Talks & Entertainment

Jen Kirkman is a stand-up comedian and the author of the book, I Can Barely Take Care of Myself, which became an instant New York Times Bestseller. Her debut Netflix Original Comedy Special I’m Gonna Die Alone (And I Feel Fine) is now available for streaming on Netflix worldwide.

Jen was a long time writer and round table guest on Chelsea Lately and is also well known for her roles as the narrator in many episodes of the web-turned-TV series Drunk History, which is now in its third season on Comedy Central. You’ve also seen Jen on her regular appearances on Comedy Central’s @midnight.  She’s done stand up on many late night shows: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Conan, John Oliver’s New York Stand-Up Show and The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson. She also voiced many characters on the Cartoon Network cult classic Home Movies.

Jen has released two stand-up albums Hail to the Freaks (released March 2011) which hit #13 on the Billboard Charts. Her debut album was 2006’s Self Help. Jen has a weekly podcast, I Seem Fun: The Diary of Jen Kirkman, which is often in the top 100 in comedy on iTunes.

Her second book, I Know What I’m Doing and Other Lies I Tell Myself (Dispatches From a Life Under Construction) will be released in early 2016.

Jen tours the world as a stand-up and recently toured Australia to sold-out crowds in both Melbourne and Sydney.

“Jen Kirkman is a thinking person’s comedian. Not by being hyper-intellectual—although she’s a fiendishly smart writer and performer—but by doing comedy for people who live inside their own heads.” – The Onion AV Club

“Jen Kirkman finds side-splitting laughs in lame weddings and dying alone.” – Entertainment Weekly

“Ms. Kirkman knows how to deliver a one-liner, but her inclination is to linger in the telling of a story. She digs into a subject, embroidering it with jokes at various angles. A huge number of her bits culminate in vivid metaphors. “ – The New York Times