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This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.
You play Quoia as a focused intern who takes her job very seriously but still likes to have fun.
What was your approach to crafting her character?
What I did was make her take her job way too seriously in the most comedic way.
But also shes a Black woman working for another Black woman, so shes extremely excited about this opportunity.
Shes someone you want to work with.
You know shell get the job done.
What was the casting process like?I got the audition three months after I moved to L.A.
The casting team was really feeling it, so they made me do a couple different versions.
When I left, I told myself,Forget about the audition, were moving on.
A week later, my manager called me and was like, Hey, you got the part!
It was just bliss after that.
It was a fairy tale.
If I had moved any later or hadnt moved at all, I would have never gotten this opportunity.
So we did that scene last season, and they brought it back again this season.
How do you and Issa prep for your scenes together?Well read the scenes together.
Thats the fun of working on set especially with this group of people.
If she could do all the jobs, she was gonna do all the jobs.
I wanted to be the I got it covered girl for Issa.
Quoia is in both scenarios.
Early on, you know the attraction is there for Quoia.
Even when he gets a little saucy, shes still very much like,Oh, but Crenshawn now.
Whats your favorite memory from your time on the show?Probably the block-party episode.
Anything that features the wobble for me is great.I could not wait.
Issa was like, Do you know how to do the wobble?
I was like, Yes, maam.
