EXCLUSIVE: UTA has signed award-winning actress, producer, and New York Instances bestselling creator Lilly Singh for illustration in all areas, with a watch towards serving to her to safe new alternatives throughout unscripted tv, movie, and extra.
The signing comes forward of the discharge of Singh’s debut characteristic, Doin’ It, which premiered eventually yr’s SXSW Movie Pageant and is slated for a large launch later this yr. The movie, which Singh co-wrote, produced, and starred in, follows an Indian-American virgin who will get a job educating highschool intercourse ed.
Singh may even quickly be heard reprising her position as Tiffany Fluffit in Common/DreamWorks’ The Dangerous Guys 2, which releases August 1. Not too long ago, it was introduced that she is going to be part of the WNBA Toronto Tempo’s possession group, taking the title of Chief Hype Officer for the group.
Singh started her profession as a pioneering star on YouTube, amassing over 17.2M subscribers for the reason that platform’s inception. Her profitable on-line presence was a springboard, launching her to a lead position on the Emmy-winning Disney+ sequence The Muppets Mayhem and 2022’s The Dangerous Guys, amongst different initiatives. She’s maybe greatest recognized for internet hosting and exec producing NBC’s late-night discuss present A Little Late with Lilly Singh, which ran for 2 seasons, having made historical past there as the primary particular person of Indian and South Asian descent, in addition to one of many few ladies ever to host an American late-night discuss present.
A fervent gender equality advocate, Singh was appointed in 2024 to Sustainable Improvement Objectives Advocate by the UN Secretary-Normal and addressed the UN at UNGA 2024. She was the 2023 recipient of the DVF Management Award and has additionally been named a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, working to empower and develop alternatives for women and girls by her Unicorn Island Fund.
Singh’s manufacturing firm, Unicorn Island Productions, appears to focus on underrepresented voices and problem the way in which by which ladies and ladies are regarded in leisure and past. The multi-hyphenate continues to be represented by supervisor Kyle Kuhns of 03 Media, Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, and Floor Management Enterprise Administration.
