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'''Ashley Nicole Black''' (born June 15, 1985)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/ashleyn1cole/status/1007734877737967616|title=It's my birthday. Someone please let me borrow their teleportation machine that can get me an In N Out burger to NY. I know rich people have that and are hiding it from us.|last=Black|first=Ashley Nicole|date=2018-06-15|website=@ashleyn1cole|language=en|access-date=2019-02-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/meet-samantha-bees-army-of-trumpster-confronting-comics|title=Meet Samantha Bee's Army of Trumpster-Confronting Comics|last=Fallon|first=Kevin|date=2017-06-20|access-date=2019-02-19|language=en}}</ref> is an American comedian, actress, and writer from [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]. She was a writer and correspondent for ''[[Full Frontal with Samantha Bee]]'' from 2016-2019. She left the show in February 2019 to write and act in ''[[A Black Lady Sketch Show]]'' on [[HBO]].
'''Ashley Nicole Black''' (born June 15, 1985)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/ashleyn1cole/status/1007734877737967616|title=It's my birthday. Someone please let me borrow their teleportation machine that can get me an In N Out burger to NY. I know rich people have that and are hiding it from us.|last=Black|first=Ashley Nicole|date=2018-06-15|website=@ashleyn1cole|language=en|access-date=2019-02-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/meet-samantha-bees-army-of-trumpster-confronting-comics|title=Meet Samantha Bee's Army of Trumpster-Confronting Comics|last=Fallon|first=Kevin|date=2017-06-20|access-date=2019-02-19|language=en}}</ref> is an American comedian, actress, and writer from [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]. She was a writer and correspondent for ''[[Full Frontal with Samantha Bee]]'' from 2016-2019. She left the show in February 2019 to write and act in ''[[A Black Lady Sketch Show]]'' on [[HBO]].


Black received the 2017 [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special]] for her work on F''ull Frontal.''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://beta.prx.org/stories/189820|title=Ashley Nicole Black, Writer/Comedian|last=Klein|first=Sandi|work=[[Public Radio Exchange]]|accessdate=April 24, 2017}}</ref><ref name="russell">{{cite web|url=http://www.tvinsider.com/98839/full-frontal-with-samantha-bee-ashley-nicole-black-on-sharing-a-point-of-view-with-her-boss/|title=Full Frontal With Samantha Bee: Ashley Nicole Black on Sharing a Point of View With Her Boss|last=Russell|first=John|work=[[TV Insider]]|date=October 3, 2016|accessdate=April 24, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/interviews/a42011/full-frontal-writers-interview/ |title=These Three Women Are at the Feminist Frontline of Late-Night Television |last=Aggarwal-Schifellite |first=Manisha |work=[[Elle (magazine)|Elle]]|date=January 10, 2017|accessdate=April 24, 2017}}</ref>
Black received the 2017 [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special]] for her work on ''Full Frontal.''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://beta.prx.org/stories/189820|title=Ashley Nicole Black, Writer/Comedian|last=Klein|first=Sandi|work=[[Public Radio Exchange]]|accessdate=April 24, 2017}}</ref><ref name="russell">{{cite web|url=http://www.tvinsider.com/98839/full-frontal-with-samantha-bee-ashley-nicole-black-on-sharing-a-point-of-view-with-her-boss/|title=Full Frontal With Samantha Bee: Ashley Nicole Black on Sharing a Point of View With Her Boss|last=Russell|first=John|work=[[TV Insider]]|date=October 3, 2016|accessdate=April 24, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/interviews/a42011/full-frontal-writers-interview/ |title=These Three Women Are at the Feminist Frontline of Late-Night Television |last=Aggarwal-Schifellite |first=Manisha |work=[[Elle (magazine)|Elle]]|date=January 10, 2017|accessdate=April 24, 2017}}</ref>


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==

Revision as of 01:51, 31 March 2021

Ashley Nicole Black
Born (1985-06-15) June 15, 1985 (age 39)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
EducationUniversity of California, Santa Cruz (BA)
Northwestern University (MA)
Occupations
  • Comedian
  • actress
  • writer
Years active2014–present
Known forFull Frontal with Samantha Bee

Ashley Nicole Black (born June 15, 1985)[1][2] is an American comedian, actress, and writer from Los Angeles, California. She was a writer and correspondent for Full Frontal with Samantha Bee from 2016-2019. She left the show in February 2019 to write and act in A Black Lady Sketch Show on HBO.

Black received the 2017 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special for her work on Full Frontal.[3][4][5]

Early life and education

Black was born in Los Angeles, and grew up in Walnut, California, a suburb of said city.[6]

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.[7] 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.[7]

Career

Black's comedy career began at the Second City, where she first attended an improv class that her parents paid for her to attend.[4][7]

In 2016, she was hired as a correspondent on Full Frontal with Samantha Bee. She worked on the show for three years, during which time she received six total Primetime Emmy Award nominations, winning in 2017 for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special. Her last episode on Full Frontal was on February 13, 2019.

Black has also appeared as an actor on Comedy Central's Drunk History[8] and in the 2014 film An American Education.

In 2019, Black joined other WGA writers in firing their agents as part of the WGA's stand against the ATA and the unfair practice of packaging.[9]

She is a cast member and writer on HBO's A Black Lady Sketch Show, which debuted in 2019.[10]

Personal life

Black resides in Los Angeles.[10]

Awards and nominations

References

  1. ^ Black, Ashley Nicole (June 15, 2018). "It's my birthday. Someone please let me borrow their teleportation machine that can get me an In N Out burger to NY. I know rich people have that and are hiding it from us". @ashleyn1cole. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
  2. ^ Fallon, Kevin (June 20, 2017). "Meet Samantha Bee's Army of Trumpster-Confronting Comics". Retrieved February 19, 2019.
  3. ^ Klein, Sandi. "Ashley Nicole Black, Writer/Comedian". Public Radio Exchange. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
  4. ^ a b 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.
  5. ^ Aggarwal-Schifellite, Manisha (January 10, 2017). "These Three Women Are at the Feminist Frontline of Late-Night Television". Elle. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
  6. ^ Sanders, Sam (October 24, 2017). "Ashley Nicole Black From "Full Frontal" On Comedy, Improv, and Bridging Political Divides". NPR.
  7. ^ a b c Rudulph, Heather Wood (September 19, 2016). "Get That Life: How I Became an Emmy-Nominated Comedy Writer". Cosmopolitan. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
  8. ^ Martinelli, Marissa (February 7, 2018). "Drunk History Celebrates Nichelle Nichols for Breaking Barriers on Star Trek and in Actual Space". Slate.
  9. ^ "Patton Oswalt, David Simon, Danny Zuker, More WGA Members Post Termination Letters". Variety.
  10. ^ a b Specter, Emma. "A Black Lady Sketch Show's Ashley Nicole Black Couldn't Be More Emmy-Ready". Vogue. Retrieved October 14, 2020.
  11. ^ Blyth, Lisa de Moraes,Amanda N'Duka,Antonia; Moraes, Lisa de; N'Duka, Amanda; Blyth, Antonia (September 9, 2017). "Creative Arts Emmy Awards: '13th', Samantha Bee, Leah Remini, RuPaul Charles Among Night 1 Winners — Full List". Deadline. Retrieved June 12, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  12. ^ "Ashley Nicole Black - Filmography | IMDbPro". pro.imdb.com. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
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