Rebecca Addelman

Rebecca Addelman is a Canadian comedian, writer, and actress currently living in Los Angeles, California.[1] She is a contributing staff writer on Fox's sitcom New Girl.

Background and education

Rebecca Addelman (born 1981) is from Ottawa, Canada. She received a B.A. in literature at the University of Toronto and studied comedy writing and performance at Humber College.[2] After several years working as a copy-editor and performing stand-up comedy, Addelman moved to Los Angeles in 2008.[2]

Career

While performing stand-up comedy in Canada,[2] Addelman was nominated for The Cream of Comedy[3] and wrote humor articles for The Walrus[4] and Toro Magazine, where she has a bi-monthly column.[5] Addelman performs with Toronto comedians Holly Prazoff and Inessa Frantowski as "HIR". She has also appeared as a panelist on the Much Music show Video on Trial.

Addelman has written for the CURRENT TV animated sketch-comedy show SuperNews!, as well as appearing in the HEEB 100[6] (whose book, "Sex, Drugs, and Gefilte Fish", she also contributed to). In April and May 2010 she co-wrote and performed "The Holly and Rebecca Show: A Very Special episode" with Prazoff at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in Los Angeles.[7]

She is currently developing a sitcom with CBC Television and is a contributing writer on Fox's sitcom New Girl.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Jewish Make-Believe with Rebecca Addelman | Heeb". Heebmagazine.com. 2009-11-11. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
  2. 1 2 3 Josh Dehaas (27 August 2012). "Rebecca Addelman, 31, is a writer for New Girl". Maclean's. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "Cream of Comedy (2007)". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
  4. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 14 January 2010. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
  5. ↑ "SEX | TORO MAGAZINE | What Men Need to Know about Sex, Style, Music, Sports, Drinks & Video". Toro Magazine. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
  6. ↑ "Rebecca Addelman | Heeb". Heebmagazine.com. 2010-04-05. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
  7. ↑ "Archived copy". Retrieved 25 May 2010.
  8. ↑

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