Radley was born and raised in Montclair, Virginia and attended Bishop Ireton High School.[2] She received her secondary education at the University of Virginia, where she earned a masters degree in English education. After graduating in 2008, she worked as a high school English teacher for several years.[3]
Careeredit
Radley began her standup career in 2008 when she entered Rooftop Comedy’s National College Comedy Competition. After placing in the top four, she went on to the 2008 Aspen RooftopComedy Festival. She studied improv at the Upright Citizens Brigade in Los Angeles and performed at M.I.'s Westside Comedy Theater.[4] In 2011, she won the Friars Club Audience Award at Boston's Third Annual Women in Comedy Festival. Radley has been regularly featured on Fox's Laughs stand-up comedy series. In 2015, Radley released her first stand-up album, The Important Thing Is That I’m Pretty.
In August 2017, Radley began working as a writer for The Daily Show. In 2018, she performed with the show's writing staff on the Daily Show Writers Stand-Up Tour.[5] She has been a guest on several comedy podcasts, including HeadGum's Good One.[6]
As an actress, she has appeared in several comedy short films and played the character of Porn Girl on The Daily Show.
Awards and honorsedit
2011 Friars Club Audience Award at the Women in Comedy Festival
Discographyedit
2015 The Important Thing Is That I’m Pretty (Uproar Records)
Referencesedit
^""We Are Forced to Find the Funny": 6 Female Late Night Writers on Channeling Trump Rage, Fart Jokes and the Perils of Twitter". The Hollywood Reporter. 7 December 2018. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
^Salmon, Mike (December 18, 2019). "Comedians Featured at the Workhouse on New Year's Eve". Fairfax Station Connection.
^"Kathleen O'Brien". University of Virginia Curry School of Education. December 2015.
^McCarthy, Sean L. (April 17, 2018). "Kat Radley on Women in Comedy Festivals, and in the writer's rooms". The Comic’s Comic.
^Baron, Jennifer (March 26, 2018). "The Daily Show Writers Stand-Up Tour". Next Pittsburgh.
^Jesse David Fox (June 17, 2019). "What It's Like to Write for Late Night Right Now". Vulture.
radley, american, comedian, actress, television, writer, writer, daily, show, with, trevor, noah, born1985nationalityamericanoccupation, comedian, writerknown, forthe, daily, show, contents, early, life, career, awards, honors, discography, references, externa. Kat Radley is an American comedian actress and television writer She is a writer for The Daily Show with Trevor Noah 1 Kat RadleyBorn1985NationalityAmericanOccupation s Comedian writerKnown forThe Daily Show Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Awards and honors 4 Discography 5 References 6 External linksEarly life editRadley was born and raised in Montclair Virginia and attended Bishop Ireton High School 2 She received her secondary education at the University of Virginia where she earned a masters degree in English education After graduating in 2008 she worked as a high school English teacher for several years 3 Career editRadley began her standup career in 2008 when she entered Rooftop Comedy s National College Comedy Competition After placing in the top four she went on to the 2008 Aspen RooftopComedy Festival She studied improv at the Upright Citizens Brigade in Los Angeles and performed at M I s Westside Comedy Theater 4 In 2011 she won the Friars Club Audience Award at Boston s Third Annual Women in Comedy Festival Radley has been regularly featured on Fox s Laughs stand up comedy series In 2015 Radley released her first stand up album The Important Thing Is That I m Pretty In August 2017 Radley began working as a writer for The Daily Show In 2018 she performed with the show s writing staff on the Daily Show Writers Stand Up Tour 5 She has been a guest on several comedy podcasts including HeadGum s Good One 6 As an actress she has appeared in several comedy short films and played the character of Porn Girl on The Daily Show Awards and honors edit2011 Friars Club Audience Award at the Women in Comedy FestivalDiscography edit2015 The Important Thing Is That I m Pretty Uproar Records References edit We Are Forced to Find the Funny 6 Female Late Night Writers on Channeling Trump Rage Fart Jokes and the Perils of Twitter The Hollywood Reporter 7 December 2018 Retrieved 2020 05 08 Salmon Mike December 18 2019 Comedians Featured at the Workhouse on New Year s Eve Fairfax Station Connection Kathleen O Brien University of Virginia Curry School of Education December 2015 McCarthy Sean L April 17 2018 Kat Radley on Women in Comedy Festivals and in the writer s rooms The Comic s Comic Baron Jennifer March 26 2018 The Daily Show Writers Stand Up Tour Next Pittsburgh Jesse David Fox June 17 2019 What It s Like to Write for Late Night Right Now Vulture External links editKat Radley at IMDb nbsp This article about an American comedian is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kat Radley amp oldid 1192140904, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
