Yvonne Orji is a Nigerian-American actress and comedian. She is best known for her role in the television series Insecure, for which she has been nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award and three NAACP Image Awards.
Known For
Credits
Cast Credits
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter (2023)
Starring as Host
(8 episodes)
- Episode 2x03: Comedy Actor (Jun 14, 2024)
- Episode 2x02: Drama Actor (Jun 7, 2024)
- Episode 2x01: Comedy Actress (May 24, 2024)
- Episode 1x05: Producer (Jan 14, 2024)
- Episode 1x04: Actor (Jan 7, 2024)
- Episode 1x03: Director (Jan 7, 2024)
- Episode 1x02: Actress (Dec 31, 2023)
- Episode 1x01: Songwriter (Dec 31, 2023)
The Breakfast Club on BET (2023)
Guest starring as Yvonne Orji
- Episode 1x44: "The Blackening" Cast (Jun 15, 2023)
My Dad the Bounty Hunter (2023)
Starring as Tess
(13 episodes)
- Episode 2x09: Tales of Doloraam: Part 2 (Aug 17, 2023)
- Episode 2x08: Tales of Doloraam: Part 1 (Aug 17, 2023)
- Episode 2x07: For the Throne (Aug 17, 2023)
- Episode 2x06: Wolves & Sheep (Aug 17, 2023)
- Episode 2x05: Old Friends (Aug 17, 2023)
- Episode 2x04: This is Doloraam (Aug 17, 2023)
- Episode 2x03: Ocanom Grind (Aug 17, 2023)
- Episode 2x02: Jailbreak (Aug 17, 2023)
- Episode 2x01: Abduction (Aug 17, 2023)
- Episode 1x10: The Bounty Hunters (Feb 9, 2023)
- Episode 1x05: Chillion-5 (Feb 9, 2023)
- Episode 1x03: Pit Stop (Feb 9, 2023)
- Episode 1x01: The Bounty Hunter (Feb 9, 2023)
Velma (2023)
Guest starring as Gigi
(8 episodes)
- Episode 1x10: The Brains of the Operation (Feb 9, 2023)
- Episode 1x09: Family (Wo)man (Feb 9, 2023)
- Episode 1x08: A Velma In The Woods (Feb 2, 2023)
- Episode 1x07: Fog Fest (Feb 2, 2023)
- Episode 1x05: Marching Band Sleepover (Jan 26, 2023)
- Episode 1x04: Velma Makes a List (Jan 19, 2023)
- Episode 1x03: Velma Kai (Jan 19, 2023)
- Episode 1x01: Velma (Jan 12, 2023)
Sherri (2022)
Guest starring as Yvonne Orji
- Episode 1x153: Jay Pharoah, Yvonne Orji, Jordan Carlos (Jun 15, 2023)
The Jennifer Hudson Show (2022)
Guest starring as Yvonne Orji
- Episode 1x03: Yvonne Orji (Sep 14, 2022)
If We're Being Honest with Laverne Cox (2022)
Guest starring as Yvonne Orji
- Episode 1x04: Loud & Fearless (Nov 23, 2022)
My Mom, Your Dad (2022)
Starring as Host
(8 episodes)
- Episode 1x08: We Came To Do What We Came To Do (Jan 13, 2022)
- Episode 1x07: I Got Me a Girlfriend (Jan 13, 2022)
- Episode 1x06: My Rock Says Caution (Jan 13, 2022)
- Episode 1x05: Bunk Buddies for Life (Jan 13, 2022)
- Episode 1x04: It's a Phill Sandwich (Jan 13, 2022)
- Episode 1x03: Jimmy Jam (Jan 13, 2022)
- Episode 1x02: This Might Get a Little Weird (Jan 13, 2022)
- Episode 1x01: We're Like the FBI Right Now (Jan 13, 2022)
The Wonder Years (2021)
Guest starring as Tammy
- Episode 1x19: Love & War (Apr 13, 2022) [Special Guest Star]
GMA3: What You Need to Know (2020)
Guest starring as Yvonne Orji
(2 episodes)
- Episode 4x97: Brittany Mahomes, Yvonne Orji (Feb 1, 2024)
- Episode 2x177: Yvonne Orji, Chef Eric Adjepong, Angel Bismark Curiel (May 27, 2021)
Tamron Hall (2019)
Guest starring as Yvonne Orji
- Episode 5x05: Free Your Mind and The "Best" Will Follow (Sep 11, 2023)
The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019)
Guest starring as Yvonne Orji
(2 episodes)
- Episode 3x61: Sandra Bullock, Yvonne Orji, Tan France, Alison Krauss, Robert Plant (Dec 8, 2021)
- Episode 2x162: Michael Douglas, Yvonne Orji, Ben Platt (Jun 8, 2021)
A Black Lady Sketch Show (2019)
Guest starring as Flight Attendant
- Episode 1x01: Angela Bassett Is the Baddest B***h (Aug 2, 2019)
Guest starring as Danae
- Episode 1x05: Why Are Her Pies Wet, Lord? (Aug 30, 2019)
The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan (2019)
Guest starring as Yvonne Orji
- Episode 4x06: Adam Lambert, Motsi Mabuse, Romesh Ranganathan, Yvonne Orji (Jun 9, 2023)
The Shop (2018)
Guest starring as Yvonne Orji
- Episode 4x06: David Beckham, James Corden, Saweetie, Bubba Wallace, Yvonne Orji (Oct 29, 2021)
Do or Dare (2017)
Guest starring as Yvonne Orji
- Episode 1x05: Boris Kodjoe vs. Yvonne Orji (Jan 12, 2018)
Martha & Snoop's Potluck Party Challenge (2016)
Guest starring as Yvonne Orji
- Episode 3x07: #Friendsgiving Face-Off (Nov 20, 2019)
Insecure (2016)
Starring as Molly Carter
(42 episodes)
- Episode 5x10: Everything Gonna Be, Okay?! (Dec 26, 2021)
- Episode 5x09: Out, Okay?! (Dec 19, 2021)
- Episode 5x08: Choices, Okay?! (Dec 12, 2021)
- Episode 5x07: Chillin', Okay?! (Dec 5, 2021)
- Episode 5x06: Tired, Okay?! (Nov 28, 2021)
- Episode 5x05: Surviving, Okay ?! (Nov 21, 2021)
- Episode 5x04: Faulty, Okay ?! (Nov 14, 2021)
- Episode 5x02: Growth, Okay?! (Oct 31, 2021)
- Episode 5x01: Reunited, Okay? (Oct 24, 2021)
- Episode 4x10: Lowkey Lost (Jun 14, 2020)
- Episode 4x09: Lowkey Trying (Jun 7, 2020)
- Episode 4x07: Lowkey Trippin' (May 24, 2020)
- Episode 4x06: Lowkey Done (May 17, 2020)
- Episode 4x05: Lowkey Movin' On (May 10, 2020)
- Episode 4x04: Lowkey Losin' It (May 3, 2020)
- Episode 4x03: Lowkey Thankful (Apr 26, 2020)
- Episode 4x02: Lowkey Distant (Apr 19, 2020)
- Episode 4x01: Lowkey Feelin' Myself (Apr 12, 2020)
- Episode 3x08: Ghost-Like (Sep 30, 2018)
- Episode 3x07: Obsessed-Like (Sep 23, 2018)
- Episode 3x06: Ready-Like (Sep 16, 2018)
- Episode 3x05: High-Like (Sep 9, 2018)
- Episode 3x04: Fresh-Like (Sep 2, 2018)
- Episode 3x03: Backwards-Like (Aug 26, 2018)
- Episode 3x02: Familiar-Like (Aug 19, 2018)
- Episode 3x01: Better-Like (Aug 12, 2018)
- Episode 2x08: Hella Perspective (Sep 10, 2017)
- Episode 2x07: Hella Disrespectful (Sep 3, 2017)
- Episode 2x06: Hella Blows (Aug 27, 2017)
- Episode 2x05: Hella Shook (Aug 20, 2017)
- Episode 2x04: Hella La (Aug 13, 2017)
- Episode 2x03: Hella Open (Aug 6, 2017)
- Episode 2x02: Hella Questions (Jul 30, 2017)
- Episode 2x01: Hella Great (Jul 23, 2017)
- Episode 1x08: Broken as Fuck (Nov 27, 2016)
- Episode 1x07: Real as Fuck (Nov 20, 2016)
- Episode 1x06: Guilty as Fuck (Nov 13, 2016)
- Episode 1x05: Shady as Fuck (Nov 6, 2016)
- Episode 1x04: Thirsty as Fuck (Oct 30, 2016)
- Episode 1x03: Racist as Fuck (Oct 23, 2016)
- Episode 1x02: Messy as Fuck (Oct 16, 2016)
- Episode 1x01: Insecure as Fuck (Oct 9, 2016)
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (2015)
Guest starring as Yvonne Orji
- Episode 2021-06-09: Yvonne Orji (Jun 9, 2021)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
Guest starring as Yvonne Orji
- Episode 2018-09-04: John Krasinski, Yvonne Orji (Sep 4, 2018)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
Guest starring as Yvonne Orji
- Episode 2020-06-16: Sen. Bernie Sanders, Yvonne Orji, Black Pumas (Jun 16, 2020)
The Talk (2010)
Guest starring as Yvonne Orji
- Episode 2020-06-05: Olivia Newton-John, Yvonne Orji (Jun 5, 2020)
Watch What Happens Live (2009)
Guest starring as Yvonne Orji
- Episode 20x147: Graham Norton, Yvonne Orji (Sep 14, 2023)
Jimmy Kimmel Live (2003)
Guest starring as Yvonne Orji
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2021-05-20: Ryan Seacrest, Yvonne Orji, Counting Crows (May 20, 2021)
- Episode 2020-08-27: Yvonne Orji, Amber Riley, guest host Lil Rel Howery (Aug 27, 2020)
The Emmy Awards (1949)
Guest starring as Yvonne Orji
- Episode 2020-09-20: The 72nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards 2020 (Sep 20, 2020)