Phoebe Robinson is an American stand-up comedian, New York Times best-selling author, and an actress who rose to stardom by co-hosting the hit podcast TV show “2 Dope Queens.” She is also known for hosting the critically acclaimed podcast ‘Soo Many White Guys’, which features exclusive interviews with women, people of color, and members of the LGBTQ community. She gained widespread recognition for her books You Can’t Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain (2016) and Everything’s Trash (2018).
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Wiki/Biography
Phoebe Robinson was born on Friday, September 28, 1984 (age 36 years; as in 2020), in Bedford, Ohio, United States. He did his schooling from Gilmer Academy, Ohio. In 2002, she moved to New York to pursue a screenwriting course at Pratt Institute, New York. Although during her college days, she was an active member of an improv group, stand-up comedy was not her choice until 2008, when a friend urged her to learn stand-up comedy at the Caroline School of Comedy in New York City.
Childhood photo of Phoebe Robinson with her brother
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 6″
Hair Color: Black
Eye colour: black
Address
In June 2018, Phoebe Robinson bought an apartment in Brooklyn, New York City, with her boyfriend.
Family and ethnicity
Phoebe Robinson was born into an African-American family
parents and siblings
Phoebe Robinson’s father, Philip Robinson, was a small business owner. His mother, Octavia Robinson, worked as an accountant. His brother, Phil Robinson (born as Philip Martin Robinson Jr.), is an American politician who is a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from the 6th district of Cuyahoga County.
Childhood photo of Phoebe Robinson with her mother
Phoebe Robinson with her brother
Relationships, Husband and Children
Phoebe Robinson calls her boyfriend British Backoff.
Phoebe Robinson with her boyfriend
livelihood
After completing her formal education, she began working as a receptionist at the New Line Cinema in New York. Later, he was promoted to the position of assistant to the head of ‘Picture House’ (New Line Cinema’s indie company). Phoebe Robinson worked as a screenwriter for the television series Portlandia (2011) and Girl Code (2013). In 2012, she started her blog-cum-podcast Blariya, meanwhile, she created online content for Glamour. In 2015, she emerged as a comedian and appeared in comedy shows such as Last Comic Standing and Broad City. In 2016, he worked as a consultant for the third season of the American television sitcom ‘Broad City’. She has also written the books You Can’t Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain (2016) and Everything’s Trash, But It’s OK (2018), which are collections of essays about race, gender, and pop culture. ,
On July 12, 2016, his solo podcast ‘Soo Many White Guys’ premiered on the official website of WNYC Studios. In the podcast, Phoebe talked about the predominance of white men in the comedy business and specifically interviewed women, people of color, and members of the LGBTQ community.
Too Many White People (2016)
In 2019, Phoebe Robinson made her UK stand-up debut at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with her solo stand-up show Sorry, Harriet Tubman.
Television
In 2014, Phoebe Robinson made her television debut with the American television sitcom Broad City, in which she played the role of Shayne. In 2018, she began hosting the TV show 2 Dope Queens from the hit podcast with her co-host Jessica Williams, which aired on the HBO channel.
Phoebe Robinson and Jessica Williams in The Show 2 Dope Queens (2018)
Later, in 2020, she appeared as a contestant on the reality competition show RuPaul’s Secret Celebrity Drag Race.
OTT/Web Series
In 2016, they made their digital debut with Netflix Presents: The Characters, which featured eight upcoming comedians who each performed a thirty-minute set.
Netflix Presents: The Characters (2016)
Later, in the same year, he hosted the talk show ‘Wok Bay’.
movies
In 2017, Phoebe Robinson made her film debut in ‘In Case of Emergency’, in which she played the role of Charlene. Later, she starred as Leah in the film Ibiza (2018) and Ciara in the film What Men Want (2019).
Phoebe Robinson in the film “Ibiza (2018)”
In 2020, she appeared in the American documentary film ‘Becoming’, which featured the life of former First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama.
Awards/Honors
- Nominated for Goodreads Choice Awards Best Humor (2016) for the book You Can’t Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain (2016).
- Nominated for Audi Award for Humor (2017) for You Can’t Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain (2016)
- Nominated for Goodreads Choice Awards Best Humor (2018) for the book Everything’s Trash, But It’s Okay (2018)
- Nominated for Audi Award for Comedy (2019) for Everything’s Trash, But It’s Okay (2018)
- Nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award (2019) for the television series Portlandia (2011).
favorite things
- Comedians: Bill Burr, Wanda Sykes, Ellen DeGeneres, Patrice O’Neal
- Singer: Bono, Ricky Martin, Billy Joel
- Television series: Moesha (1996), Martin (1992), Sex and the City (1998)
Facts/General Knowledge
- Phoebe Robinson occasionally consumes alcohol.
- Phoebe Robinson, an American talk show host, television producer, actress, author and philanthropist, idolizes Oprah Winfrey.
- She is also a philanthropist and is working with her favorite American singer Bono on ‘Poverty is Sexist’, Bono’s social welfare campaign that promotes access to education for girls.
- In 2020, he founded Tiny Reparations, a production company under Embassy Row. Tiny Reparations’ first project was a talk show called Doing the Most with Phoebe Robinson, which premiered on Comedy Central in 2021.
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