Ashley Nicole Black
Ashley Nicole Black | |
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Los Angeles, California, U.S. | June 15, 1985
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Years active | 2014–present |
Known for | Full Frontal with Samantha Bee |
Ashley Nicole Black (born June 15, 1985) is an American comedian, actress, and writer from Los Angeles, California. In 2016, she became a writer and correspondent for Full Frontal with Samantha Bee.[1][2][3]
Early life
Black was born in Los Angeles, and grew up in Walnut, California, a suburb of said city.[4]
Black graduated from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 2007 with a degree in theatre arts. She then attended Northwestern University where she earned a master's degree in performance studies.[5] Black was four years into a PhD program at Northwestern University when she decided to drop out and pursue her dream of working in comedy.[5]
Career
Her comedy career began at the Second City, where she first attended an improv class that her parents paid for her to attend.[2][5]
Black earned an Emmy for Outstanding Writing For A Variety Special in 2017 for her work as one of the writers on Not the White House Correspondents’ Dinner special for Full Frontal with Samantha Bee.[6]
Overall, Black has been nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards for her work as a writer and correspondent on Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, once in 2016 and twice in 2017.[7][8]
In addition to her work on Full Frontal, Black has also appeared on Comedy Central's Drunk History[9] and in the 2014 film An American Education.
References
- ↑ Klein, Sandi. "Ashley Nicole Black, Writer/Comedian". Public Radio Exchange. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
- 1 2 Russell, John (October 3, 2016). "Full Frontal With Samantha Bee: Ashley Nicole Black on Sharing a Point of View With Her Boss". TV Insider. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
- ↑ Aggarwal-Schifellite, Manisha (January 10, 2017). "These Three Women Are at the Feminist Frontline of Late-Night Television". Elle. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
- ↑ Sanders, Sam (October 24, 2017). "Ashley Nicole Black From "Full Frontal" On Comedy, Improv, and Bridging Political Divides". NPR.
- 1 2 3 Rudulph, Heather Wood (September 19, 2016). "Get That Life: How I Became an Emmy-Nominated Comedy Writer". Cosmopolitan. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
- ↑ http://deadline.com/2017/09/emmy-awards-2017-winners-creative-arts-night-1-list-1202165589/
- ↑ http://www.emmys.com/sites/default/files/Downloads/69th-nominations-list-v1ry.pdf
- ↑ https://pro-labs.imdb.com/name/nm2730724/awards?ref_=nm_nav_ov_awards
- ↑ Martinelli, Marissa (February 7, 2018). "Drunk History Celebrates Nichelle Nichols for Breaking Barriers on Star Trek and in Actual Space". Slate.