“I was in the music industry as Amanda Diva for 10 years but I realized that I had bigger work to do and needed to get busy doing that work. I really do believe that I'm here for a bigger purpose, and I want to be a role model and speak for the black community and black women specifically. Humor was the way it felt most organic and effective for me.”

Grenadian-American actress and comedian

Amanda Seales is a Grenadian-American actress and comedian. She is known for her work on television and for bringing Black culture, history, and everyday experience into her comedy. From 2017 to 2021, she had a supporting role in HBO’s Insecure. HBO also released her first stand-up special, I Be Knowin, in 2019. In 2020, she launched Smart Funny & Black, a comedy game show, and she was also a co-host of the syndicated daytime talk show The Real.