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Sabrina Jalees (born April 19, 1985) is a Canadian comedian, actress, and writer. She has written for various series, and starred as a main cast member alongside Patricia Heaton in the 2019 TV comedy series Carol's Second Act.




Early life and education


The daughter of a Swiss mother and a Pakistani father, she graduated from Earl Haig Secondary School, and later from the Radio and Television Arts program at Toronto Metropolitan University in June 2007.




Career


Jalees wrote a weekly column in the Toronto Star's ID section.
She has made many Canadian media appearances, including as a commentator on MuchMusic's Video on Trial, Stars On Trial and LOL!, as well as a role in the drama series Flashpoint, and Jian Ghomeshi's Monday correspondent on CBC Radio One's Sounds Like Canada in the Summer. She also previously filed a regular segment on Go. She is a former host (until 2010) of Laugh Out Loud on CBC Radio One and a reality TV show for children, In Real Life, airing on YTV. She made a cameo in the video for the song Break This by Hunter Valentine. She narrates the CBBC series Rank the Prank.
She was a writer for Canada's Got Talent and Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock.
In 2020, she appeared in an episode of Canada's Drag Race, as co-judge of a mini-challenge in the episode "The Snow Ball".
In 2021, she was announced as one of the judges in the upcoming first season of Roast Battle Canada. In 2023 she debuted as host of Farming for Love.




Personal life


Jalees came out as a lesbian and was shunned by her extended Muslim family, an experience she relates in her 2013 Canadian comedy tour, "Brownlisted." Her wife, Shauna McCann, is a fashion designer. They have a son named Wolfie.




Filmography






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References






External links


Official website
Sabrina Jalees at IMDb

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