Meet Ashley Nicole Black, Comedian-Writer Behind Ted Lasso

Who is Ashley Nicole Black: American comedian and writer Ashley Nicole Black is known for writing the script for sports-comedy show Ted Lasso. The comedian-writer has been nominated several times for Emmy awards for her works in television writing and received one among eight of them. In addition to this, she has also produced Ted Lasso and acted in the sketch comedy series A Black Lady Sketch Show.

The multi-talented American writer, actor and comedian bagged an Emmy award for variety special category for her work in TBS late-night talk show Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, on which she also served as a correspondent. The writer-actor-comedian recently sealed a deal with Warner Bros. Television Group as announced by the studio in December 2021.

Black is also working with Ted Lasso creator Bill Lawrence's upcoming drama series Bad Monkey. The Warner Bros. TV feature Bad Monkey, which is also being produced for AppleTV+, will include Ashley Nicole Black as writer and supervising producer.

Writer of Ted Lasso series and executive producer of its second season, Black attempts to represent the various characterisations of the Black community in a hope of making people "feel more seen". Speaking with TVLine, she mentioned referring to Ted Lasso Season 2, "For a long time, we saw the same kind of person over and over again. We got a lot of practice putting ourselves in the shoes of white man and going on his journey with him, and I think everyone should have that experience."

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Speaking about Sarah Niles' character in Ted Lasso as the sports psychologist, Dr. Sharon Fieldstone, she admitted that her introduction is one of her favourite introductions of all time as she suggests to Coach Lasso that she is "twice as good" at her job than he is. "As a Black woman, I think that’s how you have to walk into every room, because everyone is ready for you not to be super good at ," She quoted.

Who is Ashley Nicole Black?

Ashley Nicole Black is an American writer, actor, producer and comedian who is best known for her works in Ted Lasso, A Black Lady Sketch Show and Full Frontal with Samantha Bee. Black holds a degree in theatre arts from University of California, Santa Cruz and a masters degree in performance studies from Northwestern University, Illinois. An alumna of Second City, she is also a former teacher of Second City Training Centre.

Black has also worked as an additional crew worker in SpongeBob SquarePants 2018 TV series and The Simpsons Movie.