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Sasheer Zamata

Artist Ambassador for Women鈥檚 Rights

Pronouns: she/her/hers

Bio

Sasheer Zamata is an 老澳门开奖结果 Artist Ambassador for women鈥檚 rights. She is a comedian, actress, writer and former Saturday Night Live cast member for 4 seasons. Sasheer starred in NBC鈥檚 pilot SO CLOSE. In 2018, she starred in the independent feature 鈥淭he Weekend,鈥 opposite Tone Bell and Dewanda Wise and recently released her first one-hour comedy special, 鈥淧izza Mind,鈥 to rave reviews. She can also be seen in Amy Schumer鈥檚 鈥淚 Feel Pretty鈥 for Voltage.

She received improv and sketch training from the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, and performs stand up at colleges and clubs across the country. Additional TV credits include Transparent, Inside Amy Schumer, People Of Earth among many others. She鈥檚 told stories for This American Life. She co-created and co-starred in the webseries Pursuit of Sexiness, which was named one of the Top 10 Web Series of 2013 by Variety, and part of Glamour's 7 Web Series We Can't Stop Watching in 2015.

Sasheer has been listed in Cosmopolitan's 13 Funny Women to Watch, Time Out New York's Top 10 Funniest Women in NYC, Brooklyn Magazine's 50 Funniest People in Brooklyn, and Complex Magazine's Women in Comedy You Should Be Paying Attention to Right Now.

She's performed stand up at Bonnaroo, SXSW, Moontower Comedy Festival, SF Sketchfest, Vodafone Festival, Bridgetown Comedy Festival, New York Comedy Festival, Brooklyn Comedy Festival, Limestone Comedy Festival, Woodstock Comedy Festival, North Carolina Comedy Arts Festival, Great American Comedy Festival, and Women in Comedy Festival.

She can be seen on the big screen in Yoga Hosers, Sleight, The Outdoorsman, and Deidre and Laney Rob A Train. She鈥檚 done voice over for Call of Duty, Lucas Bros. Moving Co., and Albert (Nickelodeon). She also serves as 老澳门开奖结果's Artist Ambassador for .

In 2019, the New York Times sat in while with our Women鈥檚 Rights Project.