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Acclaimed Comedian, Writer, and Actress
Known for Creating and Hosting the Late-Night Variety Sketch Show 'Ziwe'
Author of 'Black Friend: Essays'
One of TIME's 100 Next Gen Leaders

Comedian, writer, and actress Ziwe has captured audiences with her signature candor, wit, and salient commentary on race and politics in America. Ziwe hosted the A24 produced late-night variety sketch show, Ziwe, which was heralded by audiences and critics alike. As one of TIME’s 100 Next Gen Leaders, her refreshing approach to broadcast journalism represents the renaissance of late-night. Her guests have included Fran Leibowitz, Gloria Steinem, Stacey Abrams, Chet Hanks, and Julia Fox, among others. Ziwe is the author of a much-anticipated book of essays, Black Friend.

Hailed as the multi-hyphenate comedic voice to emerge from social media, Ziwe garnered attention during the early months of the pandemic with her provocative and hilarious interviews on her Instagram Live & YouTube talk series, Baited. The show featured interviews full of hard truths with the likes of Caroline Calloway, Alison Roman, Rose McGowan, and Jeremy O. Harris. She has released an album of songs from her Showtime show, Ziwe: A Famously Iconic Soundtrack, and has been featured as an actor on Succession, The Great North, Dickinson, and more. Ziwe’s iconic comedic voice, balanced with her incisive perspective as a cultural critic, ensures a memorable event that will resonate with audiences of all kinds.

Past Hosts Include:

Harvard Law School
Producers Guild of America
Northwestern University

The New School
Northwestern Radio Television Film Summer Session
The New Yorker Festival

Ziwe talks 'Black Friend' book, using humor to mask vulnerability | AP - Get Sharable Link

Ziwe talks 'Black Friend' book, using humor to mask vulnerability | AP

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Talks & Conversations with Ziwe

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A Conversation with Ziwe

Heralded as a leader in the renaissance of late-night, comedian, author, and TV host ZIWE brings her signature candor, wit, and commentary to this compelling talk. Ziwe shares her journey to becoming a late-night TV writer by 25, to hosting her own hit show, to writing her first book in this memorable and hilarious event.

Author Talk: ‘Black Friend’ with Ziwe

Comedian, writer, and actress ZIWE’s Black Friend: Essays raises difficult questions for comedic relief. Throughout Black Friend, Ziwe combines pop-culture commentary and personal stories to grapple with her own (mis)understanding of identity in a striking act of vulnerability. In her writing and in star-powered events, Ziwe helps audiences turn a critical eye to the status quo while keeping them laughing.

Ziwe is a talented comedian, writer, and actress, who has taken the Internet by storm and captured audiences nationwide with her signature candor, wit, and salient commentary on race and politics in America.

Ziwe hosted the A24 produced late-night variety sketch show, Ziwe. Season 1 boasted guests including Fran Leibowitz, Gloria Steinem, and Stacey Abrams. As one of TIME’s 100 Next Gen Leaders, her refreshing approach to broadcast journalism represents the renaissance of late-night. Season 2 of the series debuted April 29, 2022, with guests such as Chet Hanks and Emily Ratajkowski. Season 2B of the series premiered on November 20th 2022 with iconic guests including Julia Fox, Drew Barrymore, and Michael Che.

Hailed as the multi-hyphenate comedic voice to emerge from social media, Ziwe garnered attention during the early months of the pandemic with her provocative and hilarious interviews on her Instagram Live & YouTube talk series, Baited. The show featured interviews full of hard truths with the likes of Caroline Calloway, Alison Roman, Rose McGowan, and Jeremy O. Harris.

In 2021, Ziwe released an album of songs from her Showtime show titled, Ziwe: A Famously Iconic Soundtrack, which is available on Apple Music & Spotify, and she plans to release more music in the coming months. Ziwe is the author of a much-anticipated book of essays, Black Friend.

Ziwe has an impressive career history in the television and comedy fields; she was recently featured on Succession and The Great North, previously a Story Editor on Apple TV+’s Dickinson. She wrote on Showtime’s Desus & Mero, The Onion, and BET’s The Rundown with Robin Thede. Ziwe has built a fanbase in the podcast space as well, as a co-host of Crooked Media’s Hysteria. Ziwe also hosts the hit live event, “Pop Show,” where she performs original pop songs and consistently sells out venues including Brooklyn’s Bell House, the Music Hall of Williamsburg and more.

Ziwe is based in New York City. She began her career as an intern at Comedy Central and quickly rose up the ranks, becoming a late-night TV writer at just 25-years-old.

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