Franchesca Ramsey

Franchesca Ramsey
Born	November 29, 1983 West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.
Residence	New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Graphic designer, television personality, YouTube personality, actress, writer, comedian
Website	franchesca.net

Franchesca Ramsey (born November 29, 1983), also known as Chescaleigh, is an American comedian, activist, television and YouTube personality, and actress, who has appeared on MTV and MSNBC.^[1][2]

Career

YouTube

Ramsey's YouTube channel contains topical and socially conscious comedy sketches and song parodies among other videos. Her chescalocs channel is about natural hair.^[1] In 2015, Ramsey became the host of the MTV web series Decoded where she discusses racism and cultural issues.^[3] Several of Ramsey's videos have appeared on MTV, The Huffington Post, CollegeHumor, Jezebel, and Glamour Magazine.^[4]

Television

In early 2016, Ramsey joined Comedy Central's The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore as a contributor and writer.^[5][6][7][8]

Ramsey has also appeared in television series such as MTV:Decoded,^[9] Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell^[10][11] and Broad City.^[8][12]

Podcast

Ramsey hosts a podcast with her husband Patrick called "Last Name Basis" where the couple talk about their lives and the world around them.^[13]

References

1. "Franchesca Ramsey Uses Humor to Begin Critical Dialogues on Race for MTV's 'Decoded'". The Culture. September 17, 2015. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
2. • Cohen, Noam (December 4, 2014). "Grand Jury Decision Leads to Twitter Confessions of 'Criming While White'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
   • White, Daniel. "Meet the YouTube Stars Who Asked Questions at the Democratic Debate". TIME.com. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
   • Dandy, Brittany (June 23, 2015). "Franchesca Ramsey to Host MTV's 'Decoded'". Black Enterprise. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
   • "Franchesca Ramsey on #BlackLivesMatter". MSNBC. September 4, 2015. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
3. Dandy, Brittany (June 23, 2015). "Franchesca Ramsey to Host MTV's 'Decoded'". Black Enterprise. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
4. • "A Parody of Beyonce's 'Countdown' Music Vid We Can All Relate To". MTV. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
   • Luippold, Ross (October 14, 2013). "'Don't Tweet' Brings No Doubt Classic to the Twitter Age". Huffington Post. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
   • "Turn Your Phone! "No Scrubs" Anti-Portrait Parody". College Humor. June 28, 2013. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
   • Beck, Laura (June 28, 2013). "What's Your Lipstick Story?". Jezebel. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
   • "You Guys, I Just Love This Lipstick Story". Glamour Magazine. August 1, 2013. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
5. Obenson, Tambay A. "'The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore' Taps Franchesca Ramsey as Newest Contributor and writer". Shadow and Act. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
6. Wright, Megh (2016-02-01). "Franchesca Ramsey joins 'The Nightly Show' as a writer and contributor". Split Sider. Retrieved 2016-11-05.
7. Surrey, Miles (2016-08-23). "'The Nightly Show' star Franchesca Ramsey talks cancellation and comedy in 2016". Mic. Retrieved 2016-11-05.
8. Epstein, Michael (2016-02-01). "Comedian and actress Franchesca Ramsey is the newest addition to 'The Nightly Show'". Flavor Wire. Retrieved 2016-11-05.
9. "Franchesca Ramsey's tough choice". Comedy Central. 2016-11-05.
10. "'Cock block the vote' PSA discourages men from voting on 'Totally Biased'". Huffington Post. 2012-11-02. Retrieved 2016-11-05.
11. "W. Kamau Bell". The Frisky. 2012-11-04. Retrieved 2016-11-05.
12. Gutelle, Sam (2016-02-04). "YouTube personality Franchesca Ramsey joins Comedy Central's 'The Nightly Show'". Tube Filter. Retrieved 2016-11-05.
13. "Last Name Basis". Retrieved March 16, 2016.

External links

• Official website
• Franchesca Ramsey on Twitter
  
• chescaleigh's channel on YouTube
• chescalocs's channel on YouTube
• Franchesca Ramsey at the Internet Movie Database