Shantira Jackson
Shantira Jackson is an American writer, producer, actress, and comedian. Her writing credits include "Busy Tonight", "The Amber Ruffin Show", "Saved by the Bell", and "Big Mouth". Life and career. Jackson was raised in Florida. She received her bachelor's degree in Media and Communication Studies from Florida State University in 2008. She later moved to Chicago and trained and performed at The Second City. She was a member of the improv group 3Peat and co-wrote, produced and starred in group's Comedy Central web video "3peat: The Blackening". In 2017 Jackson was a staff writer for  the BET sketch series "50 Central" that ran for one season. She was later a writer on Busy Philipps' late-night show "Busy Tonight", which ran for one season from 2018 to 2019. Jackson is a both a writer and consulting producer for the "Saved by the Bell" sequel series. She is also a writer for "The Amber Ruffin" "Show" and received a 2021 nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series. In 2021, she again collaborated with Busy Philipps as a producer and writer on the podcast "Busy Philipps Is Doing Her Best" (2021 – ). She also joined the writing staff of "Big Mouth" and is a writer for the spin-off series "Human Resources". In November 2021 it was announced that "Aunties", a semi-autobiographical comedy series Jackson co-executive produced with Mike Shoemaker, Seth Meyers and Amber Ruffin, was picked up for a put pilot production by NBC.