Cast Detail: Zainab Johnson

Zainab Johnson is a stand-up comedian, actor, and writer from Harlem, NY, recently hailed by Variety as a Top 10 Comic To Watch. Johnson's comedy is based on her unique point-of-view, which was shaped growing up as one of thirteen siblings in a Muslim family. Johnson can currently be seen playing the role of Aleesha on the Greg Daniels Amazon Original series Upload and hosting Netflix's 100 Humans, a social experiment where 100 individuals take part in interactive experiments exploring sex, happiness, torture and all the other aspects of being human. Johnson is a regular at the Comedy Cellar in NY and the Comedy Store and Improv in LA. She's made appearances on Late Night with Seth Meyers, HBO's All Def Comedy, MTV's Acting Out, and NBC's Last Comic Standing. She had a breakout performance at The Melbourne Comedy Festival and regularly returns to Montreal's Just For Laughs festival.

Zainab Johnson is a stand-up comedian, actor, and writer from Harlem, NY, recently hailed by Variety as a Top 10 Comic To Watch. Johnson's comedy is based on her unique point-of-view, which was shaped growing up as one of thirteen siblings in a Muslim family. Johnson can currently be seen playing the role of Aleesha on the Greg Daniels Amazon Original series Upload and hosting Netflix's 100 Humans, a social experiment where 100 individuals take part in interactive experiments exploring sex, happiness, torture and all the other aspects of being human. Johnson is a regular at the Comedy Cellar in NY and the Comedy Store and Improv in LA. She's made appearances on Late Night with Seth Meyers, HBO's All Def Comedy, MTV's Acting Out, and NBC's Last Comic Standing. She had a breakout performance at The Melbourne Comedy Festival and regularly returns to Montreal's Just For Laughs festival.