Shakina Nayfack

Shakina Nayfack
Born (1980-12-08) December 8, 1980
EducationUniversity of California Santa Cruz (BA)
University of California Riverside (MA, PhD)
Occupations
  • Actress
  • activist
Years active2013–present
Websiteshakina.nyc

Shakina Nayfack (born December 8, 1980) is an American actress and transgender activist. She is most notable for her series regular role as Lola, a "trans-truther", on the second and third seasons of the Hulu television program Difficult People, on which she was also a writing consultant. In 2020, she became the first trans person to have a starring role on a major network comedy show, Connecting.