Gina Yashere
- 50 years old
- Writer and stand-up comedian
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Gina Yashere interview
'The role I wish I'd taken? I wasn't offered enough'. The comic on her love of I May Destroy You and the boundary-pushing comedy of Kenny Everett, and why she nearly rejected a job on 'heartfelt' sitcom Bob Hearts Abishola.
Ammar Kalia, The Guardian, 16th November 2020How Gina Yashere got her big break from a Google search
Gina Yashere has told how she slogged away around the American comedy circuit for years - only to get her big break when a Hollywood bigwig googled 'Nigerian female comic' to help him with a show.
Chortle, 11th October 2020Gina Yashere to publish her autobiography
Gina Yashere has written a memoir. Cack-Handed - which traces her life from growing up as a child of Nigerian parents in London to becoming a comedy star in America - will be published in 2021.
British Comedy Guide, 22nd September 2020The Real McCoy added to BBC iPlayer
1990s sketch show The Real McCoy, which primarily featured Black and Asian cast members, has been added to BBC iPlayer.
British Comedy Guide, 29th July 2020No joke: ironic racism in comedy is just not funny
From Matt Lucas and David Walliams's Little Britain to Sacha Baron Cohen's Borat, the idea that it's OK to be racist to mock racism is naive and dangerous
Jason Okundaye, The Guardian, 24th July 2020Gina Yashere meets London Hughes
In our series pairing veteran black artists with younger talents for a frank chat about their experiences, comedians Gina Yashere and London Hughes reveal why they both felt the need to quit Britain for the US. Yashere says: "In America, yes the country is super-racist, but that glass ceiling is a lot higher than in England."
Ellen E. Jones, The Guardian, 25th June 2020CITV orders The Rubbish World Of Dave Spud Series 2
Animated comedy The Rubbish World Of Dave Spud will return to CITV for a second series. The voice cast - which includes Johnny Vegas, Gina Yashere and Arthur Smith - will all return.
British Comedy Guide, 7th May 2020Gina Yashere: Tell you a joke? No: people pay for that
The comedian on America, wanting to be invisible and working as a lift engineer.
Rosanna Greenstreet, The Guardian, 23rd March 2019At last! Comedy Store has an all-female weekend bill
It has taken 40 years, but the Comedy Store has booked its first all-female bills for its prestigious weekend shows.
Chortle, 15th February 2019Full Live At The Apollo line-up revealed
The latest series of Live at the Apollo has just been filmed over the last three nights in Hammersmith and the full line-up can now be revealed.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 13th September 2018