, Nwodim is an essential voice on the show. Let's not forget her scary accurate portrayal of Adelaide in theNwodim's only the seventh —and currently the only — Black woman on's cast, and she's not afraid to put the jokes aside and get real about what this work means to her and those watching.
Oh yeah. And I mean, my best friend is a medical resident right now and I'm like, 'I'm in residency for comedy." We both have crazy hours, don't get too much sleep, we're on call.Everyone is bringing their best each and every week. And I think that everyone's sort of competitive with themselves individually to be the best they can be every single weekend, bring the best comedy they can bring every single week. And you have to remind yourself to have fun as well.
It's been really like one of the gifts of being here at this time, I would say is those friendships that I've developed with my cast members and especially my female cast members. And while that could feel like pressure, I have more of a positive outlook on it and feel like any work I do here could have a positive effect on young Black women who think they want to be onone day or somebody in comedy or a young Black woman in comedy who's like,"I want to do that" or"I want to be an actor" it's just helpful to see yourself in the media and I don't know how many examples I had of that coming up myself, but I feel so incredibly fortunate to...