Rebecca Addelman is a Canadian comedian

Comedian

A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience, primarily by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy...

, writer

Writer

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, and actor

Actor

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 currently living in Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, California

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. While living in Canada, she was nominated for The Cream of Comedy

Cream of Comedy

Cream of Comedy is an annual show broadcast by The Comedy Network, in which five finalists for the Tim Sims Award perform live, and the winner is announced. Past winners have included Levi Macdougal, Nathan Fielder, and Fraser Young.-External links:...

 and wrote humor articles for The Walrus

The Walrus

The Walrus is a Canadian general interest magazine which publishes long form journalism on Canadian and international affairs, along with fiction and poetry by Canadian writers. It launched in September 2003, as an attempt to create a Canadian equivalent to American magazines such as Harper's, The...

 and Toro Magazine, where she has a bi-monthly coloumn. In addition to solo comedy, she frequently performs with Toronto comedians Holly Prazoff and Inessa Frantowski as "HIR". She also appeared as a panelist on the Much Music show Video on Trial

Video On Trial

Video on Trial is a Canadian comedy television program that airs on Canadian television network MuchMusic. The show consists of a panel of musicians, comedians, and entertainment columnists critiquing five different music videos in a courtroom-esque manner. The panel acts as the jurors, poking fun...

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Since moving to Los Angeles, she has written for the CURRENT TV

Current TV

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 animated sketch-comedy show SuperNews!

SuperNews!

SuperNews! was a half-hour, satirical animated television series which aired on Current TV. It was created by Josh Faure-Brac who also wrote for the show and performed the majority of male voices. The show is primarily based on popular culture satire and political humor...

, as well as appearing in the HEEB 100 (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

Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre

The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre or UCB Theatre is an improvisational theatre and associated UCB Training Center with locations in Chelsea, New York, the EEast Village, New York and Hollywood, California.....

 in Los Angeles.

She is currently developing a sitcom with CBC Television

CBC Television

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External links

• HIR Official Website
• Rebecca Addelman at imdb
• Rebecca Addelman at Toro Magazine