Angelica Zachary Bio, Children, Ex-Husband, Career, Net Worth

May 2024 · 5 minute read

Who Is Angelica Zachary?

Angelica Zachary is a Television Series Personality.  She is the former wife of Actor, Comedian, and Writer, Marlon Wayans.

There have been lots of discussions about the life of Angelica Zachary. While some say she’s an amazing person to have positively influenced her ex-husband, others say there’s something about her that her husband can’t let go of.

In this article, we are going to know more about her early life, age, family, ex-husband, and net worth. Take a read below:

Where Was Angelica Born?

Angelica A Zachery was born on February 22nd, 1968, in Los Angeles, California.

What’s Her Nationality?

Angelica comes from a mixed racial heritage. She is half-Japanese and half African-American.

How Old Is She Now?

Angelica Zachary is 54 years old as of 2022.

Who Are Her Parents?

While many believe Angelica is black but in actuality, she has roots from two races. Her father is Black, but her mother is Japanese.

In 2013, on The Wendy Williams Show, Marlon spilled the beans about his ex-wife.

How Did Angelica And Marlon’s Relationship meet?

Speaking on how her love life with Marlon started, Angelica disclosed that they met back in the early ’90s at an event. Details about the event are not available.

They got along with each other and in 1992, the pair started dating.

More than a decade since they started dating, Marlon and Angelica tied the knot in 2005. The ceremony in itself was a private one with only a handful of people in attendance. Not many details are known about where it took place.

Angelica came into the spotlight after marrying Marlon.

They are blessed with two adorable children. In 2002, Angelica Zachary and Marlon welcomed their first bundle of joy, their daughter, Amai Zackary Wayans. A few years later, Angelica gave birth to her son, Shawn Howell Wayans.

Unfortunately, their relationship turned sour later. Marlon was caught on camera having a romantic date with a woman much younger than him.

Few pictures released that day showed how he gave a steamy smooch to a woman on Yacht.

The news about Wayans cheating on his wife only made things worse as Angelica could not stand the pressure that came from social media users.

They got divorced in 2013, after over a decade of togetherness.

They however share a cordial relationship even though they’re no longer together.

To prevent their children from being affected by the separation, they are raising them together, with the children staying with Angelica.

Angelica Remains A Part Of Marlon

Even after their separation, Marlon feels Angelica Zachary is still a part of him. He uses every platform to express how he adores.

In 2018, he posted a beautiful birthday message for Angelica on his Instagram. On the post, he thanked her for her quiet resilience and support, captioning the photo, he said;

“I couldn’t achieve half of what I have without you allowing me the creative space to do so. I’m thankful for all the years we spent together but I’m more thankful for this beautiful friendship and this weird obtuse beautiful family that we have.”

In 2020, Marlon took to his social media handle, Instagram to post a beautiful post about his ex-wife.

‘Happy bday to this beautiful soul. A great woman inside and out. Truly one of the best people I’ve ever met. Thank you for loving me in silence, he wrote. He further went on to say, ‘The Bible says love is not loud. And you’ve been biblical and magical. Thank you for my beautiful kids. My life gifts. Love you for life woman.’ This shows how their relationship is beyond the wedding vows and has tested times.

Is Angelica’s Daughter, Amai A  Part Of The LGBTQ+ Community

Their daughter, Amai studies at the prestigious University of Southern California. She had her high school education from Oakwood School.

Meanwhile, Angelica’s son, Shawn studies at Loyola Marymount University. For high school education, the star kid attended The Buckley School.

Angelica Zachary and Marlon Wayans’ daughter, Amai came out as a lesbian and found out about her sexuality when she was 14.

Her parents have been supportive and her dad, Marlon takes prove in her.


Disclosing her sexuality on social media to her dad, she said, “Dad I kissed a girl, and I liked it.”

Marlon replied in a way that netizens could hold on to their laughter.

“Really B****, you going to break the news in the form of Katy Perry’s song.

There’s no doubt that Marlon Wayans is probably one of the workhorses of the American Entertainment Industry.

Marlon is best known for his work in movies like Scary Movie, White Chicks, and more. In 2021, Marlon Wayans played the role of Ted White in the movie Respect.

Marlon documented his real-life story with Angelica and his two adorable children in one of his most successful projects, the 2017 ‘NBC’ sitcom ‘Marlon.’

Is Angelica An Actress?

Yes, she is! She had brief acting roles that she played perfectly.

Her acting career started with a role as a pedestrian in the 1988 action–comedy parody film ‘I’m Gonna Git You Sucka.’

She was the inspiration behind the character of Ashley Wayne in the famous sitcom, Marlon.

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