Ashley Nicole Black

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| name = Ashley Nicole Black

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|6|15}}

| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

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| education = University of California, Santa Cruz (BA)
Northwestern University (MA)

| occupation = {{hlist|Comedian|actress|writer}}

| years_active = 2014–present

| known_for = Full Frontal with Samantha Bee

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Ashley Nicole Black (born June 15, 1985){{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/ashleyn1cole/status/1007734877737967616|title=It's my birthday. Someone please let me borrow their teleportation machine that can get me an In N Out burger to NY. I know rich people have that and are hiding it from us.|last=Black|first=Ashley Nicole|date=2018-06-15|website=@ashleyn1cole|language=en|access-date=2019-02-19}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/meet-samantha-bees-army-of-trumpster-confronting-comics|title=Meet Samantha Bee's Army of Trumpster-Confronting Comics|last=Fallon|first=Kevin|date=2017-06-20|access-date=2019-02-19|language=en}} is an American comedian, actress, writer and producer. She was a writer and correspondent for Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (2016–2019), for which she received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special.

Black is a writer for Ted Lasso, The Amber Ruffin Show, and A Black Lady Sketch Show, on which she also stars.{{cite web|url=https://beta.prx.org/stories/189820|title=Ashley Nicole Black, Writer/Comedian|last=Klein|first=Sandi|work=Public Radio Exchange|accessdate=April 24, 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.tvinsider.com/98839/full-frontal-with-samantha-bee-ashley-nicole-black-on-sharing-a-point-of-view-with-her-boss/|title=Full Frontal With Samantha Bee: Ashley Nicole Black on Sharing a Point of View With Her Boss|last=Russell|first=John|work=TV Insider|date=October 3, 2016|accessdate=April 24, 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/interviews/a42011/full-frontal-writers-interview/|title=These Three Women Are at the Feminist Frontline of Late-Night Television|last=Aggarwal-Schifellite|first=Manisha|work=Elle|date=January 10, 2017|accessdate=April 24, 2017}}

Early life and education

Black was born in Los Angeles, and grew up in the nearby suburb of Walnut, California.{{cite news|last1=Sanders|first1=Sam|title=Ashley Nicole Black From "Full Frontal" On Comedy, Improv, and Bridging Political Divides|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=559574115|work=NPR|date=October 24, 2017}}

She 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.cosmopolitan.com/career/a3365398/ashley-nicole-black-samantha-bee-writer-get-that-life/|title=Get That Life: How I Became an Emmy-Nominated Comedy Writer|last=Rudulph|first=Heather Wood|work=Cosmopolitan|date=September 19, 2016|accessdate=April 24, 2017}}

Career

Black's comedy career began at the Second City, where she first attended an improv class.

In 2016, she was hired as a correspondent on Full Frontal with Samantha Bee. She worked on the show for three years, during which time she received six total Primetime Emmy Award nominations, winning in 2017 for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special. Her last episode on Full Frontal was on February 13, 2019.

Black has also appeared as an actor on Comedy Central's Drunk History{{cite news|last1=Martinelli|first1=Marissa|title=Drunk History Celebrates Nichelle Nichols for Breaking Barriers on Star Trek and in Actual Space|url=https://slate.com/culture/2018/02/ashley-nicole-black-celebrates-nichelle-nichols-on-drunk-history-video.html|work=Slate|date=February 7, 2018}} and in the 2014 film An American Education.{{Citation needed|date=February 2022}}

In 2019, Black joined other WGA writers in firing their agents as part of the WGA's stand against the ATA and the practice of packaging.{{cite web|title=Patton Oswalt, David Simon, Danny Zuker, More WGA Members Post Termination Letters|date=April 13, 2019|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/wga-members-termination-letters-1203189062/|publisher=Variety}}

She is a cast member and writer on HBO's A Black Lady Sketch Show, which debuted in 2019.{{Cite web|last=Specter|first=Emma|title=A Black Lady Sketch Show's Ashley Nicole Black Couldn't Be More Emmy-Ready|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/ashley-nicole-black-a-black-lady-sketch-show-emmy-nominations-2020|access-date=2020-10-14|website=Vogue|date=August 7, 2020|language=en-us}} Black joined Ted Lasso as staff writer and producer for the show's second season and she joined the writing staff of The Amber Ruffin Show in 2021.{{Cite web|last=Schneider|first=Michael|date=2021-04-13|title='Amber Ruffin Show' Expands Writing Staff As Peacock Talk Show Heads Toward Year Two (EXCLUSIVE)|url=https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/amber-ruffin-peacock-writing-staff-1234950391/|access-date=2022-02-22|website=Variety|language=en-US}}

In December 2021, she signed an overall deal with Warner Bros. Television Studios to create and produce programming for HBO Max and other streaming services and cable and broadcast outlets.{{cite web|title=Ashley Nicole Black Inks Warner Bros. TV Overall Deal|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/warner-bros-tv-ashley-nicole-black-overall-deal-1235062431/|work=The Hollywood Reporter|last=Porter|first=Rick|date=December 14, 2021|access-date=December 14, 2021}}

She took over as the voice of Ms. Jacobson in the 12th season of Bob's Burgers replacing Melissa Bardin Galsky. Starting in season 13, she also took over the role of Harley, replacing Katie Crown.

Personal life

Black resides in Los Angeles, California.

Awards and nominations

Black won an Emmy for Outstanding Writing For A Variety Special in 2017 for her work as one of the writers on Not the White House Correspondents' Dinner special for Full Frontal with Samantha Bee.{{Cite web|author1=Lisa de Moraes|author2=Amanda N'Duka|author3=Antonia Blyth|date=2017-09-09|title=Creative Arts Emmy Awards: '13th', Samantha Bee, Leah Remini, RuPaul Charles Among Night 1 Winners — Full List|url=https://deadline.com/2017/09/emmy-awards-2017-winners-creative-arts-night-1-list-1202165589/|access-date=2020-06-12|website=Deadline|language=en}}
Black has been nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards for her work as a writer and correspondent on Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, once in 2016 and twice in 2017.{{Cite web|title=Ashley Nicole Black - Filmography {{!}} IMDbPro|url=https://pro.imdb.com/name/nm2730724/awards?ref_=nm_nav_ov_awards|access-date=2020-06-12|website=pro.imdb.com}}