Yashere was a finalist in the
Hackney Empire New Act of the Year competition in 1996. She has appeared in a number of television programmes, including in the comedy series
The Lenny Henry Show, where she played Tanya and Mrs Omokorede, the pushy mum. She voiced Keisha on the animated series
Bromwell High. In 2005, she appeared on the reality television series
Comic Relief Does Fame Academy, in aid of
Comic Relief, and she co-hosted the 2006 and 2007
MOBO Awards alongside
2Baba and
Coolio. She made numerous appearances on
Mock the Week, and appeared on the
CBBC show ''
Gina's Laughing Gear''. In 2007, Yashere was featured on the reality show
Last Comic Standing, auditioning in Sydney. She was among the ten finalists, but on 1 August 2007, she and
Dante were the first two finalists eliminated. In 2008, she became the first Briton to perform on
Def Comedy Jam. On 3 September 2009, she appeared on ''
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien and performed a stand-up comedy routine. On 24 December, she appeared on Live at the Apollo. She appeared twice on the short-lived primetime show The Jay Leno Show: on 21 October 2009, a video of Yashere showed her giving free fortune-telling readings to passers-by, and on 25 November 2009, she operated a walk-in psychic booth. Starting in 2010, she appeared semi-regularly on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, in a sketch comedy series called Madame Yashere: The Surly Psychic''. In 2010, Yashere appeared as Flo in several episodes of the
ITV drama
Married Single Other. In April 2010, her one-hour comedy special,
Skinny B*tch, premiered on
Showtime, a US cable channel. She appeared on the
Watch TV show
Scream If You Know the Answer with contestant Emily Green from Portsmouth. She helped Green win the show with a prize fund of £2,000. In 2012, she was featured on the second season of the Comedy Central series
Gabriel Iglesias Presents Stand Up Revolution. In 2013, Yashere appeared in an advert for
Tesco Mobile. In 2015, she was featured as a selected comic on
Gotham Comedy Live, which airs on
AXS TV (season 4-Judah Friedlander) where she referred to the City of
Cleveland, Ohio as "shit." On 8 January 2016, she appeared on
The Nasty Show with Artie Lange, which aired on Showtime. Starting on 16 March 2017, Yashere began a brief stint as the British correspondent for
The Daily Show. In September 2019, Yashere began appearing in a supporting role on the 2019
Chuck Lorre CBS sitcom,
Bob Hearts Abishola, which Lorre created with Yashere. Yashere wrote and was a
co-showrunner for the program
Bob Hearts Abishola was the first American sitcom to feature a Nigerian family. == Personal life ==