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She was one of the first Black Americans to gain recognition for film and stage work in the 1920s and 1930s. Washington was active in the Harlem Renaissance (1920s–1930s). Her best-known film role was as Peola in Imitation of Life (1934). She plays a young light-skinned Black woman who decides to pass as white.
Her blog, Blaria (named for "Black Daria"), has been featured in The Huffington Post, [2] and Robinson has regularly performed a live version of Blaria Live in Brooklyn and Washington, D.C. [3] With Jessica Williams, she is the creator and co-host of the 2 Dope Queens podcast and HBO series, and she created and starred in Refinery29's web ...
LightSkinKeisha's stage name was inspired by the character Kisha from the 1998 film Belly, whom she described as "dark-skin Kisha". [7] She first became popular as an influencer for comedic videos she posted to her Instagram and YouTube accounts starting in 2014, wherein she discussed her relationships and everyday life . [ 8 ]
She is one of a few African-American women to host their own late-night show. [11] In June 2019, Thede was named one of Variety's 10 Comics to Watch for 2019. [12] Most recently Thede created, writes, and performs in A Black Lady Sketch Show, which premiered on HBO on August 2, 2019. In April 2021, the second season of A Black Lady Sketch Show ...
Danitra Vance (July 13, 1954 – August 21, 1994) was an American comedian and actress who was a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live (SNL) during its eleventh season in 1985.
Women like Chelsie Kryst and Simone Biles, among others, remind us how often Black women are expected to perform an impossible balancing act: Be exceptional, but not threatening; resilient, but ...
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:American female comedians. It includes American female comedians that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.
What followed is… well, pretty hard to describe. But suffice to say, it will haunt AGT viewers’ minds for some time. After Pasha momentarily left the stage, host Terry wheeled out a pair of ...