Jamillah Ross

Jamillah Ross is a Canadian comedian, actress, and singer-songwriter. She trained through Toronto's The Second City and has performed in improvisation troupes and on stage, television and film. She was in the cast of Show Stopping Number which won a Canadian Comedy Award (CCA) for best improvisational troupe. Career Ross started working at Toronto's The Second City comedy club as a server then joined the touring company performing in The Ice Cream Man Cometh and The Puck Stops Here. In May 2003 she returned to Toronto and performed in The Second City's production Armaget-It-On  which was nominated for a Canadian Comedy Award (CCA). Ross later wrote and starred in three consecutive headlining shows on the company's main stage. In 2006, Ross played Sour Kangaroo in a production of Seussical at the Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People. The following year, she appeared in Show Stopping Number: The Improvised Musical  which won the CCA for best improv troupe. She was twice nominated for the CCA for best female improvisor. Ross later performed as a member of improv troupe The Dandies.