1. Amber Mildred Ruffin was born on January 9,1979 and is an American comedian, writer and actress.
18 Facts About Amber Ruffin
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Amber Ruffin hosted her own late-night talk show titled The Amber Ruffin Show on Peacock.
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Amber Ruffin has been a writer for Late Night with Seth Meyers since 2014.
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In 2001, Amber Ruffin began performing in local theater productions and improv in Omaha.
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Halpern encouraged Amber Ruffin to move to Chicago saying she believed Amber Ruffin would "have a full-time job, doing comedy, within the year".
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In 2008 after finishing her classes at iO, Amber Ruffin moved to Amsterdam to work as a writer and performer on the improv comedy troupe Boom Chicago Amsterdam.
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Amber Ruffin joined the nationally recognized sketch and musical comedy troupe Story Pirates, where she performed sketches based on stories written by kids.
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Amber Ruffin was a member of Sacred Fools Theater Company performing a serialized version of King of Kong: A Musical Parody, a two-woman show parodying the documentary The King of Kong.
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Amber Ruffin auditioned for the show in 2014 alongside Tiffany Haddish, Leslie Jones, Gabrielle Dennis, Nicole Byer, Simone Shepherd, and Bresha Webb.
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Amber Ruffin has been a writer on Late Night with Seth Meyers since the show's start in 2014.
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In 2017, Amber Ruffin developed a single-camera comedy show, Going Dutch, but the series was not ordered.
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In February 2018, Amber Ruffin hosted the 70th Writers Guild of America awards ceremony.
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On September 25,2020 Ruffin's late-night talk show, The Amber Ruffin Show, premiered on NBC's streaming service Peacock.
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In February 2021, it was announced that Amber Ruffin was set to co-write the Broadway-bound musical adaptation of Some Like It Hot alongside Matthew Lopez.
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Amber Ruffin received a Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical nomination for the show.
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In February 2025, the White House Correspondents' Association board announced that Amber Ruffin would be the featured entertainment for the White House Correspondents' Dinner on April 26.
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Amber Ruffin's planned appearance had been criticized by White House deputy chief of staff Taylor Budowich, who labeled the WHCA's cancellation of Amber Ruffin's performance as a "cop-out" and described her as "hate-filled".
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Amber Ruffin was married to Dutch artist Jan Schiltmeijer from 2010 until their divorce in 2023.