Robin Thede
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Robin Thede (THEREe) is an American comedic actor, writer, sketch, and improvisational comedian.
She was born in Iowa and has worked as an entertainment reporter, host, and radio presenter.
She became the first African-American woman to be head writer for a late-night talk show in 2015 (The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore).
On BET, Thede appeared on BET from 2017 to 2018.
Early life and education
Robin Thede was born in Spencer, Iowa. Phyllis Thede, an African American, and Dave Thede, a German American, are her parents. Robin Thede was named after stand-up comedian and actor Robin Williams. On Late Night with Seth Meyers, she remarked that this was most likely due to her father's love of Williams' work. She grew up in Davenport, Iowa, where her father was an educator and her mother served in community schools as well as the union for school employees. The two sisters of Thede's were born there. In Davenport, thede and her sisters attended local schools. Her parents moved to Bettendorf, Iowa, later in life.
Her mother was elected as Iowa State Representative for District 93 in 2009 and has been repeatedly re-elected. She continues to serve in the legislature.
Thede received a degree in Broadcast Journalism and African-American Studies from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. Thede spent time in college at The Second City Theatre Company in Chicago.
Career
Diallo Riddle and Bashir Salahuddin, writers, and Robin first began with a sketch comedy group called Cleos Apartment. Thomas Fraser, Wyatt Cenac, Nika Williams, and Nefetari Spencer were among the participants. AOL and HBO picked up stage show The Message in 2007, which ran for a year and a half.
Thede appeared on The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore as both a writer and a performer. She was the head writer on the first season and a half of The Nightly Show, becoming the first African-American woman to hold that position on any late-night talk show from 2015 to 2016. Amber Ruffin was among the first African-American women to write for a late-night talk show, as Seth Meyers was the first African-American woman to join the writing staff for Late Night.
She served as head writer on The Queen Latifah Show and staff writer on the first two seasons of Real Husbands of Hollywood on BET prior to that. She appeared in The Marlon Wayans' comedy A Haunted House opposite comedian JB Smoove in January 2013. On Second Generation Wayans on BET in March 2013, she appeared on "Gail" on Second Generation Wayans.
Thede has appeared on television shows as both a writer and actor, as well as on the short-lived Fox series In the Flow with Affion Crockett, Mike Epps sketch comedy series Funny Bidness, and the comedy film Clunkers (starring Carl Payne, David Faustino and Sherman Hemsley).
Thede's most recent television appearances include appearances on Key & Peele (Comedy Central), Hot In Cleveland (TV Land), Chocolate News (Coffey Central), Kath & Kim (NBC), Worst Week (CBS) and All of Us (UPN). Tatyana Ali, a series regular on the BET original web series Buppies, was a regular character.
Thede's other writing awards include BET Awards (2014), BET Honors (2013), UNCF: An Evening of Stars (2013), BET Images Awards (2011), BET Images Awards (2011), 2011 (2010, 2012), and others.
In addition,, Thede has produced several hit films, including "Shit Black Guys Say" (which went viral with 2.5 million views on YouTube), "Every Little Step" with Wayne Brady, Bobby Brown, and Mike Tyson (Funny or Die.com), and "For Stuffed Colored Girls." In "The Real Housewives of Civil Rights," she can also be seen with Elite Delta Force 3 (Funny or Die.com/EDF3 YouTube Channel).
Thede's comedic comedy ranges from years of professional live sketch comedy (Second City and Los Angeles, Improv Olympic, Acme) to comedic analysis of shows like 10 Things You Hate About Me for the Style Network. She is also a performer and writer for the all-female sketch group "Elite Delta Force 3," which received the 2009 Audience Award winner of the Los Angeles Comedy Improv Festival.
Co-hosting on Jamie Foxx's Foxxhole Sirius/XM radio station among other things. She spent her time at E! as a regular entertainment reporter. News with Ryan Seacrest and Giuliana Rancic.
Thede debuted on BET in October 2017 as the host of The Rundown with Robin Thede. She is one of the few African-American women to host their own late-night show.
Thede was selected one of Variety's Top Comics to Watch for 2019. In A Black Lady Sketch Show, which premiered on HBO on August 2, 2019, Thede wrote, writes, and appears in it. The second season of A Black Lady Sketch Show premiered in April 2021.
She signed a Warner Bros. Television contract in 2020.