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It only takes 15 minutes. Thats the length of Sabrina Jalees set on Netflix s The Comedy Lineup and the exact amount of time it will take for you to realize the comedy world needs her voice.

The 34-year-old Toronto native never shies away from the things that make her comedy personal: Shes queer, half Pakistani, half Swiss and has been open throughout her career about coming out of the closet initially getting rejected by some members of her extended Muslim family all while navigating a post-9/11 world.

More recently, she and her wife, Shauna McCann, moved to Los Angeles and had a son named Wolfie. Jalees has been refreshingly open about Wolfies birth so much so that her Instagram account serves as a sort of quasi-docuseries that fellow queer women like myself profoundly crave and rarely find. Jalees often admits shes been a resource to other LGBTQ couples looking to have children, too.

Beyond the magic Jalees conjures onstage, she writes for smart comedies with big hearts, like TBSs Search Party and Netflixs Big Mouth. She also just snagged an acting role as a (casually gay!) medical intern on the upcoming CBS sitcom Carols Second Act (no, not that Carol , lesbians!) alongside powerhouses Patricia Heaton and Kyle MacLachlan. The comedy will premiere in the fall.

Regardless of the medium, Jalees continues to sprinkle her wit with vulnerability and honesty that should inspire anyone tiptoeing toward professional comedy. HuffPost caught up with Jalees to talk about her career, her son, leaving New York and what pride means to her.