Zainab Johnson

Zainab Johnson had other plans for her life, perhaps professional basketball or teaching, before a tragic accident changed her life and her worldview. Johnson tells me how she absorbed the lessons of the comedians she hung out with before jumping into comedy herself. So far, so good. After being named a New Face at Montreal's Just For Laughs Festival in 2014, she has appeared on HBO's All Def Comedy, NBC's Last Comic Standing, Arsenio, BET's Comic View, MTV's Acting Out, and AXS-TV's Gotham Comedy Live! She's also developing a TV series with the help of Wanda Sykes. So let's get to it!