Sabrina Jalees

Canadian comedian

Sabrina Jalees (born April 19, 1985) is a Canadian comedian, actress, and writer. She has written for various series, and starred as a main cast member alongside Patricia Heaton in the 2019 TV comedy series Carol's Second Act.

The daughter of a Swiss mother and a Pakistani father, she graduated from Earl Haig Secondary School, and later from the Radio and Television Arts program at Toronto Metropolitan University in June 2007.

Jalees wrote a weekly column in the Toronto Star's ID section. She has made many Canadian media appearances, including as a commentator on MuchMusic's Video on Trial, Stars On Trial and LOL!, as well as a role in the drama series Flashpoint, and Jian Ghomeshi's Monday correspondent on CBC Radio One's Sounds Like Canada in the Summer. She also previously filed a regular segment on Go. She is a former host (until 2010) of Laugh Out Loud on CBC Radio One and a reality TV show for children, In Real Life, airing on YTV. She made a cameo in the video for the song Break This by Hunter Valentine. She narrates the CBBC series Rank the Prank. She was a writer for Canada's Got Talent and Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock. In 2020, she appeared in an episode of Canada's Drag Race, as co judge of a mini challenge in the episode "The Snow Ball". In 2021, she was announced as one of the judges in the upcoming first season of Roast Battle Canada. In 2023 she debuted as host of Farming for Love.

Jalees came out as a lesbian and was shunned by her extended Muslim family, an experience she relates in her 2013 Canadian comedy tour, "Brownlisted."

YearTitleRoleNotes2005Mom at SixteenSarahTelevision film2008FlashpointCassaundraEpisode: "Attention Shoppers"2016TransparentAubreeEpisode: "When the Battle Is Over"2017, 2019Baroness von Sketch ShowRita / The Trainer2 episodes2018Take My WifeInterviewerEpisode #2.52019Noches con PlatanitoGuest1 episode2019–2020Carol's Second ActDr. Lexie Gilani18 episodes2020Search PartyAmyEpisode: "A Dangerous Union"2022Human ResourcesNadiaEpisode: "Rutgers is for Lovers"2022Would I Lie to You?Self12 episodes2023 presentRubble & CrewAuntie Crane (voice)Main cast2023Farming for LoveSelfSeries host