Dina Hashem | |
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 Hashem in 2023 | |
| Alma mater | Rutgers University |
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| Years active | 2010s–present |
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| Medium | Stand-up |
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| Website | www |
Dina Hashem is an American stand-up comedian, voice actress, and writer. She is known for her one-hour stand-up special, Dark Little Whispers, on Amazon Prime. [1] Hashem is a two-time Emmy-nominee for her work writing on The Daily Show . [2] [3]
Hashem is of Egyptian and Moroccan descent. [4] Her experiences growing up in a Muslim household in New Jersey would later inform much of her comedic material. [1] [5]
She attended Rutgers University, where she studied English, philosophy, and Japanese. [6] Hashem first performed stand-up while at Rutgers, entering a campus comedy contest to impress a classmate and winning. [6] [7]
Hashem began performing in the New York City comedy scene in the 2010s. She first gained widespread attention from a roast performance at The Stand NYC, after a YouTube video "Shy deadpan girl viciously defeats a big loud guy" received more than 5 million views. [1] [8] Hashem then made her Comedy Central debut, winning in her first appearance on Jeff Ross Presents Roast Battle . [9]
She was named one of Team Coco's "Comics To Watch", before making her late-night stand-up debut on Conan on TBS. [9] She has appeared on WTF with Marc Maron , 2 Dope Queens , Night Train with Wyatt Cenac , and Comedy Central's Stand-Up Featuring, which has nearly three million views. [9] [10] [11]
Hashem's first hour-long special, Dark Little Whispers, on Amazon Prime was well-received by critics. [1] [12] Jason Zinoman of The New York Times wrote that Hashem is "one of the best deadpan artists working." [12] The special was executive produced by comedian Sam Morril. [2]
Hashem has written for Mindy Kaling's The Sex Lives of College Girls , as well as B.J. Novak's FX anthology series, The Premise . [2] Hashem worked as a writer and voiced the recurring character Lamby the Lamb on Ramy Youssef's Amazon Prime series, #1 Happy Family USA . [13] [2] She has also voiced a character on Apple TV's Central Park . [14]
As a writer on The Daily Show , Hashem has been nominated for two Emmy Awards and two Writers Guild of America Awards. [3] [15]
Hashem is an avid drummer and skateboarder. [16] [17] She has also used political satire to speak out against rhetoric targeting Arab Americans. [18]