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Jenny Yang(I)

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Jenny Yang
Named one of Variety's Top Ten Comics to Watch and New York Magazine's Vulture Comedians You Should Know, comedian Jenny Yang tours her unique blend of personal storytelling and social commentary through her standup comedy and hit monthly stage show SELF HELP ME, a competitive self-care comedy show. She has been featured at Just For Laughs Montreal, headlined at San Francisco Sketchfest, and has shared the stage with such legendary comedians as Maria Bamford and Margaret Cho.

As an actor, Jenny stars opposite Michelle Yeoh as XING in the Netflix action comedy-drama series, The Brothers Sun. She also voices Carissa, Beef's love interest, on Fox's The Great North.

As a television writer, Jenny has sold original shows to Paramount+, Prime Video, 20th Television Animation, and penned scripts for Netflix's The Brothers Sun, HBO Max's "Gordita Chronicles," Netflix's Peabody-award winning animated show, City of Ghosts, two seasons of Fox's "Last Man Standing'' and E!'s late-night talk show "Busy Tonight" with Busy Philipps.

Her perspective as a food-obsessed, former labor organizer, and Asian American community activist working in comedy and entertainment is a sought-after voice in media projects covering the most pressing political and cultural issues of the day.

Taiwan-born and Southern California-raised, Jenny was honored by President Obama as a "White House Champion of Change" for her leadership in "Asian American and Pacific Islander Art and Storytelling." Jenny has lived in Taiwan, Japan and Chile, speaks Mandarin Chinese and Spanish, and can curse you out in Korean and Japanese.
BornNovember 11
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    Known for

    Michelle Yeoh, Sam Song Li, and Justin Chien in The Brothers Sun (2024)
    The Brothers Sun
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Xing
    Tim Allen and Nancy Travis in C'est moi le chef ! (2011)
    C'est moi le chef !
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Writer
    Diana Maria Riva, Savannah Nicole Ruiz, Olivia Goncalves, and Juan Javier Cardenas in Gordita Chronicles (2022)
    Gordita Chronicles
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Writer
    Close the Door (2015)
    Close the Door
    Short
    • Sarah
    • 2015

    Credits

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    Writer



    • Diana Maria Riva, Savannah Nicole Ruiz, Olivia Goncalves, and Juan Javier Cardenas in Gordita Chronicles (2022)
      Gordita Chronicles
      7.5
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 2022
    • Tim Allen and Nancy Travis in C'est moi le chef ! (2011)
      C'est moi le chef !
      7.5
      TV Series
      • executive story editor
      • written by
      • story editor
      • 2020–2021
    • La Cité des Fantômes (2021)
      La Cité des Fantômes
      7.7
      TV Series
      • story consultant
      • 2021
    • Occupé ce soir (2018)
      Occupé ce soir
      6.3
      TV Series
      • Staff Writer
      • 2018

    Actress



    • Will Forte, Nick Offerman, Paul Rust, Jenny Slate, Dulcé Sloan, and Aparna Nancherla in The Great North (2021)
      The Great North
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Carissa (voice)
      • 2022–2025
    • Tichina Arnold, Terry Crews, and Tim Johnson Jr. in Everybody Still Hates Chris (2024)
      Everybody Still Hates Chris
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Sarah (voice)
      • 2024
    • Shimmer, Inspired by Eva Young (2024)
      Shimmer, Inspired by Eva Young
      Short
      • Bron Loafers
      • 2024
    • Michelle Yeoh, Sam Song Li, and Justin Chien in The Brothers Sun (2024)
      The Brothers Sun
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Xing
      • 2024
    • 38th IDA Documentary Awards - Red Carpet with Nadia Dhawan (2022)
      38th IDA Documentary Awards - Red Carpet with Nadia Dhawan
      Video
      • IDA Documentary Celebrity Host
      • 2022
    • Oh, Baby (2020)
      Oh, Baby
      Short
      • Julia
      • 2020
    • Ryan Fisher and Christopher Smith Bryant in Enemies of Dorothy (2017)
      Enemies of Dorothy
      TV Series
      • Doll Face
      • Woke Velma
      • 2017–2018
    • Badass Bitches of History
      6.0
      TV Mini Series
      • Ching Shih (2018)
      • 2018
    • Emily Chang and Sara Amini in Misery Loves Company (2017)
      Misery Loves Company
      8.6
      TV Series
      • Mindy Lee
      • 2017
    • Get Your Life (2015)
      Get Your Life
      4.0
      TV Series
      • 2017
    • Nuclear Family (2016)
      Nuclear Family
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Jenny
      • Asian American
      • 2016
    • Lonely Woman
      TV Series
      • Gladys
      • 2016
    • What The?! (2014)
      What The?!
      TV Series
      • Akio
      • Mrs. Wu
      • 2015
    • What If Catcalls Were Cheeseburgers?
      Short
      • Jenny
      • 2015
    • Close the Door (2015)
      Close the Door
      Short
      • Sarah
      • 2015

    Additional Crew



    • Untitled Jerrod Carmichael Pilot
      TV Movie
      • production assistant
      • 2014
    • Key and Peele (2012)
      Key and Peele
      8.3
      TV Series
      • production assistant
      • 2013
    • Chris D'Elia and Whitney Cummings in Whitney (2011)
      Whitney
      5.8
      TV Series
      • assistant to producer
      • 2012

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      • November 11

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