Robin Thede

Biography

Robin Thede is a comedian, actress, and writer born on July 27, 1979, in Spencer, Iowa. She became the first African-American woman to be head writer for a late-night talk show with The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore in 2015. Thede hosted her own show, The Rundown with Robin Thede, from 2017 to 2018 and co-created the Emmy-nominated HBO series A Black Lady Sketch Show, which she also starred in.