[2] She has created a one-woman show titled "Ain't I Enough," based on her experiences growing up with her enormous family, which has aired on HBO.

[2] Avery began her career as a comic, performing as a member of the improvisational comedy groups The Groundlings in Los Angeles, and The Second City in Chicago.

[2] She and her family produced four different "workout" spots for up-and-coming and seasoned comics throughout Los Angeles County, while working a corporate job.

Her first big break came in 2001 during a Fourth of July celebration on Martha's Vineyard hosted by local politicians related to her high school friend.

[3] At the time of being cast, Avery was working as a contracts executive at the Hilton Hotels Corporation in Beverly Hills.

The movie was filmed in her native South Central Los Angeles, and was written and directed by Training Day writer David Ayer.