Ajahnis Charley

Ajahnis Charley (they/them/that bitch) is a Black, Non-Binary comedian and one of Just For Laughs’ New Faces of Comedy: Canada.

They are an alum of The Second City's Touring Company and they feature in the Emmy-nominated HBO miniseries Station Eleven and Bell Media sitcom Shelved. They’ve story edited for upcoming comedy series Bria Mack Gets A Life, Stay Tooned, Dirts and has written news satire for platforms This Hour Has 22 Minutes, The Beaverton and Because News. If you hear a pun about butts in Canadian media, they likely had something to do with it.

The National Film Board produced Ajahnis' award-winning directorial debut, I AM GAY. They tour sketch comedy internationally and won Best of the Fest at the 2023 Montreal Sketch Comedy Festival. Ajahnis is a co-creator and co-producer of the Untitled Black Sketch Project, Canada's first all-Black sketch ensemble, unless Joe Pesci wants to join. Ajahnis is obsessed with Joe Pesci.

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