Amber Ruffin to Host Ebony Energy 100 Gala

Emmy-nominated comic and actor Amber Ruffin will host the 2022 Ebony Energy 100 Gala.

Ruffin takes over emcee duties from 2021 host Wayne Brady; she’s no stranger to the highlight after bringing the laughs weekly on Peacock’s “The Amber Ruffin Present.” The late-night collection, which mixes interviews, sketches and monologues, is now in its third season and has earned an armful of award nominations over the course of its run, together with a Primetime Emmy nod for excellent writing for a spread collection, in addition to Critics Alternative, NAACP, GLAAD and Writers Guild of America nods.

Ebony Media Group’s annual occasion honors the achievements of 100 influential African Individuals throughout varied industries, together with leisure and the humanities, enterprise, politics, science, tech and medication.

“The Ebony Energy 100 Gala is one our tentpole occasions,” said Ebony Media Group CEO Eden Bridgeman Sklenar. “This 12 months’s record represents the most effective and brightest throughout fields and we’re proud to have a good time and salute every of our honorees who we acknowledge as influential members of the neighborhood based mostly on their impactful contributions to the tradition and society at massive.”

The 100 honorees span 10 classes and embrace final 12 months’s finest supporting actress Oscar-winner Ariana DeBose, in addition to final month’s Emmy-winning author, actor and Selection cowl star Quinta Brunson. The record of honorees additionally contains energy {couples} like NFL participant Russell Wilson and Ciara (who graced the quilt of Ebony’s Sept-Oct problem) and Idris and Sabrina Elba, in addition to Usher, H.E.R., Martin Lawrence, Sherri Shepherd, Kandi Buruss, TEMS and Saucy Santana. Ruffin is an honoree on this 12 months’s “Media Professionals” class.

The black-tie celebration, introduced by Coke Zero Sugar, can be held at Milk Studios in Los Angeles on Saturday, Oct. 29.