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Jamie Linn Watson is an NYC-based actor and comedian. You may have seen her as Joanna Roscoe in season 5 of What We Do in the Shadows, a judgy church girl in Please Don’t Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain, or as the Sprintern in many national commercials for the company formerly known as Sprint. Watson performs with the Upright Citizens Brigade on one of their house character teams, with former SNL cast member Chloe Troast on the improv team A Crazy Amazing Friendship, with the sketch group LISA, and goes on tour with the Story Pirates. She’s also the star of a new movie about the early days of online content creators — SKIT debuts November 14, 2025, on Tubi. Watson sat down with me over Zoom to talk about her own experience with YouTube and social media over the years, what she has learned from watching her peers succeed, and what kind of characters she loves to portray the most. There’s a lot to get to, so let’s get to it!

Watch the trailer for SKIT, in which Watson stars alongside Nataly Aukar, Jamie Shapiro, Allise Morales, Lukas Arnold, and Jacob Kaplan:

This was the first video on social media where I became fully aware of both Watson and Chloe Troast, in 2022 where they made fun of the MET Gala:

But for a blast from the past, here’s one of the old Sprint TV ads in which Watson played the “Sprintern”:

We also spoke about how her webseries, The Basics, makes fun of improv while also celebrating it.

And here’s one of Watson’s characters she particularly enjoys. If the makers of James Bond are still having trouble coming up with a reboot idea, she’s here to help!

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