What is Robin Thede?
{{Infobox person |name = Robin Thede |image = Robin Thede by Gage Skidmore.jpg |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|7|27}} |birth_place = [[Spencer, Iowa]], U.S. |education = [[Northwestern University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]]) |years_active= 2006{{ndash}}present |occupation = {{hlist|Comedian|actress|writer}} }} '''Robin Thede''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|θ|iː|d|i}} {{respell|THEE|dee}}; born July 27, 1979) is an American comedian, actress and writer.<ref>{{cite news|title=Robin Thede|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/1392612/Robin-Thede|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130216152018/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/1392612/Robin-Thede|url-status=dead|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=[[The New York Times]]|publisher=[[Baseline (database)|Baseline]] & [[All Movie Guide]]|archive-date=2013-02-16}}</ref> In 2015, she became the first [[African-American]] woman to be head writer for a [[late-night talk show]] (''[[The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore]]''). From 2017 to 2018, Thede hosted ''[[The Rundown with Robin Thede]]'' on [[BET]]. She created and co-stars in the HBO series ''[[A Black Lady Sketch Show]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Goldberg |first1=Lesley |title='The Rundown with Robin Thede' Canceled at BET |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/rundown-robin-thede-canceled-at-bet-1129864 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |accessdate=15 July 2019}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Thede, Robin}} [[Category:1979 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American television presenters]] [[Category:American radio personalities]] [[Category:American movie actors]] [[Category:American television actors]] [[Category:American voice actors]] [[Category:American stage actors]] [[Category:American television writers]] [[Category:Comedians from Iowa]] [[Category:Actors from Davenport, Iowa]] [[Category:Writers from Iowa]] {{US-actor-stub}}