Ego Nwodim

Ego Nwodim is an American actress, comedian, writer, and singer. She was born on March 10, 1988, and is of Nigerian heritage. Nwodim graduated from Eastern Technical High School in Baltimore County and later obtained a biology degree from the University of Southern California. She began her comedy career by taking classes at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in Los Angeles. Nwodim gained recognition as a regular cast member at UCB before joining the cast of Saturday Night Live in 2018. She has also performed in her one-woman show called Great Black Women...and Then There's Me. Nwodim has appeared in Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders and was named one of the New Faces at the 2016 Just for Laughs festival.More