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Artists First Signs Comedian & Actress London Hughes


Actress and comedian London Hughes has signed with Artists First for management, Deadline can exclusively reveal.

In 2019, Hughes became the first British Black woman to be nominated for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe’s Best Show Award for To Catch a D*ck, which was released on Netflix as her debut comedy special in December 2020. Currently, Hughes is also in development with Netflix on her first original TV project, Good Sense of Humor, which she will write, star in and produce alongside Clerkenwell and Hartbeat Productions. Other notable clients of Artists First, the talent management and production company focused on actors, writers, directors and producers in film, television, and digital media, include Martin Lawrence, Awkwafina, Kenya Barris, Anthony Anderson, Tracee Ellis Ross, Judy Greer, Niecy Nash, Will Arnett, Ike Barinholtz, Paul Walter Hauser, Kate McKinnon, Michael Showalter, Jon M. Chu, Lior Raz, Mitch Hurwitz and Cristela Alonzo, to name a few.

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