Jojo T. Gibbs

Gibbs, an American actress and comedian, started out in stand-up a year before relocating to Los Angeles in 2015 to act professionally. Born in South Carolina and raised in North Carolina, she earned a journalism degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, then took jobs such as substitute teaching and acted in student films at SCAD. With a friend she launched a production company and created the web series No More Comics in L.A., financing two episodes and using crowdfunding for eight more. After she and her collaborators contacted Black television creatives, Lena Waithe asked her to audition for Twenties, her first audition. Gibbs won the lead role of Hattie, a queer aspiring TV writer on the BET series. She has also had a recurring role on Good Trouble, appeared in the scripted podcast The Left Right Game, and starred in the thriller Fresh (2022).