1. Sasheer Zamata Moore is an American actress and stand-up comedian.
25 Facts About Sasheer Zamata
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Sasheer Zamata is best known for her tenure as a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 2014 to 2017.
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In 2024, Zamata starred as Jennifer Kale in the Disney+ Marvel Cinematic Universe show Agatha All Along.
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Sasheer Zamata has served as a celebrity ambassador for the American Civil Liberties Union.
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Sasheer Zamata is the daughter of American parents, Ivory Steward and Henry Moore, a lieutenant colonel in the US Air Force.
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Sasheer Zamata was born in Okinawa, Japan, because of her father's military career.
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Sasheer Zamata is the great-granddaughter of Leroy Washington Mahon, a formerly enslaved man who founded the town of Fargo, Arkansas.
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Sasheer Zamata stated her parents named her after the alien flower-like crystal called the "Sahsheer" from the Star Trek episode "By Any Other Name".
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Sasheer Zamata attended the University of Virginia, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree.
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Sasheer Zamata was a founding member of the university's long-form improv comedy troupe, Amuse Bouche.
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Sasheer Zamata performed regularly at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York City starting in 2009.
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In 2014, Sasheer Zamata joined the cast of NBC's Saturday Night Live during its 39th season.
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Sasheer Zamata joined the SNL cast amid a season in which TV critics and black comedians had criticized the show for not being ethnically diverse.
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Sasheer Zamata was the first black female cast member on SNL since biracial Maya Rudolph departed midway through the show's 33rd season in 2007.
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Sasheer Zamata debuted on SNL as a featured player in the January 18,2014 episode hosted by Drake, in which she impersonated Rihanna.
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Sasheer Zamata was promoted to repertory player in the first episode of Season 41.
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Sasheer Zamata left the show in 2017 after the season 42 finale.
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Since departing SNL, Sasheer Zamata has acted in film and television including roles in I Feel Pretty, Spree, and voice roles in The Mitchells vs the Machines and Muppets Haunted Mansion.
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In 2019, Sasheer Zamata launched the podcast Best Friends, which she hosts with her best friend and fellow comedian and actress Nicole Byer.
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In recent years, Sasheer Zamata has held leading roles in several television shows, such as Woke and Home Economics.
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In 2009 through 2010, Sasheer Zamata participated in and graduated from Public Allies, a nationwide AmeriCorps program dedicated to leadership development, in New York.
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Sasheer Zamata was a costume character at Disney Parks during her Disney College Program experience, specifically as Buzz Lightyear.
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Sasheer Zamata was named a celebrity ambassador to the American Civil Liberties Union in 2015, and began work with the Women's Rights Project.
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Sasheer Zamata has spoken out on gender discrimination in the US today, and has advocated for equal rights among women of color, in particular.
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Sasheer Zamata has stated that although she has often been stigmatized for her darker skin tone, she hopes to turn her experiences into a message of self-acceptance and body positivity for women in all shades.