Trivia

Speaks fluent Japanese.

Tiffany lived in three foster homes after her mother lost custody of her and her siblings, when Tiffany was twelve. After two years, her grandmother was able to gain custody of Tiffany and her siblings.

When Tiffany was nine, her mother was in a car accident that triggered her schizophrenia. When she was twelve, she and her four siblings were placed into foster care.

Tiffany met her father as an adult, through her now ex-husband, who was a detective.

Her stepfather once told her he had tried to kill her, her mother, and her siblings in a car accident in 1988. Her stepfather had told her he cut the brakes of her mother's car before a car crash that left her mother with severe brain damage.

Haddish admitted on air to James Corden in 2021 that she often would leave behind her purse containing a tape recorder after her auditions so that she could later come back to claim the purse and hear the feedback which the filmmakers had given on her performance.

Lived out of her car in Beverly Hills before jump-starting her career in 2005.

Merited a place in TIME magazine's "The 100 Most Influential People" (Pioneers) with an homage penned by Kevin Hart [April 2018].

Her father, Tsihaye Reda Haddish, was from Eritrea, and was of Eritrean Jewish descent. Her mother, Leola (Wright), is African-American, and a Jehovah's Witness.

First black comedienne to host SNL - Tiffany Haddish/Taylor Swift (2017).

Tiffany famously wore the same white dress to her big events. The dress was purchased by her stylist for the premier of Girls Trip and Tiffany was horrified at the cost of the dress, $4,000. So, Tiffany made sure she get her moneys worth and has worn the dress may times including The Oscars and her hosting of SNL.

Tiffany is the oldest of five children. She has two-half brothers and two-half sisters.

Participated in the Laugh Factory Camp at age fifteen, where she met the voice of Roger Rabbit, Charles Fleischer.

Tiffany is a graduate of El Camino Real High School.

Friends with Arsenio Hall and Amanda Seales.

She supported Bernie Sanders in the 2016 U.S. Presidential election.

Enjoys making people laugh.

Niece of Mary English.