New "Saturday Night Live" addition Sasheer Zamata made her debut on the NBC comedy institution this past weekend. Zamata's hire came after the series received considerable and well-deserved attention for its lack of diversity -- the Upright Citizens Brigade theater alum is the first black female cast member the series has had since Maya Rudolph left in 2007. Before the new gig, Zamata appeared on TV series like "Fodder" and "Inside Amy Schumer," as well as various online videos like the one below, a new offering from Above Average, the online comedy network belonging to Lorne Michaels' Broadway Video. It feature Zamata as Madison, a "denim theory" major from Oberlin who gives "Girls" tours in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, showing off important landmarks from the show like the garbage can in which Hannah illegal dumped trash from work. Take a look below. (And while the video's a gag and fictional, the phenomenon...
- 1/21/2014
- by Alison Willmore
- Indiewire
NBC’s Saturday Night Live has added Sasheer Zamata as a featured player, to make her debut on Jan. 18, our sister site Deadline reports.
Zamata represents the first African-American female to be a part of SNL‘s regular cast since Maya Rudolph left the show in November 2007.
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A graduate of the University of Virginia, Zamata...
Zamata represents the first African-American female to be a part of SNL‘s regular cast since Maya Rudolph left the show in November 2007.
Related | Jonah Hill to Host Saturday Night Live for a Third Time
SNL became the target of much debate/discussion this fall when its new slew of cast additions included not one person of color.
Related | Rapper Drake to Host First Saturday Night Live of 2014
A graduate of the University of Virginia, Zamata...
- 1/6/2014
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
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