Jenny Yang is a renowned comedian, actor, and television writer, celebrated for her unique blend of personal storytelling and social commentary. She has been recognized as one of Variety's Top Ten Comics to Watch and New York Magazine's Vulture Comedians You Should Know.
Yang tours her standup comedy and hit monthly stage show SELF HELP ME, a competitive self-care comedy show, to audiences across the globe. Her impressive credits include appearances at Just For Laughs Montreal, headlining at San Francisco Sketchfest, and sharing the stage with legendary comedians such as Maria Bamford and Margaret Cho.
As an actor, Yang stars opposite Michelle Yeoh in the Netflix action comedy-drama series, The Brothers Sun. She also voices Carissa, Beef's love interest, on Fox's The Great North.
Yang's writing career is equally impressive, with 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.
With her unique perspective as a food-obsessed, former labor organizer, and Asian American community activist working in comedy and entertainment, Yang is a sought-after voice in media projects covering the most pressing political and cultural issues of the day.
Born in Taiwan and raised in Southern California, Yang was honored by President Obama as a "White House Champion of Change" for her leadership in "Asian American and Pacific Islander Art and Storytelling." She has lived in Taiwan, Japan, and Chile, speaks Mandarin Chinese and Spanish, and can curse you out in Korean and Japanese.
