Vanessa Baden

In 2014, she played opposite Jenifer Lewis in the comedy feature film Secrets of the Magic City, directed by R. Malcolm Jones.

Since 2017, she has starred, co-written, and co-produced the web series Giants, which streams on Issa Rae's YouTube channel.

Her performance in Giants garnered her a Daytime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in 2018, and a win in 2019.

[2][4] Baden also works as a writer and producer; she co-wrote and co-produced several episodes of Giants,[1] and has also written for The Huffington Post.

[5] In May 2021, Baden's essay collection, Far Away from Close to Home: A Black Millennial Woman in Progress [6] will be published by Three Rooms Press.