Don’t Miss A Story. Essence Atkins at the WACO Theater Center’s 3rd Annual Wearable Art Gala at The Barker Hangar at Santa Monica Airport on June 1, 2019 in Santa Monica, California.

In addition to Poppa’s House, Atkins has starred in several projects with the family — including Dance Flick, A Haunted House and A Haunted House 2, and the series Marlon from 2017 to 2018.

Atkins shares on-set stories of watching Damon and Marlon work. “I had such a good time. It was interesting though, to be between the two of them,” she tells TV Insider.