She was born Jessica Williams in New Orleans and became a stand up comedian after graduating from Nicholls State University with a BA in General Studies. She performed at the Comedy Store in Los Angeles before being cast as a featured player on Saturday Night Live in 2020, becoming only the second black LGBTQ woman to be a cast member, following Danita Vance (who was not out publicly). Since then Punkie’s appeared in other series such as Space Force (2020), Love Life (2021), and Ghosts (2022), and films like the raunchy sex comedy Bottoms (2023), which sadly did not contain her nudecomer debut. Instead, in an SNL episode hosted by Emma Stone in December of 2023, Punkie and some of the other cast members appeared in a pre-recorded music video about doing things in the middle of NYC butt naked. Though the bodies are blurred out, Punkie is seen cleaning graffiti off a brick wall while “her chest is jigglin’.” Super sexy AND community-oriented? Consider us a Punkie junkie!
