Brittani Nichols

Brittani Nichols (born June 20, 1988) is an American producer, actress, comedian, and writer. In 2016, Nichols wrote, produced, and starred in the film Suicide Kale, which won the Audience Award for Best U.S. Dramatic Feature at 2016 Outfest.

Nichols was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. She attended Yale University, where she played on the women's basketball team. Nichols moved to Los Angeles after college and began developing the web series Words With Girls, which she later rewrote as a full-length pilot that was produced by Issa Rae and Deniese Davis's initiative ColorCreative.tv.

In 2016, Nichols wrote, produced, and starred in the 2016 film Suicide Kale, a dark comedy with an all queer-woman cast. Nichols she set out to make a lesbian movie that "wasn’t about coming out, sleeping with a man, or a character death at the end". The film won the Audience Award for Best U.S. Dramatic Feature at Outfest.

Her writing has appeared on HuffPost, Autostraddle, Jezebel, and BuzzFeed. She has appeared in a number of television programs including Billy on the Street, Take My Wife, and Transparent. As of 2019, she is a writer for the HBO series A Black Lady Sketch Show.

She released a five track EP, Brittani Nichols Likes You, available for free.

Nichols is currently a co-host of two podcasts, Brand New Podcast and Hamilton the Podcast.

Nichols is gay. Both Words with Girls and Suicide Kale draw on Nichols's own experiences as a lesbian, and she has stated repeatedly in interviews that she is committed to increasing LGBTQ and African-American representation in media.

She credits Dave Chappelle with cultivating her interest in comedy.