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With tears in her eyes, Jessica Williams bid farewell to her television home on Thursday. The actress and comedian joined The Daily Show with John Stewart as a correspondent at just 22-years-old in 2012.

Williams brought impeccable timing and wit to the comedy late-night show, now led by Trevor Noah.

"We tried to put together all of your greatest moments, but the truth is no one show can do them justice," said Noah.

The show has served as a launching pad for Williams' talent. She's gone on to star in films and launch a podcast, 2 Dope Queens, with comedian Phoebe Robinson.
Here's her tearful goodbye.


But before she left, she made sure to skewer the Bernie Sanders voters who say they will vote for Donald Trump in the the general election. In typical Daily Show fashion the bit was depressing and hilarious.


Williams is leaving The Daily Show to star in her own half-hour show on Comedy Central. She told Entertainment Weekly that her show will be an exploration of who she is.

“I’ve had this idea for a while about a young woman who is a feminist and who imagines herself to be ‘woke,’” she explained. “But I know that often for me, as a black woman of color, I feel like I’m supposed to represent these ideals and values that I was taught as a young lady ... but oftentimes I’m, like … I’m still in my 20s, and still kind of a mess. So it’s a show about somebody in their 20s who has all these social ideas, but still does not have it together.”

Take a look at some of Ms. Williams' most memorable moments on The Daily Show.

If you're looking for love on the internet, or maybe just a casual hookup, you should expect to encounter racism. Users carry the discriminatory preferences and unfounded stereotypes they hold close in offline lives into their online dating profiles. A survey from 2014 showed that Black women are consistently rated the least desirable group on sites like OK Cupid.

The Daily Show's Jessica Williams dives into the subject with a characteristically smart take on "sexual racism" with correspondent Ronny Chieng. Black women and Asian men face a formidable degree of marginalization, so the pairing was a great one.

Watch their report below.

The official seal of a small town in New York features a white man appearing to strangle a Native American that has drawn outcry from around the country. City officials say the seal depicts a "friendly" wrestling match between the city's founder, Hugh White, and an Oneida Indian.

The Daily Show's Jessica Williams traveled to Whitesboro to talk to residents ahead of a city-wide vote on the seal. Jessica does some great reporting and has some unsurprisingly racist encounters with the locals.

Watch below.

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People, Places, Things is a new comedy coming to theaters in a limited release August 14, and it features actresses Regina Hall and Jessica Williams in outstanding supporting roles.

Last week, Jon Stewart addressed the mass shooting at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina on "The Daily Show" and the video was shared through the internet by people of all backgrounds. This week "The Daily Show" brought in senior race correspondents Jessica Williams and Jordan Klepper to further discuss South Carolina and the Confederate flag debates.

As part of their coverage on the McKinney, Texas pool party incident—where a police officer was caught on camera slamming a teenage girl into the ground and then pointing his gun at unarmed teen boys who rushed to her aid—The Daily Show enlisted the help of correspondent Jessica Williams in addressing the absurdity of the outrageous behavior seen from the officer.

Jessica Williams traveled to Alabama to speak with a fetal attorney and the head of the ACLU about the state's HB 494 parental consent law.

Jessica Williams is inarguably one of the best parts about The Daily Show. And on Monday night's episode, she made us love her even more during her segment on Detroit's water cut-off to low-income residents.