Jena Friedman is an Academy Award-nominated writer and comedian. She is the creator of SOFT FOCUS on Adult Swim and TRUE CRIME STORY: INDEFENSIBLE on AMC+. Her writing credits include BORAT 2: Subsequent Movie Film, GOOD SPORTS WITH KEVIN HART AND KENAN THOMPSON on Amazon, NOBODY WANTS THIS on Netflix, THE CONNERS on ABC and THE LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN. She was also field producer on THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART from 2012 through the end of his tenure in 2015, where she wrote and directed field pieces.

​She's a contributing writer to THE NEW YORKER and her first book, NOT FUNNY: ESSAYS ON LIFE, COMEDY, CULTURE, ETC., recently published by Simon & Schuster, is a national bestseller. Additionally, she has appeared on THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT, CONAN on TBS, THE NIGHTLY SHOW WITH LARRY WILMORE, and in the Sundance hit PALM SPRINGS. Here's Jena's Ted Talk on THE JOKES AI WON'T TELL. 

Her first stand up special, AMERICAN CUNT, was named Top Ten Comedy Specials by Paste Magazine in 2016 and her second special, LADYKILLER was listed #2 in Decider’s Ten Best Stand Up Specials of 2022. Her new show MOTHERF*CKER debuts Off Broadway at The Soho Playhouse, in October 2026. 

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