Acting
Shukri R. Abdi
Place of birth
Potomac, Maryland, USA
Known for
Acting
Credits
10 titles
Shukri R. Abdi, is a writer, actor, and TV producer from Potomac, Maryland. She is currently a writer on ERIN & AARON, a new Nickelodeon/Netflix musical, as well as STRANDED, a comedy for Broadway Video/Audible. Shukri's other writing credits include KEVIN CAN F**K HIMSELF (AMC), BLACK CARD REVOKED (BET), and DANGER FORCE (Nickelodeon). As an actor, Shukri has been featured in UNITED WE FALL (ABC) and ADAM RUINS EVERYTHING (TruTV), the animated series ALPHA BETAS (YouTube), and several narrative podcasts including FISHPRIEST (AUDIBLE) and SOUNDS SCARY (AUDIBLE). Shukri is a sketch comedy actor/writer at the UCB Theatre on Maude Night's MONEY PLEASE, and in 2019 was named a New Face of Comedy…
Known for
8.3In this newsroom, breaking means losing. Our reporters don't know what's about to be on the teleprompter, and every laugh is a point against them.
Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom
2018
7.4Host Lily Du gathers together four guests to tell secrets, guess who they belong to, and enjoy a few drinks.
Dirty Laundry
2022
6.0Slacker comedy writer-turned-hapless drug dealer Katie Marovitch makes coke a joke in this darkly funny origin story inspired by Breaking Bad.
Kingpin Katie
2019
NRA mockumentary following six down on their luck musicians who are hoping to find success in the music business.
Downbeat
2019
6.7The trials and tribulations of Jo and Bill, parents of two young kids, as they try to make it day to day as a functioning family. Bill’s very judgmental live-in mother and Jo’s large, Latinx Catholic family will never hesitate to let our couple know they’re seemingly screwing up, but Bill and Jo will always have each other’s backs, united against everyone – other parents, teachers, doctors, specialists, coaches, co-workers and, especially, their kids.
United We Fall
2020
7.0An awkward encounter at work carries two unassuming co-workers into a dreamy holiday weekend. A weekend that inevitably falls to pieces when Andy introduces Katherine to some friends. A surreal portrait of love and how pathetic it renders us.
Pathetic Woman
2020
Film credits
2020s · 3 titles
7.0An awkward encounter at work carries two unassuming co-workers into a dreamy holiday weekend. A weekend that inevitably falls to pieces when Andy introduces Katherine to some friends. A surreal portrait of love and how pathetic it renders us.
Pathetic Woman
2020
NRLeah is a 30-something woman who doesn't want kids. Though she's happily married to Kevin, she's fulfilled by her work and her art and has no interest in babies. But as she gets older, her friend circle is changing. As more of her friends become parents, Leah has less in common with them than she used to. At a baby shower, she discovers her best friend Deena is pregnant, and Leah is crushed. She decides to make new friends - only to discover she's stumbled into a cringeworth misunderstanding.
B Word
2024
2.0In a near future when women rule the world, a politician visits a "Grooming School" to snag a trophy husband, but her boring date takes a turn when her Stepford-y match stops pretending to be something he's not.
Fempire
2021
Series credits
8.3In this newsroom, breaking means losing. Our reporters don't know what's about to be on the teleprompter, and every laugh is a point against them.
Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom
2018
8.3In this newsroom, breaking means losing. Our reporters don't know what's about to be on the teleprompter, and every laugh is a point against them.
Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom
2018
8.3In this newsroom, breaking means losing. Our reporters don't know what's about to be on the teleprompter, and every laugh is a point against them.
Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom
2018
7.4Host Lily Du gathers together four guests to tell secrets, guess who they belong to, and enjoy a few drinks.
Dirty Laundry
2022
6.0Slacker comedy writer-turned-hapless drug dealer Katie Marovitch makes coke a joke in this darkly funny origin story inspired by Breaking Bad.
Kingpin Katie
2019
NRA mockumentary following six down on their luck musicians who are hoping to find success in the music business.
Downbeat
2019
6.7The trials and tribulations of Jo and Bill, parents of two young kids, as they try to make it day to day as a functioning family. Bill’s very judgmental live-in mother and Jo’s large, Latinx Catholic family will never hesitate to let our couple know they’re seemingly screwing up, but Bill and Jo will always have each other’s backs, united against everyone – other parents, teachers, doctors, specialists, coaches, co-workers and, especially, their kids.
United We Fall
2020