Quinta Brunson

Quinta Brunson ˈkwɪntə born December 21 1989 is an American actress comedian writer and producer She is best known for creating executive producing cowriting and starring as secondgrade teacher Janine Teagues in the ABC comedy series Abbott Elementary 2021present Brunson gained prominence for her selfproduced Instagram series Girl Who Has Never Been on a Nice Date She went on to produce and act in videos for BuzzFeed Video She developed two streaming series with BuzzFeed Motion Pictures At the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards she became the first Black woman to be nominated three times in the comedy category receiving nominations for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series which she won Outstanding Comedy Series as an executive producer and Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series At the 75th ceremony she became the first Black woman to win Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy in over 40 years Brunson was honoured with a 2022 Peabody Award for her work on Abbott Elementary She was also placed on the Time 100 Most Influential People of 2022 list Brunson has acted in the series iZombie Single Parents and Miracle Workers provided voice work for Lazor Wulf and Magical Girl Friendship Squad and starred in the first season of the HBO sketch comedy series A Black Lady Sketch Show Description above from the Wikipedia article Quinta Brunson licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia