Sasheer Zamata is a comedian, actress and writer who can be seen on ABC’s Home Economics, Hulu’s Woke, Comedy Central’s Robbie, the horror comedy film Spree, and Lionsgate’s romantic comedy The Weekend. She was a cast member on Saturday Night Live for four seasons, and has appeared on This American Life and Late Night with Stephen Colbert. Her stand up special Pizza Mind is available to stream online and she is one half of the weekly podcast Best Friends, with her best friend Nicole Byer. She also serves as the celebrity ambassador for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and works with the Women’s Rights Project, which seeks to break down gender biases and ensure equal economic opportunities, educational equity, and an end to gender-based violence.
In THE FIRST WOMAN, Sasheer takes the stage in her second stand up special, with a new hour of laughs grounded in her experiences as a woman in America post-pandemic. She mocks companies for awkwardly trying to use feminism to sell their wares. She recounts the difficult task of snitching on a public indecency. And, she analyzes the limited history of witches, airplane pilots, and women in general.
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