Shakina Nayfack

Shakina Nayfack
Born (1980-12-08) December 8, 1980 (age 43)
Ventura County, California, U.S.
EducationUniversity of California Santa Cruz (BA)
University of California Riverside (MA, PhD)
Occupations
  • Actress
  • activist
Years active2013–present
Websiteshakina.nyc

Shakina Nayfack (born December 8, 1980) is an American actress and transgender activist. She is most notable for her series regular role as Lola, a "trans-truther", on the second and third seasons of the Hulu television program Difficult People, on which she was also a writing consultant.[1] In 2020, she became the first trans person to have a starring role on a major network comedy show, Connecting.[2]

  1. ^ Zhu, Danielle. "Difficult People: Transgender actress Shakina Nayfack joins case". ew.com. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  2. ^ Lambe, Stacy (15 October 2020). "Shakina Nayfack on the Power of 'Connecting' and Breaking Barriers for Trans Visibility (Exclusive)".