ZAINAB JOHNSON

Zainab Johnson live at City Winery Chicago on Tuesday, July 25th at 8:00pm!

Zainab Johnson, a stand-up comedian, actress, and writer is quickly being propelled as one of the most unique and engaging performers on stage and screen. Zainab’s comedy is based on her unique point-of-view, which was shaped growing up in Harlem as one of thirteen siblings in a black Muslim family. After getting a degree in Math and Education and taking a job as a teacher, she quickly learned that she had a different calling........

Zainab is currently a series regular on the new Amazon Original hit series titled "Upload" from Greg Daniels, she is one of the hosts for Netflix's show "100 Humans", and and starred in a new web series titled Avant-Guardians. She made her first late night stand up appearance on NBC's Late Night with Seth Meyers and had a breakout appearance on HBO’s All Def Comedy, NBC’s Last Comic Standing, and performed at the JFL Comedy Festival in Montreal first as a "New Face of Comedy", then as "Variety's Top 10 Comics to Watch", and most recently on the longest running JFL show "Just For The Culture" She is a paid regular at The Comedy Store, The Improv, and Laugh Factory in Los Angeles as well as the Comedy Cellar in New York City.