Amber Ruffin

Amber Ruffin
Born Amber Mildred Ruffin
(1979-01-09) January 9, 1979
Omaha, Nebraska, United States
Occupation Comedian, writer
Years active 2008–present
Known for Late Night with Seth Meyers

Amber Ruffin is an American comedian and writer from Omaha, Nebraska.[1] She has been a writer for Late Night with Seth Meyers since 2014. When she joined the show, she became the first black woman to write for a late-night network talk show in the United States.[2][3]

Early life and career

Ruffin was born in Omaha,[4] where she attended Omaha Benson High School Magnet.[5]

Ruffin first began performing in 2001 in local theater productions in her hometown. She later moved to Chicago where she studied improv at the iO Theater. She moved to Amsterdam in 2008 to work as a writer and performer on the improv comedy troupe Boom Chicago. She also performed as part of The Second City in both Chicago and Denver. Ruffin moved to Los Angeles in 2011 where she joined the YouTube comedy team RobotDown and appeared on an episode of Key & Peele.[6] In 2014, she auditioned for a part on Saturday Night Live, but was hired by Seth Meyers to write for Late Night with Seth Meyers instead.[7]

In addition to Late Night, Ruffin writes on the Comedy Central show Detroiters and is a regular narrator on another Comedy Central show, Drunk History. As of September 2016, she was working on a then-untitled single-camera comedy show as its co-executive producer.[8] In 2017, it was reported that NBC had put the show, entitled Going Dutch, in development, and that it would be based on Ruffin's life. The show will be co-written by Ruffin and Michael Starrbury.[9] Also in 2017, she was nominated for, but did not win, a Writers Guild of America award in the category "Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) Series".[10]

In February 2018 she hosted the 70th Writers Guild of America awards ceremony.[11]

Personal life

Ruffin married Jan, a native of the Netherlands, in 2010. The couple met when Ruffin was working in Amsterdam with Boom Chicago.[12]

References

  1. ↑ Mertes, Micah (2014-02-25). "Omaha comic writing for 'Late Night with Seth Meyers'". Omaha World-Herald. Retrieved 2017-09-27.
  2. ↑ Grant, Drew (10 January 2014). "Meet Amber Ruffin: First Black Woman Writer in Late Night Talk Show History". New York Observer.
  3. ↑ Pesca, Mike (14 October 2016). "Inside Late Night With Amber Ruffin". Slate.
  4. ↑ "40 Under 40 - Amber Ruffin". Crain's New York Business. Retrieved 2018-09-23.
  5. ↑ Monroe, Waverle (2018-07-11). "Local comedian remembers her roots, comes home for Fourth of July". KETV. Retrieved 2018-09-23.
  6. ↑ Metz, Nina (8 January 2014). "More Chicago on Seth Meyers' show". Chicago Tribune.
  7. ↑ Rockett, Darcel (October 6, 2017). "Amber Ruffin gives us 'Late Night' laughs while forging her own path". Chicago Tribune.
  8. ↑ Wagmeister, Elizabeth (26 September 2016). "Seth Meyers Developing Two Scripted Comedies at NBC". Variety.
  9. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (2017-10-23). "'Late Night's Amber Ruffin To Co-Write & Star In NBC Comedy Based On Her Life From Lorne Michaels & Seth Meyers". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 2018-01-28.
  10. ↑ Lauder, Thomas Suh (24 January 2017). "Who's been nominated, who are the winners (WGA)". Los Angeles Times.
  11. ↑ McNary, Dave (2017-12-04). "Amber Ruffin to Host Writers Guild Awards in New York". Variety. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
  12. ↑ Megan Angelo; Amber Ruffin (February 23, 2018). "The First Time My White Husband Witnessed Someone Discriminate Against Me for the Color of My Skin". Glamour.


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