Wanda "Baby" McCullough

Wanda McCullough, commonly known as "Baby", is portrayed by Kellita Smith. The character is loosely based on the wife of comic actor Bernie Mac.

Character biography

When she first met her husband, Bernie (Bernie Mac) she was a snobbish, hard-working young woman. Her father hated him. After one night of watching him perform poorly at a comedy club, she realized his true potential. She later catches him on a CTA train and gives him a sweet pep-talk and uses his catchphrase "Who Ya Wit?". Apparently, they later fell in love and got married. In 2001, she and her husband had to take in his sister's three children: Vanessa (Camille Winbush), Jordan (Jeremy Suarez), Bryana (Dee Dee Davis).

When the kids first arrive, she is gullible and frequently spoils them, but Bernie immediately tells her that she shouldn't be that way. She spends one day with them and soon learns that she must be strict to keep them in line.

Along with her husband, she begins to love them like they were her own children. It then makes her desperate to have a baby with Bernie. In the final season, they continue to attempt to have a child but Wanda discovers she cannot reproduce.