“My mother is black, from Grenada, so my blackness was always there, but It wasn't until I started hanging with the upperclassmen black actors at my high school that I really got my roots in being a black American, which is a distinctly different identity and experience.”

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.