Trump impersonator Sarah Cooper gets own Netflix show
SARAH Cooper, the US comedian whose uncanny lip-synch impersonations of President Donald Trump have gained millions of fans worldwide, will star in her own Netflix special, the streaming giant said on Wednesday.
Sarah Cooper: Everything’s Fine will be released this fall and feature a variety of satirical political sketches and other vignettes as well as famous guests.
It will be executive produced by Maya Rudolph, whose own Emmy-nominated impressions of Kamala Harris on Saturday Night Live have been widely shared since Harris was confirmed on Tuesday as the Democrats’ vice-presidential candidate.
Cooper, a former Google employee, shot to fame during the pandemic by lampooning some of Trump’s most infamous outbursts – including his suggestion that injecting disinfectant could help fight the coronavirus.
That 49-second clip – entitled How to medical – saw Cooper lip-synch along to Trump’s proposal that bringing “light inside the body” might help combat the disease, while emulating the president’s power-posturing body language.
It has been viewed over 22 million times on Twitter alone.
The 40-something Jamaicanborn comedian calls Trump her “head writer”, and has gained over two million Twitter followers as well as celebrity fans such as former presid e n t B a r a c k O b a m a , comedians Steve Martin and Jerry Seinfeld, and Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Cooper is also the author of best-selling books 100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings and How to be Successful Without Hurting Men’s Feelings.
The variety special will be directed by Russian Doll star Natasha Lyonne.