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Comic Jessica Williams On ‘The Daily Show’ And Learning To 'Never Ever Be Average’

Many comics struggle for years before making it big, but Jessica Williams’ lucky break came early. She was just 22 and still in college when she landed a gig as a correspondent on The Daily Show in 2012.

Despite her early success, Williams says that her career before that wasn’t always smooth sailing: “I am a 6-foot tall black woman and I have been since I was about 13 years old. … As a comedian and improviser and somebody who did a lot of sketch and was an actress, I got tons of rejection early on.”

During her four-year stint on The Daily Show, Williams became famous for her satirical reports on racism, sexism and homophobia. In 2016, she launched 2 Dope Queens, a podcast she co-hosts with fellow comic Phoebe Robinson. Now Williams is starring in The Incredible Jessica James, a Netflix film, which she also executive produced, about an aspiring playwright who’s getting over a bad breakup.