Ashley Nicole Black


Ashley Nicole Black is an American comedian, actress, and writer from Los Angeles, California. In 2016, she became a writer and correspondent for Full Frontal with Samantha Bee. She left the show in February 2019 to write and act in A Black Lady Sketch Show on HBO. In 2017, Black received the Primetime Award Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special.

Early life

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

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.
In addition to her work on Full Frontal, Black has also appeared on Comedy Central's Drunk History and in the 2014 film An American Education.
Her last episode on Full Frontal was on February 13, 2019.
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.

Awards