American actress, writer, and comedian Naomi Ekperigin has written episodes of Broad City and Great News for television.
With a father from Nigeria and a mother from Detroit, Ekperigin was born and reared in Harlem.
Where did Naomi Ekperigin go to college and high school?
In a class of 118 students at the Dalton School, she was one of just six black students. She then earned her degree from Wesleyan University in 2005. Ekperigin started performing comedy and doing improv in college.
Did Naomi Ekperigin go to film school?
There isn’t enough records to confirm whether she attended film school or not.
Ekperigin spent a year travelling with the National Theatre for the Deaf after earning her degree from college.
She then came back to New York in 2007 and began performing stand-up while holding down a regular job at an art magazine.
In the second season of the program, she was elevated to staff writer, and she continued to write for the third season as well.
