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Sabrina Jalees
Born (1985-04-19) April 19, 1985 (age 39)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation(s)Actress, comedian
Years active2001–present

Sabrina Jalees (born April 19, 1985) is a Canadian comedian from Toronto, Ontario, now based in New York City, who writes a weekly column in the Toronto Star's ID section. She was a writer for Canada's Got Talent[1] and starred as a main cast member alongside Patricia Heaton in the 2019 TV comedy series Carol's Second Act.

Biography

The daughter of a Swiss mother and a Pakistani father, she graduated from Earl Haig Secondary School, and later from the Radio and Television Arts program at Ryerson University in June 2007.

She has made many Canadian media appearances, including as a commentator on MuchMusic's Video on Trial, Stars On Trial and LOL!, as well as a role in the drama series Flashpoint, and Jian Ghomeshi's Monday correspondent on CBC Radio One's Sounds Like Canada in the Summer. She also previously filed a regular segment on Go. She is a former host (until 2010) of Laugh Out Loud on CBC Radio One and a reality TV show for children, In Real Life, airing on YTV. She made a cameo in the video for the song Break This by Hunter Valentine. She narrates the CBBC series Rank the Prank.

Jalees came out as a lesbian[2] and was shunned by her extended Muslim family, an experience she relates in her 2013 Canadian comedy tour, "Brownlisted."[1] Her wife, Shauna McCann, is a fashion designer. They have a son named Wolfie.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Canadian comedian comes out to Muslim family, is 'Brownlisted'" (video interview). The Globe and Mail. 5 June 2013. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
  2. ^ Out for Laughs, April 1, 2010,
  3. ^ Radzimski, Melissa (Jun 5, 2019). "Sabrina Jalees Is The 'Lesbian Ray Romano' We've Been Waiting For". HuffPost. Retrieved Oct 9, 2019.


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