique van der Wal was the series' saboteur, Kathy Griffin
was the winner, and Erik von Detten was the runner-up. Coles also
joined other celebrities for a weight loss journey on the VH-1 reality
show, Celebrity Fit Club. After 16 weeks, she lost a total of 24 lbs,
and dropping nearly 4 percentage points in body fat, going from 34.7%
to 31%. She accomplished this with the help of her team, "Ralphie's
Angels". She lost 10.2% of her body weight, dropping down to 196 lbs.
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