{{Short description|American writer, actress and comedian}} {{for|the American singer-songwriter|Jess Klein}} {{Infobox comedian | name = Jessi Klein | image = Jessi Klein at the 74th Annual Peabody Awards.jpg | caption = Jessi Klein at the 74th Annual Peabody Awards for ''Inside Amy Schumer'', in 2015 | medium = Writing, television, stand-up comedy, acting | birth_name = Jessi Ruth Klein | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|8|18}} | birth_place = New York City, New York, U.S. | education = Vassar College (AB) | genre = Observational comedy, satire, political satire, sarcasm | subject = American culture, sex, everyday life, human behavior, American politics, pop culture |spouse= {{marriage|Michael Engleman|November 23, 2014|end=divorced}}<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thecut.com/2023/03/how-jessi-klein-gets-it-done.html | title=How Writer and Comedian Jessi Klein Gets It Done | date=13 March 2023 }}</ref> |children= 1 }} '''Jessi Ruth Klein'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://howwasyourweek.libsyn.com/webpage/ep-68|title=How Was Your Week with Julie Klausner: Tavi Gevinson, Jessi Klein "Crazy Person F.I.T." Episode 68|website=howwasyourweek.libsyn.com|access-date=5 December 2018}}</ref> (born August 18, 1975) is an American writer, actress and stand-up comedian from New York City.<ref name=TOI>{{cite news|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/how-a-nice-jewish-girl-became-comedys-dirty-nerdy/|title=How a nice Jewish girl became comedy's 'dirty nerdy'|first=Stephie Grob|last=Plante|website=The Times of Israel|access-date=5 December 2018 |issn=0040-7909}}</ref> Klein has regularly appeared on shows such as ''The Showbiz Show with David Spade'' and VH1's ''Best Week Ever'' and has performed stand-up on Comedy Central's ''Premium Blend''. She provided commentary for CNN in the debates of the 2004 presidential election. A self-proclaimed "geek", Klein has appeared on the television specials for ''My Coolest Years: Geeks'' on VH1 and ''Rise of the Geeks'' on E!. Klein also provided the voice of Lucy in the animated pilot for Adult Swim's ''Lucy, the Daughter of the Devil''.
Klein previously worked as a director of development for Comedy Central. Some of the shows she helped develop for the network were ''Chappelle's Show'' and ''Stella''. She was the head writer and executive producer of ''Inside Amy Schumer''.
== Career == In 2004, Klein appears twice in the Season 2 "Wayne Brady Show" episode of ''Chappelle's Show'': first, in the boardroom to inform Dave of how replaceable he is on the show, and later she along with Neal Brennan are gassed by Chappelle "in the wings" just before Chappelle confronts Wayne Brady to take his show back.
In 2009, she wrote and co-starred in ''Michael and Michael Have Issues'' on Comedy Central. She also worked as a writer on ''Saturday Night Live'' during the 2009-2010 season.
Klein's ''Comedy Central Presents'' special aired on March 4, 2011.
Klein made her first-time appearance as a panelist on NPR's comedy-news quiz show ''Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!'' on June 25, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2011/06/25/137386121/bill-clinton-plays-not-my-job|title=Bill Clinton Plays Not My Job|website=NPR.org|date=24 June 2011 |access-date=5 December 2018}}</ref> She was the first female guest host of the program on March 11, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/programs/wait-wait-dont-tell-me/519656715/wait-wait-for-march-11-2017-with-not-my-job-guest-neal-brennan|title='Wait Wait' For March 11, 2017: With Not My Job Guest Neal Brennan|website=NPR.org|date=11 March 2017 |access-date=5 December 2018}}</ref>
She was an executive producer and writer for ''Inside Amy Schumer'' on Comedy Central since its debut, and won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Sketch Series in 2015 for her work on the show.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/jessi-klein|title = Jessi Klein}}</ref> She was not a writer on its fifth season. She was also a consulting producer on the series "Transparent" in 2016.
Klein released her debut book in July 2016, ''You'll Grow Out of It'',<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thecut.com/2016/07/jessi-klein-youll-grow-out-of-it.html|title=This Book by Amy Schumer's Head Writer Is Better Than Therapy|last=Silman|first=Anna|date=July 13, 2016|work=The Cut|access-date=2018-01-09|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/08/5-reasons-to-read-jessi-kleins-youll-grow-out-of-i.html|title=5 Reasons to Read Jessi Klein's You'll Grow Out of It|last=Lies|first=Erica|date=August 10, 2016|work=Paste|access-date=2018-01-09|language=en|archive-date=2018-01-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180109180846/https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/08/5-reasons-to-read-jessi-kleins-youll-grow-out-of-i.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/jessi-klein-youll-grow-out-of-it-interview|title=Jessi Klein Didn't Mean to Write a Book|last=Felsenthal|first=Julia|date=July 12, 2016|work=Vogue|access-date=2018-01-09|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/10/books/review/amy-schumer-writer-jessi-klein-youll-grow-out-of-it.html|title=This Book of Essays by the Head Writer of 'Inside Amy Schumer' Is Hilarious|last=Crosley|first=Sloane|date=2016-07-06|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-01-09|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> which became a New York Times best seller. Klein's second book, ''I'll Show Myself Out: Essays on Midlife and Motherhood'', was released in April 2022.
Klein served as a consulting producer for the Netflix series animated sitcom ''Big Mouth'' between 2017 and 2025, and provided the voice for one of the series' main characters, Jessi Glaser.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/06/netflix-big-mouth-animated-series-nick-kroll-andrew-goldberg-john-mulaney-1201771662/|title=Netflix Orders 'Big Mouth' Animated Series From Nick Kroll & Andrew Goldberg|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=2016-06-13|website=Deadline|language=en-US|access-date=2016-08-31}}</ref>
==Personal Life== Klein married in 2014 and has a son. She and her husband has since divocred.
Klein has been living in Los Angeles since 2023.
She is Jewish.
==Selected works==
===Books=== *{{cite book |author=Klein, Jessi |title=You'll Grow Out of It |publisher=Grand Central Publishing |year=2016 <!--isbn=-->}} *{{cite book |author=Klein, Jessi |title=I'll Show Myself Out: Essays on Midlife and Motherhood |publisher=Harper |year=2022 <!--isbn=-->}}
===Essays and reporting=== *{{cite magazine |author=Klein, Jessi |date=May 23, 2016 |title=The bath : a polemic |department=Personal History |magazine=The New Yorker |volume=92 |issue=15 |pages=36–37 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/05/23/the-bath-a-polemic-by-jessi-klein <!--access-date=2016-12-22-->}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|1585728|Jessi Klein}}
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