Cocoa Brown

Cocoa Brown is an American comedian, actress and writer who got her start in comedy stage shows, among them BET's ComicView, One Mic Stand and Showtime at the Apollo. Born Farah Brown in Newport News, Virginia, she graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University and holds a Master of Science in Secondary Education from the University of Phoenix. She moved into television with guest roles on ER and Breaking Bad, then in 2011 was cast as Jennifer, the best friend of Tasha Smith's character, in the Oprah Winfrey Network comedy Tyler Perry's For Better or Worse, which ran for six seasons. In 2014 she took the lead in the comedy-drama The Single Moms Club (2014) alongside Amy Smart, Zulay Henao, Wendi McLendon-Covey and Nia Long, and drew positive reviews. A supporting part in Ted 2 (2015) followed, and she later played juror Jeanette Harris in The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story and Carla Price in 9-1-1.