[1] Born and raised in New York City, Blank is known for writing, directing, producing, and starring in The Forty-Year-Old Version (2020),[2] for which she won the U.S.
[6] Seed opened in Harlem in 2011 and followed a social worker who upon approaching retirement becomes obsessed with the welfare of a child genius from the projects.
In 2015, Blank wrote (along with Selema Masekela) and directed the comedic short Sam Bowe: Speech Writer which was featured on FunnyOrDie.com.
Around this time she invented her alter ego, rapper RadhaMUSprime and first performed a live show called The Forty-Year Old Version: A Mixtape where she used beats, rhymes and film to both channel the grief of losing her mother and her fears of approaching 40.
Blank achieved widespread acclaim for writing, directing, producing, and starring in The Forty-Year-Old Version (2020).
[16] Later that year, Blank received the 2020 Vanguard Award from the Sundance Institute, which "honors the artistic achievement of her feature film directorial debut.
[22] Her mother, Carol Blank, with whom she shares a birthday, was a celebrated artist, teacher, and curator who died in October 2013,[23] and is referenced in The Forty-Year-Old Version.