Dr. Kiana Dancie

​Dr. Kiana Dancie  is a one-woman revolution at the intersection of laughter, healing, and empowerment. She is an award-winning comedian, transformational speaker, celebrated actress, best-selling author, certified emotional intelligence coach, and serial entrepreneur. With over 15 years of experience in entertainment and personal development, she has masterfully turned her pain into purpose and her voice into a vessel for global healing.

She is the visionary founder of Baggage Claim Worldwide, a transformational movement and international women’s empowerment conference defined as “a safe destination for women to claim, heal, and release any emotional baggage we all carry.” Her life’s mission is rooted in reminding every man, woman, and child: You are not the bags you carry. Through vulnerable storytelling, laugh-out-loud moments, and proven mental wellness tools, she helps others shed the weight of their past to step into their divine right to be happy, healed, and whole.

Dr. Dancie is also the creator of Laugh Therapy, a strategic wellness initiative where comedy meets emotional intelligence. What started as a response to the silence around mental health in corporate and male-dominated spaces has now become a sought-after keynote, workshop, and team-building experience. Laugh Therapy uses the science of humor to boost morale, encourage vulnerability, and build emotionally resilient workplaces—all while delivering joy and transformation in real time.

Her impact spans continents and industries. She is a TEDx speaker, a featured presenter at the University of Oxford's World Literacy Summit, and a Forbes Business Council speaker. She is also the founder of B.A.G.S. (Becoming A Guiltless Survivor), a nonprofit dedicated to connecting women with mental health resources and tools for lasting healing.

In entertainment, Dr. Dancie is a magnetic force. A former co-host of the nationally syndicated TV One talk show “Sister Circle Live,” she’s graced television and film screens, starred in stand-up specials like BET’s "Off the Chain" and "Who’s Got Jokes?", and acted in films including “One Crazy Christmas” and “SEXTUPLETS” with Marlon Wayans. She has worked with comedy icons such as Dave Chappelle, Kevin Hart, Katt Williams, Earthquake, Kountry Wayne, and Jess Hilarious, further cementing her as a respected voice in comedy and entertainment.

Dr. Dancie is the CEO of 3D Media Entertainment Group and the creator of The Dr. Kiana Dancie Show, a talk show that fuses real-life transformation with entertainment. She is a four-time recipient of the Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award, a Harvard-certified mental health and anxiety advocate, and a powerhouse voice for wellness, wholeness, and radical joy.

Whether through her best-selling books, her captivating keynotes, her unapologetic comedy, or her movement-making platforms, Dr. Kiana Dancie is not just someone to watch—she’s someone to work with, learn from, and never forget.