Sasheer Zamata
Sasheer Zamata was born in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan on May 6th, 1986 and is the Comedian. At the age of 38, Sasheer Zamata biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, TV shows, and networth are available.
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Career
Since 2009, Zamata has appeared at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York City. Will You Fall for That? She co-starred in ABC News' undercover camera film series Would You Fall for That? She was a cast member of MTV's series Hey Girl. Zamata has appeared on Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell and Inside Amy Schumer. She appears in the webseries Pursuit of Sexiness. In addition, she has appeared in CollegeHumor sketches.
Michelle Obama, Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, Tyra Banks, and Beyoncé were among the impersonations on Zamata's YouTube channel.
In Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare Zombie mode, Zamata also voices Sally. In 2021, Zamata voiced Mary in Muppets Haunted Mansion.
Nicole Byer, her best friend and fellow comedian, co-hosts Best Friends, a podcast with her best friend and fellow comedian, Amy Goldman.
Zamata appeared on NBC's Saturday Night Live (SNL) in 2014 for the 39th season. She joined the SNL cast during a season in which television critics and black comedians had mocked the show for not being ethnically diverse (specifically, not recruiting any black female cast members at the start of the new season and only having five of them in the nearly 40 years the show has been on air). Zamata was the first black female cast member on SNL after biracial Maya Rudolph's departure midway through the show's 33rd season in 2007.
Zamata debuted on SNL as a featured player in Drake's hosted January 18, 2014 episode, in which she impersonated Rihanna. In the first episode of Season 41, she was promoted to repertory player. Janelle, a teenage girl who directs a YouTube channel called How 2 Dance with Janelle but is unaware of how her evolving sexuality is coming off to viewers, and Keeley, a contestant on an African-American centric version of Jeopardy.called Black Jeopardy!
Including Rihanna, Michelle Obama, Kerry Washington, Nicki Minaj, Beyoncé, Solange Knowles, Lupita Nyong'o, and Taraji P. Henson, some of her celebrity appearances include the aforementioned Rihanna, Michelle Obama, Kerry Washington, Nicki Minaj, Beyoncé, Solange Knowles, Michelle Washington, Lupita Nyong'o. Since the season 42 finale, she left the show in 2017.In 2015, Zamata was named a celebrity ambassador to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and started collaborating with the Women's Rights Initiative. The ACLU Women's Rights Initiative is aiming to debunk gender stereotypes and "ensure equal economic opportunities, educational equality, and an end to gender-based violence." She has spoken out against racial profiling in the United States today and has advocated for equal rights for people of color, particularly in the case of women of color. Zamata talked to Allure about her encounters with discrimination and colourism. She has stated that although she has often been mocked for her darker skin tone, she hopes to make her experiences into a symbol of self-acceptance and body positivity for women of all sorts.