EXCLUSIVE: Gina Yashere is getting a second full-time job on the new CBS comedy series Bob ♥ Abishola. Yashere, who co-created the series with Chuck Lorre, Al Higgins and Eddie Gorodetsky, serves a…
This marks the second promotion on the show for Yashere.
The British comedian, daughter on Nigerian immigrants, was initially brought in by Lorre, Higgins and Gorodetsky as a consultant for the development of BobBeing a co-creator did not hand Yashere the role of Kemi, which she wanted to play. Yashere had to audition for it. She landed the part, and her scenes on the bus with Olowofoyeku became a highlight of the pilot. Yashere is repped by Jodi Lieberman of JLC Entertainment Group and Buchwald.
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