Yvonne Orji Biography

Fast Facts

• 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