Acting
Demetria McKinney
Born August 27, 1979 · Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA (age 47)
Born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Demetria McKinney is an acclaimed actress and R&B singer best known for starring as Janine Payne on the long-running sitcom Tyler Perry's House of Payne. Beyond her extensive television and stage acting credits, she is a trained vocalist who released her debut studio album, Officially Yours, in 2017.
Known For
Church Girl · 2012Church Girl
★ 8.02012
MovieDrama
A pastor's daughter drifts from her faith when she falls in with a strong willed producer who wants to take advantage of more than just her voice. Adapted from the Angela Barrow-Dunlap musical.
Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married - The Play · 2006Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married - The Play
★ 6.02006
MovieComedyDrama
From acclaimed and award-winning playwright Tyler Perry comes a sensational new stage play about love, faith and the joys--and trials--of marriage. When a sexy young temptress threatens an already troubled marriage, a close-knit family rallies together to examine their own marriages and to rediscover the precious reason that the one they have is the one they want forever.
A Stone Cold Christmas · 2018A Stone Cold Christmas
★ 6.72018
MovieRomanceComedy
A holiday encounter with a forsaken boyfriend forces money-grubbing Mia Stone to re-examine her past, present and future.
Raising Izzie · 2012Raising Izzie
★ 8.12012
MovieFamilyTV Movie
A caring teacher helps an orphaned girl in taking care of her younger sister after their mother's death.
God's Grace: The Sheila Johnson Story · 2023God's Grace: The Sheila Johnson Story
★ 10.02023
MovieTV MovieDrama
Based on the life of Sheila Johnson who retired from the Air Force after being diagnosed with stage IV metastatic breast cancer and later went on to found an advocacy group to support Black women and men diagnosed with the disease.
Kirk Franklin's A Gospel Christmas · 2021Kirk Franklin's A Gospel Christmas
★ 6.32021
MovieTV MovieDrama
When Olivia, a young assistant pastor, gets assigned to be a lead pastor at a new church a month before Christmas, she's fearful she can't manage the transition, including getting the choir ready to open the town's annual Winter Jamboree. Banding together with her new congregation, Olivia discovers a new home for herself, and even finds a little Christmas romance along the way!
Coins Forever · 2021Coins Forever
★ 6.32021
MovieDramaRomance
Madison and Alec are flourishing in their dream jobs and have grown their budding romance but new challenges open old wounds and threaten to derail their relationship and their friendship.
Sons 2 the Grave · 2022Sons 2 the Grave
★ 8.32022
MovieDrama
After midnight on a bridge not linking neighborhoods but dividing them, eighteen year old basketball phenom Marcus Jennings was taken out. Friends remain silent, giving power to a killer, binding them for life. Celebrity attracts the good the bad and the ugly, not always clearly defined, but in the end, it was what they all had in common that ended Marcus's life ... fear. Fear of staying, fear of leaving and the fear of appearing weak. It's the choices we make.











