--- title: "Shakira Ja’Nai Paye: Comedian, Podcast & TV Roles | D.O.C." description: "Shakira Ja’Nai Paye: 1 podcast and 3 screen credits. A Los Angeles-based stand-up comedian, actress and writer who performs on a house team at UCB." url: https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-shakira-ja-nai-paye.html updated: 2026-11-13 --- Stand-up comedian · Los Angeles, CA # Shakira Ja’Nai Paye ## Who Shakira Ja’Nai Paye is Shakira Ja’Nai Paye is a Los Angeles-based stand-up comedian, actress and writer who performs on a house team at UCB. She has sold TV pilots to Comedy Central and Netflix with Paul W. Downs and Lucia Aniello, and co-created the Shondaland and iHeartRadio podcast You Down?. Her credits include Demascus, Black-ish, Modern Family and the film House Party. ## Follow their dates Put them in your D.O.C., your twelve, and the free D.O.C. letter brings their new dates, episodes and videos each week. Saw them live? [Make a card →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/share-my-doc.html#live) ## At a glance **Based in** Los Angeles, CA **Podcasts** You Down? **On screen** Demascus, Black-ish and Modern Family ## Is Shakira Ja’Nai Paye on tour? **No upcoming dates on record** No upcoming dates are on record right now. That doesn't mean they have stopped touring; follow them to hear when the next ones are booked. Last checked 13 November 2026. ### Are they coming to my town? No dates are on record right now (checked 13 November 2026), so no town is confirmed yet. Follow them and your town to hear when one is booked. ### Want them in your town? Name your town and how many of you would come: the towns fans ask for show here, with how many asked. Lineups belong to the rooms and the comedians, and can change; each listing has the last word. [Their nights on the Comedy Calendar →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedy-calendar.html) [Build a night out around their show →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/build-my-comedy-night.html) ## Specials, shows and podcasts ### On screen - **Demascus** - **Black-ish** - **Modern Family** ### Podcasts - **You Down?** ## Comedians like Shakira Ja’Nai Paye Each linked to them by something on the record — a stage they both came through, a bill, a show, a style or a home town. - [Greg Romero Wilson](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-greg-romero-wilson.html) also in Modern Family - [Morgan Murphy](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-morgan-murphy.html) also in Modern Family - [Adam DeVine](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-adam-devine.html) also in Modern Family - [Cathy Ladman](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-cathy-ladman.html) also in Modern Family - [Deon Cole](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-deon-cole.html) also in Black-ish - [Kiran Deol](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-kiran-deol.html) also in Modern Family - [Michael Colyar](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-michael-colyar.html) also in Black-ish - [Mo Mandel](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-mo-mandel.html) also in Modern Family [Six Degrees of Komic Bacon: how they connect to anyone →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/six-degrees-of-komic-bacon.html) [Every stand-up comedian with a page, A to Z →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/stand-up-comedians.html) ## Questions and answers ### Where is Shakira Ja’Nai Paye performing next? No date is on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now. ### What podcasts have they been on? You Down? ### What TV shows and films are they in? Demascus, Black-ish and Modern Family. ### Where are they from? They are based in Los Angeles, CA, as their record gives it. ### Who are some comedians like them? [Greg Romero Wilson](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-greg-romero-wilson.html) (also in Modern Family), [Morgan Murphy](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-morgan-murphy.html) (also in Modern Family), [Adam DeVine](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-adam-devine.html) (also in Modern Family), [Cathy Ladman](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-cathy-ladman.html) (also in Modern Family) and [Deon Cole](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-deon-cole.html) (also in Black-ish). ## Is this you? This page can be your website, free. Send your bio in your own words, your links, your clips, who books you, a line said about you and your weekly show, and they go on this page beside the dates D.O.C. already keeps. Fans follow you here and get your news in the D.O.C. letter. Your short address, for your bio: **disciplesofcomedy.com/shakira-ja-nai-paye** [Make this page yours →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-profile.html) [Your dates on your own site](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/tour-dates-widget.html) [Your show on a poster](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedy-show-flyer-maker.html) ## The full SUCDb record The full record — the career in order, the specials and credits, and the sources for each — is on SUCDb, with a button to add them to your D.O.C., your twelve. [Their SUCDb record →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-shakira-ja-nai-paye.html) ### Sources - [Out of Bounds Comedy Festival ↗](https://oobfest.com/participating-acts/) Los Angeles-based comedian, actress and writer; UCB house team; pilots sold to Comedy Central and Netflix; You Down? podcast; Demascus, Black-ish, Modern… Updated 13 November 2026 · the record checked 7 November 2026