Quick Facts of Amai Zackary Wayans

  • Full NameAmai Zackary Wayans
  • Date of Birth24 May, 2000
  • NicknameAmai Wayans
  • Marital Status Single
  • BirthplaceUSA
  • Ethnicity Afro-American
  • ProfessionFamily Member, Famous Star
  • Nationality American
  • Eye colour Black
  • Hair colour Black
  • BuildSlim
  • EducationUniversity of Southern California
  • Horoscope Gemini

Today’s topic is about a famous family member, Amai Zackary Wayans who rose to fame as the daughter of her famous father, Marlon Wayans, an American actor, comedian and screenwriter. Her mother, Angelica Zachary has officially divorced with Marlon, however, they still take care of their children together.

The beautiful star, Amai also has a brother. Both of the kids spend a lavish life as their father, Marlon has collected a net worth of $40 Million at present. So, the children have it all to live a luxurious life. To know in detail about Amai’s biography, scroll down.

Early Life of Amai Zackary Wayans

Amai Zackary Wayans was born to her celebrity parents, Marlon Wayans (father) and Angelica Zachary (mother). She grew up along with her younger brother, Shawn Howell Wayans who is currently 17 years old. Her sibling, Shawn is a basketball player.

Marlon Wayans with his children at the premiere of Fifty Shades of Black in LA in 2016
Marlon Wayans with his children at the premiere of Fifty Shades of Black in LA in 2016
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Her grandfather, Howell Stouten Wayans was a supermarket manager, whereas, her grandmother, Elvira Alethia was a homemaker and social activist. Amai’s uncles are Shawn Wayans, Dwayne Wayans, Damon Wayans, and Keenen Ivory Wayans.

Talking about Amai’s educational side, she is currently a student at the University of Southern California.

Father, Marlon Wayans

As we mentioned many times before, Amai Zackary Wayans rose to fame due to her famous father, Marlon Wayans. Marlon is widely recognized for appearing in The WB sitcom, The Wayans Bros. His famous films are Scary Movie, Scary Movie 2, White Chicks, Little Man, and Dance Flick.

Amai Zackary with her father, Marlon Wayans
Amai Zackary with her father, Marlon Wayans
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At the beginning of his career, Marlon appeared in an American comedy TV series, In Living Color with his siblings from 1992 to 1993. He also ran 10 episodes of his own sitcom, Marlon.

Relationship With Father

Amai Zackary Wayans is so much close to her father as Marlon keeps uploading pictures of Amai via his Instagram where he has over 4.7m followers. On 3rd June 2019, Marlon posted a picture of his daughter where Amai is wearing rainbow sneakers. The symbol is also associated with the LGBTQ community.

Marlon Wayans posts about his daughter in 2019
Marlon Wayans posts about his daughter in 2019
Image Source: Instagram@marlonwayans

Marlon captioned the post saying:

Happy pride to my pride and joy. I wouldn’t change one effing thing about you. Love you to the moon around the sun through the galaxies and back again.

After the post, many of Marlon’s followers speculated Amai to be a lesbian/bisexual. On the other hand, many of his fans supported him. One of the fans also commented:

Sexual orientation does not define to you and May God continue to Bless you. The God I serve Loves all his children.

Well, Marlon treats his kids as their friend rather than dad. He thinks the only way to share things and have communication is just possible after being friends with his kids. Thus, the relationship between the dad and daughter is very strong at present.

Net Worth

The famous star, Amai Zackary Wayans is not active in any type of profession. She is still on her study phase. So, her net worth is not available on the media. As a matter of fact, she enjoys a $40 Million net worth of her father as per the Celebrity Net Worth.

Marlon’s one of the films, Scary Movie was made with a total budget of $19 Million that collected $280 Million worldwide in the box office. His film, Haunted House grossed $60 Million over the total budget of just $2.5 Million. Hence, Amai is leading a lavish life with his family as of 2019.