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Zainab Johnson is an American comedian and actress. She is best known as a semi-finalist on NBC's Last Comic Standing. Johnson is a series regular on Amazon's بارگذاری (مجموعه تلویزیونی).

Life
Johnson was born and raised in هارلم (نیویورک), New York, one of thirteen children of a devout Muslim family. She received her bachelor's degree in mathematics with the intention of becoming a teacher.

Johnson later moved to Los Angeles to become an actress. She took a job as a production assistant for comedy shows and began to cultivate an interest in comedy. She gained wider visibility when she appeared on season 8 of Last Comic Standing. Johnson advanced as a semi-finalist.

Career
In 2016, Johnson appeared on the HBO special All Def Comedy. In 2017, it was announced that a project created and starring Johnson was in development via واندا سایکس' production company at ای‌بی‌سی سیگنچر. That year, she co-starred in the web series Avant-Guardians, opposite series creator Alesia Etinoff.

She was named to ورایتی's 10 Comics to Watch for 2019.

Johnson co-hosts the Netflix series 100 Humans. She also has a recurring role in the 2020 Amazon series, بارگذاری (مجموعه تلویزیونی).

Johnson's comedy special entitled Hijabs Off was released as an Amazon Original program on October 20, 2023.