Sabrina Plon Brier (born August 4, 1994) is an American tiktoker, comedian and

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. She became famous on TikTok in 2023, becoming known for her skits in which she plays privileged, self-involved characters.

Life and career

Brier was born on August 4, 1994, to Susan Cinoman, a playwright and former sketch comedian, and a cardiologist father. She is

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and has one older sister who works as a producer. Brier's parents divorced when she was five years old. She attended

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and, while there, performed a monologue from ''

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'' for a Shakespeare competition in which she won first place. She then attended

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, where she majored in theater while taking improv classes. During college, she was an intern for the sixth season of the

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political thriller series ''

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''. She graduated in 2017 and soon moved to

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. She worked in talent management for two years after graduating before working as an assistant for the writers of the

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'' For Life''. Brier found success on

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, where she began posting in 2021, through posting skits in which she played privileged, self-involved characters, such as the "Extremely Passive Aggressive Roommate". By August 2023, she had gained more than 600,000 followers. Brier had a guest role in the

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web series ''Command Z'', which was released in July 2023. , she is represented by

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. She appeared as fictional singer Biljana Electronica in a teaser video for the song " Planet of the Bass" by comedian Kyle Gordon as DJ Crazy Times on TikTok in August 2023. In October 2023, for ''

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'', JD Reforma wrote of Brier that she had "elevated the loyal-but-basic best friend archetype into something sublime". By 2024, videos of Brier saying "Oh!" became a popular reaction meme online, particularly on

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. In February 2024, she guest starred as Jessca, a substitute teacher, in "Smoking", an episode in

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of ''

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''. By June 2024, Brier had over 800 thousand followers on TikTok. In January 2025, Brier released the

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, ''That Friend'', about an influencer in New York City with an advice podcast whose life starts to fall apart, through

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Filmography

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brier, Sabrina 1994 births Living people 21st-century American actresses 21st-century American Jews Actresses from Connecticut American television actresses American TikTokers Comedians from Connecticut Jewish American actresses Jewish American comedians Jewish women comedians People from Woodbridge, Connecticut Smith College alumni