Sam Jay

American comedian and writer and LGBTQY+ promoter

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Also known as Samaria Johnson · Samaria 'Sam Jay' Johnson

Born: January 12, 1982
Birthplace: Atlanta
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: writer
, stand-up comedian
, actor

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Samaria Johnson, better known as Sam Jay, is an American comedian and writer. She is the first Black lesbian writer for Saturday Night Live (2017–2020), and was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing For A Variety Series three times. She's had two streaming comedy specials, 2023's Sam Jay: Salute Me or Shoot Me on HBO Max and on Netflix 2020's 3 in the Morning. Jay is the co-creator and co-star of the HBO comedy series Pause with Sam Jay (2021–2022) and the Peacock comedy series Bust Down (2022).

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Sex or gender: female
Sexual orientation: lesbianism
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1.Stated in LezWatch.TVRetrieved 2019-10-08
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Given name: Sam
Website: samjaycomic.com language: English
Social media followers: 25,552(February 5, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 18492276
22,995(January 9, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 18492276
19,043(January 4, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 18492276
8,517(April 23, 2020) x (twitter) numeric user id: 18492276
Family name: Jay
Residence: Atlanta
Dorchester
New York City
Birth name: Samaria Johnson
Start of work period: 2012

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