Jena Friedman

Jena Friedman
Friedman on January 18, 2017
Born Haddonfield, New Jersey
Medium Stand up, writer, director
Nationality American
Genres Dark comedy

Jena Friedman is an American stand up comedian, writer, filmmaker and political satirist. She has been a field producer[1] at The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and has written for Late Show with David Letterman.[2] She is currently developing a television project for Adult Swim.[3]

Early life

Friedman was born in Haddonfield, New Jersey and was raised in a Conservative Jewish household.[4] She studied anthropology at Northwestern University. After graduation, she worked as a healthcare consultant for consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton.[5]

Career

She has appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,[6] The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore,[7] National Geographic Explorer,[8] MSNBC,[9] and BBC Two. She has also been a contributing writer to The New Yorker.[10]

In 2010, she received a cease and desist letter from The New York Times for parodying their wedding videos. The parody, titled Ted and Gracie, has since become a popular web series. In 2007, she wrote The Refugee Girls Revue, a satire inspired by American Girl dolls. The play earned critical acclaim in the 2008 New York International Fringe Festival[11] and had a successful run Off-Broadway.

In 2015, Friedman's solo show American Cunt, premiered in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe to critical acclaim.[12][13][14] The magazine Paste named American Cunt one of the 10 Best Stand Up Comedy Specials of 2016.[15]

Personal life

Friedman is a registered Democrat. She resides in New York City.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Irvin, Zuri. "Writing Jokes with Jena Friedman". Medium. Medium.com. Retrieved August 8, 2015.
  2. ↑ McGlynn, Katla (July 18, 2011). "David Letterman Hires Jena Friedman, 'The Late Show' Gains Second Female Writer". HuffPost. Retrieved September 1, 2011.
  3. ↑ Evans, Greg (May 15, 2017). "Adult Swim Sets Comedy Projects With Jena Friedman, Derrick Beckles & Eric Andre". Deadline. Retrieved December 12, 2017.
  4. ↑ "What's a nice Jewish girl doing telling jokes like that?". Jewish United Fund.
  5. 1 2 "Jena Friedman: The star of 'The Daily Show' on abortion jokes, her Ebola comedy film, and her serial-killer spoof". The Independent. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
  6. ↑ Bradley, Laura. "The Moment Election Night Stopped Being Funny". HWD. Retrieved December 12, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Panel - What's Driving the Hillary Clinton Haters? - The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore". Comedy Central. Retrieved December 12, 2017.
  8. ↑ Outsourced With Jena Friedman, March 8, 2017, retrieved December 12, 2017
  9. ↑ "Comedy in the age of Trump". MSNBC. Retrieved December 12, 2017.
  10. ↑ Friedman, Jena (January 2, 2017). "A Recipe". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved December 12, 2017.
  11. ↑ Otto, Emily (August 17, 2008). "The Refugee Girls Revue: A Musical Parody". Nytheatre.com. Retrieved September 1, 2011.
  12. ↑ "Comedy review: Jena Friedman – American C*** (From Herald Scotland)". Heraldscotland.com. August 23, 2015. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
  13. ↑ Arsenault, Bridget (September 3, 2015). "7 Comedians from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival You Need to Know About Now". Vanity Fair. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
  14. ↑ "Jena Friedman - American C*nt - Edinburgh Festival 2015". Edinburghfestival.org. August 30, 2012. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
  15. ↑ "The 10 Best Stand-up Comedy Specials of 2016". Paste. Retrieved December 12, 2017.



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