Английская Википедия:Brittani Nichols
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox person Brittani Nichols (born June 20, 1988)[1] is an American producer, actress, comedian, and writer.[2] In 2016, Nichols wrote, produced, and starred in the film Suicide Kale, which won the Audience Award for Best U.S. Dramatic Feature at 2016 Outfest. She has written for the television programs A Black Lady Sketch Show, Take My Wife, Strangers, Drop the Mic, and Abbott Elementary.[3] She served as Consulting Producer for The Circle and Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness.
Career
Television and film
Nichols moved to Los Angeles after college and developed the web series Words With Girls (2012), which she later rewrote as a full-length pilot that was produced by Issa Rae and Deniese Davis's initiative ColorCreative.tv.[4][5][6] The series centered a group of queer twenty-something roommates in LA and starred Nichols, Corbin Reid, Hannah Hart, Alex Sturman, and Lauren Neal.[6] In 2016, Nichols wrote, produced, and starred in Suicide Kale, a dark comedy with an all queer-woman cast.[7] Nichols stated in an interview that she set out to make a lesbian movie that "wasn’t about coming out, sleeping with a man, or a character death at the end".[8] Both Words with Girls and Suicide Kale draw on Nichols' own experiences as a lesbian, and she has stated repeatedly in interviews that she is committed to increasing LGBTQ and African-American representation in media.[9] Suicide Kale won the Audience Award for Best U.S. Dramatic Feature at Outfest.[3]
She has appeared in several television programs including A Black Lady Sketch Show, Take My Wife, and Transparent.[10][7]
Nichols was a writer for season one of the HBO series A Black Lady Sketch Show.[11] She has also written for Strangers, Drop the Mic, and Take My Wife.[12]
In 2020, it was announced that Nichols would produce a dramedy, Toothbrush, for Quibi through ColorCreative.[13]
She is a writer and producer for the ABC comedy Abbott Elementary.[14]
Other work
In 2016, she released a five-track EP, Brittani Nichols Likes You.[2]
Nichols previously co-hosted two podcasts, Brand New Podcast with Ariana Lenarsky, and Hamilton the Podcast with Khalehla Rixon.[15]
Personal life
Nichols was born in Chicago.[16] After attending Thornwood High School, she attended Yale University, where she played on the women's basketball team and women's rugby team.[17]
She is gay and genderqueer.[18]
She supported Hugo Soto-Martinez and Eunisses Hernandez during the 2022 Los Angeles elections.[19][20]
Filmography
Acting
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Words with Girls | Brittani | 5 episodes |
| 2013 | Unicorn Plan-It | Random Sleeper | Episode: "Across the YOUniverse" |
| 2015 | Transparent | Nicol | 3 episodes |
| 2016 | Suicide Kale | Jasmine Rawlings | Also writer |
| 2016 | The Fat One | Reese | Episode: "Not Hungry" |
| 2017 | Rad Lands | Farmer Knox | Episode: "Big" |
| 2018 | Take My Wife | Bethani | 2 episodes |
| 2019 | A Black Lady Sketch Show | Barbecue Daddy #2 / Ex | 2 episodes |
Writer
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Words with Girls | 6 episodes |
| 2015 | The Xperiment | 26 episodes |
| 2016 | Suicide Kale | Also actress |
| 2017 | Drop the Mic | 6 episodes |
| 2018 | Take My Wife | 5 episodes |
| 2018 | Strangers | Episode: "First Skate" |
| 2019 | A Black Lady Sketch Show | 6 episodes |
| 2022 | Abbott Elementary | 2 episodes |
See also
References
External links
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