Sasheer Zamata
Sasheer Zamata
Sasheer Zamata is a comedian, actress and writer who can be seen on ABC’s Home Economics, Hulu’s Woke, Comedy Central’s Robbie, the horror comedy film Spree, and Lionsgate’s romantic comedy The Weekend. She was a cast member on Saturday Night Live for four seasons, and has appeared on This American Life and Late Night with Stephen Colbert. Her stand up special Pizza Mind is available to stream online and she is one half of the weekly podcast Best Friends, with her best friend Nicole Byer.
Guest Appearances
August 18, 2025
This week, Laci welcomes co-hosts of the podcast, Best Friends, Nicole Byer and Sasheer Zamata (Grand Crew, Agatha All Along), to discuss the Enhanced Games, a proposed international sporting event set to take place in Las Vegas in 2026.
June 23, 2024
Leslye Headland (Star Wars: The Acolyte) and Sasheer Zamata (SNL) join Paul and Jason to discuss the 1983 sci-fi fantasy film Hercules starring Lou Ferrigno.
April 11, 2024
It’s Fraud Friday! This week, we revisit our episode with Sasheer Zamata where she and Laci expose the man who told people he was a government spy who needed money and those people were like “sure.”
December 27, 2023
Paul & Amy are throwing an end-of-year party, and you’re invited! Joined by lots of film and podcast friends, Unspooled producers of past, present, and (maybe?) future all ask this year’s hot question: What was your favorite film of the year?
August 14, 2023
What’s poppin’ Con-gregation? This week, comedian Sasheer Zamata joins the show to discuss Thomas Justice, a once-promising cyclist prodigy turned bank robber when his Olympic dreams were no longer viable.
July 27, 2023
Comedian & co-host of the podcast ‘Best Friends’, Sasheer Zamata joins Jameela this week and they cover everything from period pain, masturbating, shaving heads and secrets we no longer need to keep private.