---
name: "Ashley Nicole Black"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ashley-nicole-black"
fi1m_id: "ashley-nicole-black"
imdb_id: "nm2730724"
tmdb_id: 2371913
wikidata_id: "Q22679255"
roles: ["Writer","Producer"]
born: "15 June 1985"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T16:33:39.979539+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Ashley Nicole Black

## Identity

Ashley Nicole Black

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ashley-nicole-black
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ashley-nicole-black
- **IMDb ID:** nm2730724
- **TMDB ID:** 2371913
- **Wikidata ID:** Q22679255
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashley_Nicole_Black, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22679255, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2730724/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2371913

Writer and producer. Born 15 June 1985 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Producer
- **Born:** 15 June 1985, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Active:** 2020–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Bill Lawrence](https://film.one/person/bill-lawrence.md), [Brett Goldstein](https://film.one/person/brett-goldstein.md), [Sasha Garron](https://film.one/person/sasha-garron.md), [Zach Braff](https://film.one/person/zach-braff.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 70, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashley_Nicole_Black, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22679255, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2730724/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2371913

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Ted Lasso*](https://film.one/tv/ted-lasso.md) (78), [*Shrinking*](https://film.one/tv/shrinking.md) (61)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Ashley Nicole Black is an American writer, comedian and actress. Born in Los Angeles on 15 June 1985, she grew up in Walnut, California. She earned a BA in theatre arts from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 2007 and an MA in performance studies from Northwestern University, before leaving a PhD programme to pursue comedy at the Second City in Chicago.

Black worked as a writer and correspondent on *Full Frontal with Samantha Bee* (2016–2019), winning a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special. She has written for and appeared in *A Black Lady Sketch Show* (2019–), and written episodes of *Ted Lasso* (2021), *The Amber Ruffin Show* (2021), *Shrinking* (2023–) and *Bad Monkey* (2024). She joined the *Ted Lasso* writers' room as staff writer and producer for its second season. In 2021 she signed an overall deal with Warner Bros. Television Studios.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, deadline.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Shrinking* (2023), Fi1m 61, Co-Executive Producer, Executive Producer, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/shrinking.md)
- *Ted Lasso* (2020), Fi1m 78, Writer, Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/ted-lasso.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Basic* (2026), Actor
- *Bad Monkey* (2024), series, as Johnna Russell · Supervising Producer, Writer
- *Shrinking* (2023), series, as Nikki · Writer, Co-Executive Producer, Executive Producer — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/tv/shrinking.md)
- *Glimpse* (2022), as Ginny
- *The Great North* (2021), series, as Lotion Leslie (voice), Granny Harriet (voice), Maja (voice)
- *Ted Lasso* (2020), series, Producer, Writer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/ted-lasso.md)
- *A Black Lady Sketch Show* (2019), series, Various Characters, Writer
- *Bless This Mess* (2019), series, Co-Producer
- *Bob's Burgers* (2011), series, as Ms. Jacobson (voice), Pixie Princess Pippa (voice), Harley (voice)
- *Ma 2*, Writer

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