If you used the internet at all in the last decade, then it’s almost certain that you’ve seen Quinta Brunson. She’s the girl in GIFs and memes peppered across your Twitter timeline and Instagram feed: milly rocking in front of backdrops of various exotic locales, or smiling in awe and mouthing “He got moooney!” in clips from a series of web sketches aptly titled “The Girl Who Has Never Been On A Nice Date.”
Or, you might recognize her from TV, where she recently starred alongside Robin Thede, Ashley Nicole Black and Gabrielle Dennis on HBO’s “A Black Lady Sketch Show.” The series is exactly what the name suggests: six 30-minute episodes in which Brunson and her co-stars play all manner of characters, from dance-battling aliens to international spies, in a series of sketches written by and starring Black women. A second season was picked up by HBO.
Months after the show’s first season ended, Brunson talked about her thoughts on the reception, not just the good but also the bad.
