Life and career
Hairston was born in Seattle, Washington and raised in nearby Bellevue, Washington. [1] She is the youngest of five children. [2] Her father was the minister of a predominantly Black church in Seattle and as such she was active in the church. [2]
She attended Howard University and majored in Theatre Arts. [2] After graduation she moved to Los Angeles in 2012 and took improv and sketch writing classes at iO West. [3] [2] She also performed improv at Second City Hollywood and on a sketch team for Maude Night at UCB. [2] Hairston also trained in voice acting. [3]
Hairston booked her first voice acting role in 2019 for Avengers Assemble . [1] While voicing a recurring character on Craig of the Creek , she later joined the writing staff in her first writing job. [1] [4] She incorporated her childhood experiences playing double dutch in one of the episodes she wrote. [5] Hairston was the head writer for the Craig of the Creek spin-off Jessica's Big Little World. [6] She has also written for Wolfboy and the Everything Factory on Apple TV+. [7]
She is the co-creator, co-executive producer, showrunner, and the lead voice role for the Netflix revival series The Fairly OddParents: A New Wish . [4] The series follows a young Black girl, Hazel Wells, as the new god-kid of fairy godparents Cosmo and Wanda. [7]
Hairston is the voice of Babs Bunny in the HBO Max revival Tiny Toons Looniversity. [6] In Backyard Sports: The Animated Special , based on the Backyard Sports video game series, she voiced Sunny Day and Jocinda Smith. [8]
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