Sasheer Zamata

About

Sasheer Zamata Moore (; born May 6, 1986) is an American actress and comedian. She rose to prominence as a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 2014 to 2017. Since departing SNL, she has garnered wider attention for her starring roles in the TV series Woke (2020–2022), Home Economics (2021–2023), and Agatha All Along (2024).

Zamata, who is of African American heritage, is the daughter of American parents Ivory Steward and Henry Moore, a lieutenant colonel in the US Air Force. She was born in Okinawa, Japan, because of her father’s military career. She is the great-granddaughter of Leroy Washington Mahon, a formerly enslaved man who founded the town of Fargo, Arkansas.
Zamata was raised in Indianapolis, Indiana. She is a graduate of Pike High School. She stated her parents named her after the alien flower-like crystal called the “Sahsheer” from the Star Trek episode “By Any Other Name”.
Zamata was a member of the volleyball team at Pike High School and her coach rewarded the team with a trip to ComedySportz Indianapolis, which hosts improv performances. Her mother, Ivory Steward, has said, “That’s where I think Sasheer got bit by this…