Tiffany Sarac Haddish (born December 3, 1979) is an American comedian and actress. After guest starring on several television series, Haddish gained prominence as Jackie on the first season of the OWN television drama If Loving You Is Wrong from 2014 to 2015. From 2015 to 2017, she starred as Nekeisha Williams on the NBC sitcom The Carmichael Show. After appearing in the 2016 comedy film Keanu, Haddish made her film breakthrough as Dina in the 2017 film Girls Trip, for which she received critical acclaim.
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Early life and education
Haddish was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. Her father was a refugee from Eritrea and is from an Ethiopian Jewish family. Her mother is African-American and was a small business owner who was part of the Jehovah's Witnesses religion. After Haddish's father left when she was three years old, her mother remarried and went on to have more children; Haddish has two half-sisters and two half-brothers.
In 1988 while living in Colton, California, Haddish's stepfather tampered with the brakes on her mother's car, resulting in her mother crashing through the windshield of her car. The tampering was allegedly intended to harm Haddish and her siblings as well, but they had opted to stay home. The accident caused Haddish's mother to have brain damage, possibly triggering schizophrenia. Haddish, then 9-years-old and the oldest of her five siblings, became the primary caregiver for her family.
Haddish was twelve when she and her siblings were put into foster care. While in there, she used comedy as a way to cope with being in situations with new people. At 15, she and her siblings were reunited and put under the care of their grandmother.
She attended George Ellery Hale Middle School in Woodland Hills and graduated from El Camino Real High School, also in Woodland Hills, where she was the school mascot. Haddish said she could not read very well until high school, but improved when she received tutoring from a teacher. She also got in a lot of trouble at school, despite her award-winning participation in drama competition featuring Shakespearean monologues. In 1997, after her social worker gave her an ultimatum to either attend psychiatric therapy or go to the Laugh Factory Comedy Camp, then 17-year-old Haddish opted for comedy as outlet for her pain. She has said that the mentorship from many notable comedians--including Richard Pryor, Dane Cook, Charles Fleischer, the Wayans brothers--helped her discover her passion for comedy and it "literally saved her life." She has said that she incorporates her past real life experiences in her sets, finding that doing so functions as a sort of "safe space" for her.
Before her on-screen success, Haddish held a number of jobs, including customer service for Alaska Airlines. Haddish has said she lived in her car during her 20s while in her early days of comedy.
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Career
Haddish's first break was a spot on the comedy competition Bill Bellamy's Who's Got Jokes? She has made guest appearances on such shows as, Chelsea Lately, That's So Raven, My Name Is Earl, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, The Underground, Nick Cannon's Short Circuitz, Just Jordan, In the Motherhood, Def Comedy Jam, Reality Bites Back and New Girl. She has also starred in movies such as Meet the Spartans and Janky Promoters.
In 2013, she had a recurring role on Real Husbands of Hollywood. In 2014, Haddish was cast in the Oprah Winfrey Network series If Loving You Is Wrong. She left the soap after the first season for a regular role on the NBC sitcom The Carmichael Show where she starred as Nekeisha, the semi-estranged wife of Bobby Carmichael (Lil Rel Howery), for three seasons.
In 2016, she co-starred opposite Jordan Peele and Keegan-Michael Key in the comedy film Keanu in the role of Hi C.
In 2017, Haddish starred alongside Queen Latifah, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Regina Hall in the comedy film Girls Trip for Universal Pictures. The performance was cited by many critics as a Bridesmaids Melissa McCarthy-style breakout. The film has received positive reviews from critics and became a box-office hit. In May 2017, it was announced that Haddish would be co-starring opposite Tracy Morgan in an upcoming TBS sitcom, The Last O.G., her first lead in a sitcom
In August 2017, Haddish's comedy special, Tiffany Haddish: She Ready! From the Hood to Hollywood, premiered on Showtime. On November 11, 2017, Haddish became the first black female stand-up comedian to host Saturday Night Live. Her memoir, The Last Black Unicorn, was released in December 2017.
Haddish will star in the 2018 comedy film Night School alongside Kevin Hart, and reunite with Girls Trip director Malcolm D. Lee. She is also set to lead in the comedy Limited Partners for Paramount Pictures.
Personal life
As described in her memoir, Haddish married and divorced William Stewart twice. Stewart helped her locate her once estranged father who walked her down the aisle at their first wedding, which is once described as "one of the happiest days of my life." She filed for divorce in L.A. County, California, in 2011 and 2013.
Haddish volunteers at the Laugh Factory Comedy Camp and for homeless and other charities that help people. For a period, after she graduated from high school, Haddish was homeless, living in her car. She also had a brief experience in Scientology. At one point early in life, she was hospitalized with toxic shock syndrome.
Filmography
Film
Television
Music videos
Works and publications
- Haddish, Tiffany (December 2017). The Last Black Unicorn. New York: Gallery Books. ISBN 978-1-501-18182-5. OCLC 983640770.
References
External links
- Tiffany Haddish on Twitter
- Tiffany Haddish on IMDb
- Tiffany Haddish at AllMovie
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