ABOUT

Zabrina Douglas, is a nurse and a comedian. Her comedy album Things Black Girls Say: The Album received a Juno Award nomination for Comedy Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2023.

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Douglas, a registered nurse, mom of 5 performs across the country at yukyuks comedy clubs, theatres, corporate and private events. She regularly performs at Kenny Robinson's Nubian Disciples nights for Black Canadian comedians, and was a nominee for the Tim Sims Award in 2008.

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She broke through to wider success in 2020 as the headliner of Laughter from the Frontlines, a virtual comedy show organized by The Unknown Comedy Club featuring frontline health care workers performing comedy and storytelling about coping with the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

She subsequently organized Things Black Girls Say, a regular show at Toronto's Comedy Bar, and recorded her sets at the April 15and 16, 2022, shows for release as an album. Zabrina Douglas has performed at the juno awards in Edmonton,the Winnipeg comedy festival and Just for Laughs montreal, Vancouver and Toronto.

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She has made appearances on CBC Gem in the new wave of standup, Winnipeg Comedy Festival:Die laughing and Jack Whitehall:The Gala. She has released another comedy album in 2024 called Nurse on Nights that is available for streaming everywhere.