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Janet Varney at an event for Stan Against Evil (2016)

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Janet Varney

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  • Born
    February 16 · Tucson, Arizona, USA
  • Birth name
    Janet Maureen Varney
  • Height
    1.77 m

Biography

    • Janet Varney is a comedian, actor, writer and producer. In the animation world, she is lucky enough to be the voice of "Korra" on Nickelodeon's hit series, La Légende de Korra (2012), and she can currently be seen as "Becca" on the live action FX series, You're the Worst (2014). She also spent seven wonderful years hosting TBS's Dinner & a Movie (1996), recurred on HBO's Entourage (2004), was a series regular on the beloved E! and Yahoo series, Burning Love (2012) - seasons 1 and 3, and has made guest appearances on hit shows, including How I Met Your Mother (2005), Key and Peele (2012), Psych : Enquêteur malgré lui (2006), Bones (2005), on the panel of Chelsea Lately (2007) and @midnight (2013), as a regular producer and co-host on Huffpost Live (2012), and has appeared in films, such as Service toujours non compris (2009), Drillbit Taylor, garde du corps (2008), and Judy Moody et son été pas raté (2011). Janet is the host of the popular Nerdist podcast, "The JV Club", and the co-founder, creative director, and producer of one of the largest and most acclaimed comedy festivals in North America, "SF Sketchfest: the San Francisco Comedy Festival", now in its 15th year.
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  • Graduated as salutatorian from Rincon High School in 1993; an alumna of San Francisco State University, where she majored in theater.
  • Of English and Scottish descent.
  • No relation to Jim "Ernest" Varney, despite a popular misconception.

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