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Nominations Shorty Award for Best Comedian Movies and TV shows Mike and Dave Need Wedding, A Better You, Are You the One? Similar Sasheer Zamata, John Milhiser, Jessica McKenna, Jacob Wysocki, Alison Rich Profiles | ||
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Nicole Byer is a comedian and actress who starred in the scripted comedy based on her life, Loosely Exactly Nicole, as well as prank show Ladylike. Byer has also appeared in the sketch-comedy series Party Over Here, reality show Girl Code, and the Upright Citizens Brigade.
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- Nicole byer auditions for orange is the new black newnownext awards
- Early life
- Career
- Web series
- Television
- References
Early life
Byer has described Whoopi Goldberg, Tina Turner and Mo'Nique as early inspirations for her career in the entertainment industry. Byer moved to New York City after high school, waitressing and taking classes at the Upright Citizens Brigade before moving to Los Angeles in 2012.
Career
At The Ringer, Allison P. Davis described Byer's comedy as "most easily compared to a raunchier Retta with a hint of Ilana Glazer’s madcap energy. She’s mouthy, vulgar, a little bit goofy, relatable but ridiculously charming, and not afraid to infuse her broad comedy with a confident sexuality." Writing for USA Today, Jaleesa M. Jones said "it's precisely [Byer's] brazen, ribald brand of comedy that landed her in the creative incubator that is MTV, where she toplines two new comedy shows" in 2016, Ladylike and Loosely Exactly Nicole."
Web series
Byer and Sasheer Zamata created a web series called Pursuit of Sexiness. Nayomi Reghay at The Daily Dot called it a "must-see".
Television
Byer appears on the MTV reality show Girl Code, where Maitri Mehta said at Bustle Byers is a "beloved talking head"; Stephanie Merry at The Washington Post called Byer "one of the most dependably funny commentators" on the show. She also hosted MTV's Are You the One? The Aftermatch Live, an after-show for the second season of Are You the One?.
In 2016, Byer starred with Jessica McKenna and Alison Rich in the Fox series Party Over Here. The half-hour sketch comedy, which aired on Saturday nights for one season, was created by Paul Scheer and Lonely Island (Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone).
Byer has also starred with Jade Catta-Preta and Matteo Lane in a hidden-camera prank show on MTV called Ladylike.
Loosely Exactly Nicole was a scripted, single-camera comedy based on Byer's own life. Madeleine Davies at Jezebel described the show's premise as a "comedic look on [Byer's] life as a black actress struggling to make it in Hollywood." Loosely, Exactly Nicole premiered September 5, 2016 on MTV. It was later cancelled after one season.