Jonica T. Gibbs

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Jonica T. Gibbs
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Gibbs in 2018
Born Gaffney, South Carolina, U.S.
Nationality American
Other names Jojo T. Gibbs
Occupation Actress, comedian
Years active 2015–present
Known for Twenties
Notable work Fresh

Jonica "Jojo" T. Gibbs is an American actress and comedian. She plays the lead role of Hattie on the BET series Twenties.[1]

Early life and education

Gibbs was born in South Carolina[2] and raised by her great-grandparents in Hampstead, North Carolina.[3] She received her bachelor's degree in journalism from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.[3] Negative experiences with faculty members in the department discouraged her from pursuing journalism.[4] After graduation, she worked several jobs, including as a substitute teacher, and acted in student films at SCAD.[2]

Career

Gibbs moved to Los Angeles in 2015 to pursue acting professionally,[3] a year after she began stand-up comedy.[2][3] She and her close friend Rashonda Joplin started a production company and developed the web series No More Comics in L.A.[5] They shot and financed two episodes and created a crowdfunding campaign to raise money for the remaining eight episodes.[3][6] They reached out to a number of Black television creatives to market the campaign, including Lena Waithe.[7]

Waithe invited Gibbs to audition for Twenties, which was her first audition.[2][3] Gibbs was cast in the lead role as Hattie, a broke, queer, aspiring TV writer loosely based on Waithe's experiences.[4][5] Gibbs has spoken about the significance of playing one of few masculine-of-center lesbians in American media.[3][8]

Gibbs has a recurring role in Good Trouble and the scripted podcast The Left Right Game.[9][10] Gibbs starred in the 2022 thriller Fresh.[11]

Personal life

Gibbs is openly gay.[4][12] She came out to her mother at 19 after watching True Life: I'm Coming Out.[6]

Filmography

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2019–2020 Good Trouble[9] Fundraiser Guest Recurring role
2020 The Left Right Game[10] Eve (voice) Podcast series
2020–2021 Twenties[2] Hattie Main role
2021 Electric Easy[13] Omni / Martha (voice) Podcast series

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2022 Fresh Mollie[11]
Something from Tiffany's Terri Blake
2023 Past Lives Janice
Dogman Evelyn
2024 Civil War WF White House Sergeant
Dirty Angels TBA

References

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External links

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