Ms. Pat
Ms. Pat (born Patricia Williams; April 2, 1972) is an American stand-up comedian and actress known for "The Ms. Pat Show", and host of the podcast "The Patdown with Ms. Pat". Early life. Patricia Williams was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on April 2, 1972. She gave birth to her first child at 14 and her second at 15. The father of her first two children is 8 years older than she; he began sexually abusing her when she was 12 years old, she also earlier in childhood suffered sexual abuse from one of her mother's boyfriends . Her younger two children were conceived later in life with her husband, she then later adopted four children. She is open about having two abortions in her teenage years. At age 15, she began selling crack cocaine in Atlanta while supporting herself and her two children using the street name "Rabbit." Career. Comedy. Ms. Pat started doing comedy after being encouraged by her caseworker. She did her first stand-up in 2002 in Atlanta. In 2006, her career as a comic elevated to the next stage after moving to Indianapolis with her husband, where she improved her comedic skills at  Morty's, a well-known comic store. In 2015, she participated in the ninth season of NBC's "Last Comic Standing". Ms. Pat has appeared on popular shows and podcasts hosted by Marc Maron, Joe Rogan, Eddie Ifft, Bert Kreischer, Joey "CoCo" Diaz, Bobby Lee and Ari Shaffir. She is also a frequent guest talent on the comedy Bob and Tom Show. In 2017, she released her first stand-up album, "Rabbit." In 2018 she appeared in Netflix's stand-up series "The Degenerates". On February 8th, 2022 Netflix released her hour long comedy special,"Ms. Pat: Y'all Wanna Hear Something  Crazy?" TV show. After getting dropped by Fox and Hulu, a TV show based on her life was picked up by the premium streaming service BET+ in October 2020 & premiered on August 12, 2021, as "The Ms. Pat Show", its first season consists of 10 episodes. Stage actor J. Bernard Calloway plays her husband and Tami Roman plays her sister. The series was renewed for a second season on September 2nd, 2021. Author. She is the co-author of "Rabbit – The Autobiography of Ms. Pat", a comical autobiography of her turbulent upbringing. The book was a finalist for the NAACP  Image Award for Outstanding Literature in 2018.