Patricia “Pat” Williams (born April 2, 1972), better known by her stage name Ms. Pat, is an American stand-up comedian and actress known for The Ms. Pat Show. She is the host of the podcast The Patdown with Ms. Pat.
Career
Comedy
Ms. Pat started doing comedy after being encouraged by her caseworker. She did her first stand-up in Atlanta in 2002. Her career as a comic elevated to the next stage in 2006 after she moved to Indianapolis, where she improved her comedic skills at Morty’s, a well-known comic store.
In 2015, she participated in the ninth season of NBC’s Last Comic Standing.
Ms. Pat has appeared on popular shows and podcasts hosted by Kevin Hart, Marc Maron, Joe Rogan, Eddie Ifft, Bert Kreischer, Joey “CoCo” Diaz, Bobby Lee, and Ari Shaffir. She is also a frequent guest talent on the comedy program titled The Bob & Tom Show.
In 2017, she released her first stand-up album, Rabbit. In 2018, she appeared in Netflix’s stand-up series The Degenerates. On February 8, 2022, Netflix released her hour-long comedy special, “Ms. Pat: Y’all Wanna Hear Something Crazy?”
TV show
After getting dropped by Fox and Hulu, a TV show based on her life, was picked up by the premium streaming service BET+ in October 2020 and premiered on August 12, 2021, as The Ms. Pat Show. Its first season consists of 10 episodes. Stage actor J. Bernard Calloway plays her husband, and Tami Roman plays her sister. The series was renewed for a second season on September 2, 2021.
Author
She is the co-author of Rabbit – The Autobiography of Ms. Pat, a comical autobiography detailing her turbulent upbringing. The book was a finalist for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literature 2018.
Podcast Host
In 2019, Ms. Pat began hosting a podcast, The Patdown with Ms. Pat, available on YouTube. In the podcast, Ms. Pat discusses day-to-day issues with her co-hosts, sometimes telling stories of her lived experiences, which raise awareness of racial prejudice.