‘Bob Hearts Abishola’: Gina Yashere’s 13-Year Hustle to Stateside Fame

It’s no secret that the U.K.

has lost some of its most talented to seemingly greener pastures in Hollywood, especially black British performers, for whom there’s a scarcity of opportunity back home.

The so-called black British invasion has been well-documented and scrutinized over the years, so much that veteran actor Lenny Henry warned British broadcasters in 2014, that Britain was “haemorrhaging” black talent to the States.

Comedian, writer and actress Gina Yashere is a case in point.The 46-year-old, who was born in London to Nigerian parents, has officially put down roots in America, where she’s been since 2007, first in New York City, and currently in Los Angeles.

And with hit freshman CBS series “Bob Hearts Abishola,” she’s occupying more primetime TV space than she ever could in the U.K., where she established herself as a successful stand up comic.

But she was unsatisfied, and

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