She explains, “When I’m thinking about jokes, I’m like, ‘Is this funny to me? What does this mean for me?’ I only really try to speak from a place from which I understand, because if you don’t, you hurt someone’s feelings. And she is transgressive, but never unkind. Like a true expert, she is both culturally critical and funny all at once. Those fine lines are precisely where Byer excels in her work. I only really try to speak from a place from which I understand ’ But when you’re doing voice acting, they’re just like, ‘Go as big as you want.’”
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“You get to literally be a cartoon! Earlier in my career, before I learned how to act on film, I was broad and too big, and people were like, ‘Bring it down, bring it down, bring it down. When I ask her what she likes most about voice acting, her eyes widen. She is a voice actor as well, having voiced roles in an equally extensive array of animated productions- Bob’s Burgers, Family Guy, and an upcoming reboot of Rugrats, voicing Susie’s mom, just to name a few. Byer’s original podcast, Why Won’t You Date Me?, has been running since 2017 and is an acclaimed fan favorite, beloved for Byer’s comedic frankness regarding her sexuality and dating life, as well as her skillfully insightful interviews of a wide array of celebrity guests like Tiffany Haddish, Conan O’Brien, and Roxane Gay.
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She currently hosts five podcasts, four of them with fellow actors and comedians: Best Friends with Sasheer Zamata Newcomers,a movie podcast with Lauren Lapkus 90 Day Bae, with Brooklyn Nine-Nineactress Marcy Jarreau and Drag Her! A RuPaul’s Drag Race Podcast with Mano Agapion.
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Her second scripted television show, a forthcoming NBC comedy series called Grand Crew, will be shot this summer.īyer shares the stage often. In 2020, her work on Nailed It! garnered her an Emmy nomination, and she became the first Black woman ever to be nominated in the Outstanding Host for a Reality or Competition Program category. Today, she hosts Nailed It!-now in its fifth season on Netflix-a hilarious reality baking competition in which regular people (with minimal baking experience) attempt to re-create highly elaborate confections. Having come into larger recognition in 2013 with her appearances on the hit MTV show Girl Code, she has only continued to expand her presence in the industry. In the 2000s, she worked and trained at the Upright Citizens Brigade. Byer’s acting and comedic credits are extensive, from web series to improv to television broadcasts.
Over the past 16 years, the 34-year-old actress has been the definition of “booked and busy,” steadily sharpening her craft as a comedian, writer, and podcaster. “And then I’m like, ‘Oh, well, now that’s a part of the joke.’” For Byer, there are no real flop moments on the stage: it’s half social experimentation, half jazz, and almost entirely self-entertainment. “I’ll talk around why maybe they didn’t like it, ’til something hits,” she says. Pivoting, she’ll calmly begin her investigation. “Oh, you guys didn’t like that joke?” she’ll ask. Instead of getting flustered, she’ll simply key in to her natural curiosity, turning the microscope back onto the audience. She describes what she does if, for instance, a joke during a stand-up set doesn’t quite land with a particular audience. She is irresistibly charming.įor Byer, there are no real flop moments on the stage.īyer approaches her comedic craft with the eye of an analyst and the skill of a musician. “Get me drunk, and you can hear the accent,” she jokes. by way of New York and her home state, New Jersey. Her voice is clear and direct, the lyric inflection in her cadence difficult to place had I not already known that she currently hails from Los Angeles. When she speaks, there’s a soft glimmer of a smile around her mouth, and from habit, I notice right away the blushing hue of her lipstick, immaculately outlined in a rich plum. From the onset, she is self-possessed and direct, her dark eyes open and perceptive. I’m always a bit bewitched by commanding women, and Byer is no exception. I’d be the funniest fucking mechanic you ever met.” “That’s not a ‘girly’ thing, but if someone had made me aware that I could take vocational courses, that’s what I’d be doing right now. “I really liked cars growing up,” she says. At least, this is what she tells me when I ask what a nine-year-old version of herself thought she’d be doing today. In a parallel universe, Nicole Byer is the funniest bus-driving mechanic you’ve ever met.
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