About Me

I’ve been in Los Angeles for over thirty years working as a professional stand-up comic and TV and film actor. I’ve had the extreme pleasure of working on hit TV shows such as Friends, How I Met Your Mother, NCIS, Grey’s Anatomy, The West Wing, and Prank Encounters on Netflix. I’ve cohosted and hosted national TV shows like World Cup Comedy, The Short Show on E! and Faux Pause on Game Show Network. In 2018, my childhood dream of walking onto the Ed Sullivan Theater stage came true (big Beatles fan here) with my national television stand-up comedy debut on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. This iconic event really catapulted me into more stand-up comedy, coaching, and travel. And… Best part was I got to take my daughter along who’s also a Beatles fan!

After I studied theatre at The University of Wisconsin - Green Bay, I graduated from the training program at the renowned Second City in Chicago. In Chicago I began traveling with corporate improv comedy through a company called Wavelength, supporting school teachers, people near and dear to my heart. In Chicago I was also hired by Citibank to show potential customers a new rewards program. That corporate gig ended up paying off my entire college loan all while I learned improv from the finest improv teachers in the country (as I studied at Second City, Stephen Colbert was performing there nightly, and little did I know an appearance on his future talk show would be monumental for me years later.)

My improv and sketch comedy background has also helped me to perform sketches on other talk shows such as Ellen and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. As a stand-up comic and professional host, I host monthly for Mr. Leno at Flappers Comedy Club in Burbank, California and at Comedy and Magic Club in Hermosa Beach.

Besides my many starring television credits, I’ve been in over 50 national commercials and several major motion pictures such as Flightplan with Jodie Foster, How Do You Know with Reese Witherspoon and Jack Nicholson, and most recently, In Spite of Ourselves, a new romantic comedy starring Brett Dier, Leslie Connor and Glenn Moreshower. I play Trish in the film, a comedy club manager. I was also hired by the producers to coach several of the actors in the film portraying a stand-up comic. It was an incredible experience as their is nothing I like more than mixing acting, stand-up comedy and coaching!

My beginnings in comedy started as I worked my way though college, responding to a “Help Wanted” ad for singing telegrams. My first one was for The Green Bay Packers! They requested I come dressed as a clown (and why wouldn’t they?) Since I had no idea how to sing, I put on my best rainbow wig and began crafting killer jokes just for The Packers and their families. A career was born and one clown made an iconic institution’s day.

I now host, perform and teach at colleges, corporate events, churches, non-profits, and comedy clubs all across America. In 2022, I flew to the South of France to host a private event for Kevin Hart (um, amazing) and I just completed a trip of a life time in England and Ireland where I got to perform my stand-up comedy and improv with my new friends in Dublin. What a incredible comedy community I found there.

I’m now touring and performing for the United States Marine Corps troupes with my stand-up comedy and helping to spread mental health awareness through a program called “1 Degree of Separation,” for suicide prevention. This is currently the greatest service I think I have ever been in my career, but I also know there could now be so much more to come with being of service with what is near and dear to my heart: Laughter and Good Mental Well Being for All. My exploration of my own well being has put me on a specific path of helping foster it in others where and whenever I can.