JENNY YANG
STAND-UP COMEDIAN. WRITER. ACTOR. HOST.
booking & brand collaborations: contact@jennyyang.tv
press inquiries: Raquelle David raquelle.david@authenticm.com
mailing address: 1107 Fair Oaks Avenue, #326
South Pasadena, CA 91030, USA
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.
Subscribe to her Substack newsletter and weekly podcast “What Should We Talk About? with Jenny Yang” for a chat between funny friends and for stories and essays to find joy in an unjust world. Find her online at jennyyang.tv and on all social media at @jennyyangtv.
Self Help Me: a competitive self-care comedy show
SELF HELP ME is a competitive self-care comedy show written and hosted by comedian, writer and actor Jenny Yang. Each monthly show features comedians, celebrities and wellness experts ready to test their knowledge of the latest wellness trends and reveal their own self-care obsessions. Our “Wellness Warriors” compete to be the Queen of Self Care.
It’s like if Lovett or Leave It and @ midnight made a baby that was obsessed with wellness and lymph node massages--but also cared about the cultures and origins of these splashy trends.
Self-care already felt competitive so we found a way to win.
PREVIOUS GUESTS HAVE INCLUDED:
2024
AUGUST - FERTILITY: KIMIKO GLENN, SABRINA JALEES, DYLAN ADLER, expert DR. GISELLE of YIN AND WELL ACCUPUNCTURE
JULY - CLUTTER: REGGIE WATTS, KUMAIL NANJIANI, EMILY V. GORDON, POPPY LIU, expert ORLANDO SORIA, interior designer
JUNE - WHITE WOMAN WELLNESS: KIM CHI, CAITLIN REILLY, VINNY THOMAS, DEBRA DIGIOVANNI, expert MARYAM AJAYI, reiki practitioner & equity in wellness advocate
MAY - BOUNDARIES: GABBY WINDEY, ROBBY HOFFMAN, BRANDON KYLE GOODMAN, SHERRY COLA, expert DR. ALLY AKA ALLYCIN HICKS, doctor of clinical psychology (Netflix is a Joke Festival)
APRIL - GENERATIONAL TRAUMA: TAMLYN TOMITA, MING-NA WEN, LAUREN TOM
MARCH - SOCIAL MEDIA ADDICTION: PAUL SCHEER, JUNE DIANE RAPHAEL, BLAKELY THORNTON, expert DR. ALLY, doctor of clinical psychology
FEBRUARY - FINDING THE ONE(S): JON DALY, LEENDA DONG, ASHLEY RAY, expert DR. ALLY, doctor of clinical psychology
JANUARY - WEALTH & ABUNDANCE: JO FIRESTONE, CARL TART, BRITTANY CARNEY, expert BERNA ANAT, financial educator (San Francisco Sketch Festival)
JANUARY - FITNESS: DUMBFOUNDEAD, FRANCHESCA RAMSEY, JUSTIN CHIEN, expert JESSICA RIHAL, certified yoga instructor
2023
OCTOBER - DADDY ISSUES: JAMES ADOMIAN, KESLEY DARRAGH, SHANTIRA JACKSON, expert NICK CHO aka YourKoreanDad on TikTok
SEPTEMBER - CLEAN EATING: APARNA NANCHERLA, GUY BRANUM, ZAINAB JOHNSON, expert CHEF AE SOUTHAMMAVONG
AUGUST - ASTROLOGY: MARGARET CHO, VINNY THOMAS, CHRISTINA CATHERINE MARTINEZ, expert CHANI NICHOLAS, astrologer
AUGUST - PLEASURE: AMBER RUFFIN, JO FIRESTONE, JAY JURDEN, expert HANI AVITAL, certified sexologist (The Bell House New York)
JULY - ABUNDANCE: SARA SCHAEFER, LACI MOSLEY, GABE DUNN, expert BERNA ANAT, financial educator
JUNE - PLEASURE: ATSUKO OKATSUKA, CHELSEA HANDLER, OSCAR MONTOYA, expert KANITA BOURNE, LCSW
MAY - BREAKUPS: NICOLE BYER, RON FUNCHES, JOEL KIM BOOSTER, expert DR. ALLY, doctor of clinical psychology
APRIL - BURNOUT: CHELSEA DEVANTEZ, SHERRY COLA, DAVE MERHEJE, expert DR. JAS TILGHMAN, doctor of clinical psychology
