Cocoa Brown

Farah "Cocoa" Brown is an American actress, writer and comedian. She is best known for playing Jennifer in For Better or Worse and Lytia in The Single Moms Club. Quotes Oh no, it is like the old saying “Life hasn’t been no crystal stair” pretty much describes my career. There have been extreme, highs and extreme lows. I think one of the biggest struggles was the jealousy and the hate that I encountered once I found my voice, and I really tapped into my funny and who and what I thought would be supportive were not because I guess I was never supposed to transcend them, and there was a lot of betrayal during that time of people that I trusted and thought were my friends and I had to learn the hard way that friends in this business are unicorns. You could have plenty of colleagues and comrades but friend yeah can’t throw that word around too lightly. If you have them consider yourself extremely blessed because loyalty isn’t always loyal. I literally got started because a friend of mine saw something in me before I did. This friend of mine from college knew someone who owned a comedy club and he for some reason thought I would be a great Stand Up Comic so he told the owner about me and the owner was having a barbecue and my friend took me. I was just being me but by the end of the night. I was invited to the open Mic night and being a theater kid and not being afraid of a stage or an audience I took on the challenge. Let’s just say it was a very interesting night of me trying to be a comedian, but I accidentally broke the audience because I got real and told them I didn’t need to tell jokes I worked for the circus and technically I did because at the time I worked for corporate Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey, but I ended up meeting my mentor Darcell “the Fat doctor” Blagmon that night who saw something in me as well and took me under his wing. This man mentored Martin Lawrence, Tommy Davidson, Donnell Rawlings and pretty much any Comic that came out of the nations capital and he took me under his wing and taught me everything he knew and the rest has been history! Oh no, it is like the old saying “Life hasn’t been no crystal stair” pretty much describes my career. There have been extreme, highs and extreme lows. I think one of the biggest struggles was the jealousy and the hate that I encountered once I found my voice, and I really tapped into my funny and who and what I thought would be supportive were not because I guess I was never supposed to transcend them, and there was a lot of betrayal during that time of people that I trusted and thought were my friends and I had to learn the hard way that friends in this business are unicorns. You could have plenty of colleagues and comrades but friend yeah can’t throw that word around too lightly. If you have them consider yourself extremely blessed because loyalty isn’t always loyal. Daily Inspiration: Meet Cocoa Brown;By Local Stories on September 23, 2026 External links Category:Actresses from Virginia Category:Living people Category:Comedians from the United States Category:African Americans