Jenny Yang

Jenny Yang is a former labor organizer turned stand up comedian, writer and actor. In 2020 she was selected as one of Variety's "10 Comics To Watch" and Vulture's "Comedians You Should Know." Jenny is a writer for "Last Man Standing" on Fox and previously a writer/performer on E!'s late-night talk show "Busy Tonight" with Busy Philipps. Jenny is the co-host of Freeform's flagship podcast "A Little Forward," and the creator and host of "Comedy Crossing" a hit standup comedy show held inside the Animal Crossing video game and watched live in the funnest Zoom meeting this side of the pandemic. Since June, 2020, "Comedy Crossing" has raised over $32,000 from audience donations for #BlackLivesMatter-related causes and funds. In May, 2020 Jenny was a featured performer in the Comedy Central "Covid Is No Joke" comedy special. The Hollywood Reporter featured Jenny's March, 2020 satirical video rebutting Andrew Yang's plea for Asian Americans to fight anti-Asian racism by being "more American." Taiwan-born and Southern California-raised, Jenny uses her platform to amplify issues around immigration, diversity and media representation, pop culture, intersectional feminism, and social justice. Jenny's unique background as a former student activist, comedian and creative has made her a frequent performer and speaker on the college and university circuit. In 2016, President Obama honored her as a "White House Champion of Change" for her leadership in "Asian American and Pacific Islander Art and Storytelling." Jenny is also a TV writing mentor for the 2020 cohort of the "5050 by 2020" Disruptors Fellowship. Jenny has created digital videos totaling over 80 million views at JennyYang.TV and with Buzzfeed, Comedy Central, Fusion, Funny or Die and Cracked.com. Since 2012, she has produced over ninety sold-out shows for the first-ever, mostly female, Asian American stand up comedy tour, "Disoriented Comedy." Jenny is also the founder and festival director of "The Comedy Comedy Festival: A Comedy Festival," a comedy festival showcasing the best in Asian American comedic talent, which ran from 2014-2018. Jenny's pithy tweets are often quoted in news coverage of the most current issues of the day. Drawing from her former career in politics, Jenny is a regular commentator on politics and pop culture with contributions and coverage in The New York Times, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, National Public Radio, MSNBC, The Guardian, NBC News, BBC News, Al Jazeera America, Complex Magazine, Lovett or Leave it podcast, South by Southwest, BlogHer, and countless college and industry panels.