df_f_comedians_2_para: 49

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rowid	first_name	last_name	gender	career_sec	personal_sec	info	seed_first_name	seed_last_name	occupation
49	Galyn	Obeidallah	f	Brito was born in Florida, though she went on to attend junior high school in Scotland and Hong Kong and high school in Kentucky. She is of Cuban and Icelandic descent and spoke only Spanish before kindergarten. After high school, Brito moved to St. Louis to pursue a business degree at the Washington University in St. Louis. Once she graduated from college, she remained in St. Louis and launched her comedy career. Though she was politically active in college with the student and labor rights movement, her comedy wasn't explicitly political at first. Eventually, she moved to Oakland specifically for the city's comedy scene and reputation for fostering progressive comics. It was in Oakland that she honed her focus on identity politics and decided to take more risks in her act, such as adopting her signature androgynous style. Shortly after moving to the Bay Area around 2008, Brito met comic W. Kamau Bell. Bell quickly became a mentor to Brito, taking her under his wing as his “comedy daughter." In 2010, she joined Bell and fellow comic Nato Green in Laughter Against the Machine, a political comedy tour that was subsequently made into a documentary set to premiere in 2014. In 2012, Bell invited Brito to join the writing staff of his new FX series Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell. In addition to writing on the series, Brito frequently appeared on air in pieces covering topics like Miss Fire Island, LGBTQ athletes, and the "war on women." In 2019, Brito joined the comedy web television series One Day at a Time as both a writer and an actor. She also had a small part in Amy Poehler's feature-film directorial debut, Wine Country. In May 2019, Brito performed as a stand-up comedian on Late Night with Seth Meyers. She is a writer on the animated comedy series Bless the Harts, starring Maya Rudolph and Kristen Wiig.	Brito got engaged to Saturday Night Live alum Paula Pell in August 2018.	Obeidallah was born in Florida, though she went on to attend junior high school in Scotland and Hong Kong and high school in Kentucky. She is of Cuban and Icelandic descent and spoke only Spanish before kindergarten. After high school, Obeidallah moved to St. Louis to pursue a business degree at the Washington University in St. Louis. Once she graduated from college, she remained in St. Louis and launched her comedy career. Though she was politically active in college with the student and labor rights movement, her comedy wasn't explicitly political at first. Eventually, she moved to Oakland specifically for the city's comedy scene and reputation for fostering progressive comics. It was in Oakland that she honed her focus on identity politics and decided to take more risks in her act, such as adopting her signature androgynous style. Shortly after moving to the Bay Area around 2008, Obeidallah met comic W. Kamau Bell. Bell quickly became a mentor to Obeidallah, taking her under his wing as his “comedy daughter." In 2010, she joined Bell and fellow comic Nato Green in Laughter Against the Machine, a political comedy tour that was subsequently made into a documentary set to premiere in 2014. In 2012, Bell invited Obeidallah to join the writing staff of his new FX series Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell. In addition to writing on the series, Obeidallah frequently appeared on air in pieces covering topics like Miss Fire Island, LGBTQ athletes, and the "war on women." In 2019, Obeidallah joined the comedy web television series One Day at a Time as both a writer and an actor. She also had a small part in Amy Poehler's feature-film directorial debut, Wine Country. In May 2019, Obeidallah performed as a stand-up comedian on Late Night with Seth Meyers. She is a writer on the animated comedy series Bless the Harts, starring Maya Rudolph and Kristen Wiig.Obeidallah got engaged to Saturday Night Live alum Paula Pell in August 2018.	Janine	Brito	comedians