Sarah Cooper
Sarah Cooper is a comedian, writer and actor who turns office rituals, politics and everyday awkwardness into sketches, stand-up and books.
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- From
- Jamaica; raised in Maryland
- Work
- Comedian, writer, actor and producer
- Before comedy
- Design work at Yahoo! and Google
- Breakout
- Trump lip-sync videos in 2020
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How it started.
Sarah grew up in Maryland as the youngest of four children in a Jamaican family. She built her comedy career alongside design jobs at Yahoo! and Google, starting stand-up in Atlanta. In 2014, her post 10 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings went viral, and she left Google that year to pursue writing and comedy.
Finding her audience.
Her workplace observations became 100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings in 2016 and How to Be Successful without Hurting Men’s Feelings in 2018. In April 2020, How to Medical helped her Trump lip-sync videos reach a much wider audience. Her Netflix sketch special Everything’s Fine followed later that year.
Beyond the lip-syncs.
Her 2023 memoir Foolish follows her experiences of family, assimilation, ambition and embarrassment. She has also acted in Unfrosted, Kinda Pregnant and The Housemaid, and produced Chanel Ali’s off-Broadway show Relative Stranger. Her own channels remain a place to find new sketches and written satire.
Creditschronological, newest first
Film & TV
- 2025The HousemaidPam
- 2025Kinda PregnantTrish
- 2024UnfrostedPoppy Northcutt
- 2020Sarah Cooper: Everything’s FineStar
Theatre
- 2025Chanel Ali: Relative StrangerProducer
Awards
Quotes
I've found the most power in being foolishSarah Cooper, statement quoted by the Associated Press
Announcing her debut memoir in January 2023, Sarah talked about learning to embrace embarrassment and the parts of herself that do not fit a box.
Trivia
- The meeting-room post that inspired her first book returned to her newsletter in August 2025 for the return-to-office era.
- Her 2018 workplace satire includes wearable mustaches.
- Her first spec script was an unofficial episode of The Studio, which she shared with readers in September 2025.
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