Tiffany Sara Cornilia Haddish (born December 3, 1979 in Los Angeles, California) is an American comedian and actor.
Haddish is best known for her breakout role as Dina in the 2017 comedy Girls Trip, which earned her a handful of critics' awards, with many believing she was even worthy of an Oscar nomination. Less than a year later, she'd already nailed hosting stints on Saturday Night Live (for which she'd auditioned to be a cast member in 2013) and the MTV Movie Awards.
Prior to her breakout, Haddish had worked in the entertainment industry for over a decade, mostly taking minor roles in film and television. From 2015 to 2017, Haddish starred as a regular on NBC's The Carmichael Show, and she appeared in the 2016 Keegan-Michael Key / Jordan Peele vehicle Keanu. She also portrayed a race-switched version of Phoebe Buffay in the Jay-Z music video for "Moonlight".
In 2019, Haddish appeared in a variety of high-profile projects, including the mob drama The Kitchen (based on the Vertigo comic book of the same name) and the animated sequel The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part. She also explored new ground in her first regular hosting gig, a revival of Kids Say the Darndest Things. In 2022, Haddish began starring in the Apple TV+ mystery comedy series The Afterparty in the lead role of Detective Danner.
Haddish is also a published author. Her memoir, The Last Black Unicorn, was released in 2017.
Selected filmography:
- The Real Husbands of Hollywood (2013–14) as Tiffany
- TripTank (2014) as Delsyia (voice)
- The Carmichael Show (2015–17) as Nekeisha
- Keanu (2016) as Trina "Hi-C" Parker
- Legends of Chamberlain Heights (2016–17) as Cindy (voice)
- Girls Trip (2017) as Dina
- Moonlight (music video) (2017) as Phoebe Buffay
- Night School (2018) as Carrie
- The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part (2019) as Queen Whatevra Wa'Nabi (voice)
- The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019) as Daisy (voice)
- The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019) as Debbie (voice)
- Tuca & Bertie (2019–22) as Tuca (voice)
- The Kitchen (2019) as Ruby O'Carroll
- Home Movie: The Princess Bride (2020) as Princess Buttercup
- Phineas and Ferb The Movie: Candace Against the Universe (2020) as The Sound Someone Makes When They Explode From The Waist Up (voice)
- Bad Trip (2020) as Trina Malone
- The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run (2021) as Master of Ceremonies (voice)
- On the Count of Three (2021) as Natasha
- The Card Counter (2021) as La Linda
- The Afterparty (2022–present) as Danner
- The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022) as Vivian
- Landscape With Invisible Hand (2023) as Beth Campbell
- Haunted Mansion (2023) as Harriet
Bibliography:
- The Last Black Unicorn (2017)
Tropes displayed by Tiffany Haddish:
- Iconic Outfit:
- The white Alexander McQueen dress that Tiffany claims "cost more than her mortgage", which she's worn to almost everything from the Oscars to her hosting stint on Saturday Night Live.
- That red top in the page image can be seen in the music video for "Girls Like You".
- Playing Against Type:
- The Lego Movie 2 and Kids Say the Darndest Things mark her foray into more family-friendly fare.
- On the Count of Three has her for only one pivotal scene, but it's a dark and dramatic scene.
- She would later pull off a dramatic role as kindhearted gambler La Linda in the critically acclaimed Paul Schrader film The Card Counter.
