Bio
- Entered a pageant as a favor for a friend; for the talent portion, wrote and delivered her first standup comedy routine.
- After graduating with her Masters, she lived in Liberia for six months working with an HIV prevention effort.
- Before being cast in Insecure, she worked as a wedding emcee.
- Wrote and starred in the virally distributed pilot episode for First Gen, an autobiographical sitcom about a Nigerian woman who abandons med-school in favor of stand-up comedy.
- Serves as a creative consultant for Beauty and the Baller.
Yvonne OrjiDecember 2, 1984 (age 41)Port Harcourt, Nigeria
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Bio
- Entered a pageant as a favor for a friend; for the talent portion, wrote and delivered her first standup comedy routine.
- After graduating with her Masters, she lived in Liberia for six months working with an HIV prevention effort.
- Before being cast in Insecure, she worked as a wedding emcee.
- Wrote and starred in the virally distributed pilot episode for First Gen, an autobiographical sitcom about a Nigerian woman who abandons med-school in favor of stand-up comedy.
- Serves as a creative consultant for Beauty and the Baller.
