Quinta Brunson

Brunson garnered fans online by posting comedic videos to her Instagram in 2014.[10] In particular, her Girl Who Has Never Been on a Nice Date series went viral and grew her digital fan base.[10][11][1] She then worked as a video producer for BuzzFeed Video after first freelancing for the company.[12] Her videos primarily focused on problems experienced by twenty-somethings.[13]

In 2016, Brunson sold two web series as a development partner with BuzzFeed Motion Pictures:[14] one scripted comedy called Broke for Youtube Red, which she wrote, produced, and starred in;[3][15] the second, Up for Adoption, and was produced by Verizon's go90 video platform, which she also starred in.[11] Brunson's performance in Broke was nominated for Best Acting in a Comedy at the Streamy Awards in 2017.[16]

Brunson left BuzzFeed in 2018.[1] Shortly after, she co-starred in a CW pilot called The End of the World as We Know It, her first network pilot.[4] The show was not picked up by the network. She also wrote and produced a series called Quinta vs. Everything that streams on Facebook Watch.[9][1]

On October 4, 2018, it was announced that a pilot co-produced by Brunson, Larry Wilmore, and Jermaine Fowler would be developed by CBS into a multi-cam comedy.[5] The pilot is called Quinta & Jermaine, and Fowler and Brunson will also star as longtime friends who must deal with an unplanned pregnancy. However, the show was not picked up.[17]

In 2019, she appeared as Dr. Charli Collier and her twin sister, Laila on the supernatural comedy-drama series iZombie, and also voiced multiple characters in the animated series Lazor Wulf.[18] That fall, Brunson began to co-star and write in the HBO sketch comedy series A Black Lady Sketch Show, alongside Robin Thede, Gabrielle Dennis, and Ashley Nicole Black.[19]

Brunson co-stars in the 2020 Syfy animated series Magical Girl Friendship Squad opposite Anna Akana.[20]