Gina Yashere
- 50 years old
- Writer and stand-up comedian
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Gina Yashere interview
'In England, I'd still be the token black face on Mock the Week'
Arwa Mahdawi, The Guardian, 11th June 2017Gina Yashere joins The Daily Show
London-born comedian Gina Yashere is the newest addition to Trevor Noah's "Best F#@king News Team" on The Daily Show.
E.C. Flamming, Paste Magazine, 17th March 2017Voice cast announced for Early Man, as trailer released
Timothy Spall, Richard Ayoade, Johnny Vegas and Gina Yashere have been revealed as amongst the voice cast for new Aardman Animations film Early Man, as the trailer is released.
British Comedy Guide, 16th March 2017Another pixel-packed episode, with captains Sam and Steve joined by two standups from contrasting ends of the video-gamer spectrum: Marcus Brigstocke's favoured gaming tipple being multi-dimensional physics puzzler Portal 2, while Gina Yashere gave up around the time of Snake. The mismatched mirthmakers duly do battle, along with quite possibly the tensest Sonic 2 battle since the days of imperial phase Hadaway.
Mark Gibbings-Jones, The Guardian, 12th September 2016Review: Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit
The comedians may be the centre of the show, especially O Briain who seems to be conquering the market in geeky programming after hosting Robot Wars (at his current rate I was surprised he didn't get The Crystal Maze too), but of the regulars my personal favourite was Gibson, with her expert knowledge of games and wonderful wit.
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 5th September 2016Gina Yashere: I'm a gadget freak!
From smartwatches to virtual reality headsets, comedian Gina Yashere says she likes to connected.
The Big Issue, 5th August 2016Gina Yashere: lesbian audiences censor themselves
The epic stand-up comic on being a black lesbian in the entertainment industry and what we can expect from her upcoming show.
Roxy Bourdillon, Diva Mag, 22nd June 2016Gina Yashere: you know where you stand with US racism
"I prefer good ol' fashioned American racism. 'Cause it's in your face. You know where you stand with American racism. ... In England, the racism is very much more underground, more subtle. It's more insidious. You don't even know you're being discriminated against. It's, 'Hello. So nice to meet you.' Smile. Smile. Smile. And then you leave the room, and they say, 'We are never going to employ that woman.'"
David Beard, PRI, 7th December 2015Gina Yashere loves American culture not the health care
While she's spent quite a bit of time performing in New York and Los Angeles, British ex-pat Gina Yashere will be making her first visit to Minnesota this week. Well, sort of. "I did a college there a couple of years ago," she says. "But it was literally in and out. So, technically no, but yes."
P. F. Wilson, The City Pages, 28th October 2015Ed Byrne and others comedy review
Stephen K Amos, Daniel Sloss, Gina Yashere and Jimeoin supported Ed Byrne for an afternoon of plentiful laughs.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 25th June 2015