Sabrina Jalees

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|4|19}}

| birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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| occupation = Actress, comedian

| years_active = 2001–present

| spouse = Shauna McCann

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| alma_mater = Toronto Metropolitan University

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Sabrina Jalees (born April 19, 1985) is a Canadian comedian, actress, and writer. She has written for various series, and starred as a main cast member alongside Patricia Heaton in the 2019 TV comedy series Carol's Second Act.

Early life and education

The daughter of a Swiss mother and a Pakistani father, she graduated from Earl Haig Secondary School, and later from the Radio and Television Arts program at Toronto Metropolitan University in June 2007.

Career

Jalees wrote a weekly column in the Toronto Star's ID section.

She has made many Canadian media appearances, including as a commentator on MuchMusic's Video on Trial, Stars On Trial and LOL!, as well as a role in the drama series Flashpoint, and Jian Ghomeshi's Monday correspondent on CBC Radio One's Sounds Like Canada in the Summer. She also previously filed a regular segment on Go. She is a former host (until 2010) of Laugh Out Loud on CBC Radio One and a reality TV show for children, In Real Life, airing on YTV. She made a cameo in the video for the song Break This by Hunter Valentine. She narrates the CBBC series Rank the Prank.

She was a writer for Canada's Got Talent{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/arts-video/video-canadian-comedian-comes-out-to-muslim-family-is-brownlisted/article12361737/#dashboard/follows/|title=Canadian comedian comes out to Muslim family, is 'Brownlisted'|work=The Globe and Mail|format=video interview|date=5 June 2013|accessdate=8 June 2013}} and Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock.

In 2020, she appeared in an episode of Canada's Drag Race, as co-judge of a mini-challenge in the episode "The Snow Ball".Tim Murray, [https://screenrant.com/canadas-drag-race-jimbo-rita-ball-elimination-bobo/ "Canada's Drag Race Recap: Jimbo & Rita Bring The Biggest Shock of the Season"]. Screen Rant, August 27, 2020.

In 2021, she was announced as one of the judges in the first season of Roast Battle Canada.Jordan Pinto, [https://realscreen.com/2021/04/12/ctv-comedy-commissions-roast-battle-adaptation/ "CTV Comedy commissions Roast Battle adaptation"]. RealScreen, April 12, 2021. In 2023 she debuted as host of Farming for Love.[https://www.coastreporter.net/local-arts/farming-for-love-with-gibsons-local-premiers-may-28-7004044 "'Farming for Love' – with Gibsons local – premiers May 28"]. Coast Reporter, May 16, 2023.

Personal life

Jalees came out as a lesbianOut for Laughs, April 1, 2010, and was shunned by her extended Muslim family, an experience she relates in her 2013 Canadian comedy tour, "Brownlisted." Her wife, Shauna McCann, is a fashion designer. They have a son named Wolfie.{{Cite web |last=Radzimski |first=Melissa |date=Jun 5, 2019 |title=Sabrina Jalees Is The 'Lesbian Ray Romano' We've Been Waiting For |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sabrina-jalees-lesbian-ray-romano-cbs-carols-second-act-big-mouth-search-party-netflix_n_5cd37751e4b09f321bdb831b |website=HuffPost |accessdate=Oct 9, 2019}}