# Kelsey Cook > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Kelsey_Cook > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Kelsey_Cook.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelsey_Cook > Source revision: 1350981564 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American stand-up comedian}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox comedian | name = Kelsey Cook | birth_date = | birth_place = Spokane, Washington, U.S. | medium = {{flatlist| * Stand-up * television * film }} | genre = {{flatlist| * [Observational comedy](/source/Observational_comedy) * [Self-deprecation](/source/Self-deprecation) * [Stand-up](/source/Stand-up_comedy) }} | alma_mater = [Washington State University](/source/Washington_State_University) | years_active = 2009–present | website = {{URL |KelseyCook.com}} }} '''Kelsey Cook''' is an American [stand-up comedian](/source/stand-up_comedy). Her second comedy special, ''Mark Your Territory'', was aired on [Hulu](/source/Hulu) and [YouTube](/source/YouTube) in February 2025. == Career == Cook began performing stand-up comedy while in college. {{cite magazine |last=Holm |first=Rachel Webber |date=Fall 2018 |title=A formula for funny |url= https://magazine.wsu.edu/2018/08/06/a-formula-for-funny/ |magazine=Washington State Magazine |volume=17 |number=4 |page=39 |location=Pullman, Washington |publisher=[Washington State University](/source/Washington_State_University) |access-date=August 16, 2025}} After graduating, she moved to Seattle and then to Los Angeles to pursue comedy full-time. In 2022, she taped her first special, ''The Hustler'', which debuted on her YouTube channel and was later picked up by Hulu.{{cite web |last=Solomon |first=Matt |date=May 8, 2024 |title=The Comedy World of Kelsey Cook, According to Kelsey Cook |url=https://www.cracked.com/article_43144_the-comedy-world-of-kelsey-cook-according-to-kelsey-cook.html |website=[Cracked](/source/Cracked.com) |publisher=Literally Media |access-date=August 16, 2025}} Her second special, ''Mark Your Territory'', was released in February 2025. It was taped live at Comedy on State in Madison, Wisconsin and is available on YouTube and Hulu.{{cite news |first=Matt |last=Grobar |title=Comedian Kelsey Cook Unveils 'Mark Your Territory,' Second Special For Hulu To Premiere In February |date=January 27, 2025 |url=https://deadline.com/2025/01/kelsey-cook-mark-your-territory-hulu-premiere-date-1236259877/ |website=[Deadline Hollywood](/source/Deadline_Hollywood) |access-date=August 9, 2025}} The special covers themes of personal growth, heartbreak, and starting over after a divorce.{{cite web |last= Greenough |first=Jason |date=February 21, 2025 |title=Kelsey Cook Just Wants To Keep Building and Grinding in Her New Era |url=https://vanyaland.com/2025/02/21/kelsey-cook-just-wants-to-keep-building-and-grinding-in-her-new-era/ |website=Vanyaland |location=Boston, MA |access-date=August 16, 2025}}{{cite news |title=Kelsey Cook talks 'Mark Your Territory' |url=https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/GMA3/video/kelsey-cook-talks-mark-territory-119636982 |website=ABC News [Good Morning America](/source/Good_Morning_America) |date=March 10, 2025 |access-date=August 9, 2025}} Cook made her late-night debut in March 2018 on ''[The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon](/source/The_Tonight_Show_Starring_Jimmy_Fallon)'', where she has since appeared multiple times as a featured stand-up comic.{{cite web |author= |date=March 9, 2018 |title=Kelsey Cook |quote=Kelsey Cook is a comedian who made her late night debut on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon{{nbsp}}... |url=https://www.nbc.com/the-tonight-show/guests/kelsey-cook/ec91e4d07e4e5219774a41a4b2dad9fe176d40f3 |website=The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon |access-date=July 21, 2025}} She also appeared on Comedy Central's storytelling series ''[This Is Not Happening](/source/This_Is_Not_Happening_(TV_series))'', in an online-only bonus segment for Season Four's episode 10 ("Shame").{{cite web |author= |title=Kelsey Cook {{!}} Bio |url=https://punchup.live/kelseycook |website=Punchup.live |access-date=July 21, 2025}} Cook has performed at the Moontower Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in Austin—appearing at venues including The Hideout Theatre in April 2022{{cite news |author= |collaboration=CBS News Austin Bureau |title=Moontower Comedy Presents Kelsey Cook |url=https://cbsaustin.com/news/entertainment/moontower-comedy-presents-kelsey-cook |website=CBS Austin |date=April 27, 2022 |publisher=[KEYE-TV](/source/KEYE-TV) |access-date=July 21, 2025}}—and appeared at the 2019 [Just for Laughs](/source/Just_for_Laughs) Festival in Montreal.{{cite web |title=Kelsey Cook performer page |url=https://www.hahaha.com/en/artists/kelsey-cook |website=Just for Laughs |access-date=July 21, 2025}}{{dead link|date=August 2025}} == Personal life == Cook grew up in [Spokane, Washington](/source/Spokane%2C_Washington).{{Cite web |date=2018-03-07 |title=Spokane-area comedian Kelsey Cook to make late night TV debut on 'The Tonight Show' |url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2018/mar/07/spokane-area-comedian-kelsey-cook-to-make-late-nig/ |access-date=2025-05-05 |website=Spokesman.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2021-04-08 |title=Love of performance runs in Spokane comic Kelsey Cook's family |url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2021/apr/08/love-of-performance-runs-in-spokane-comic-kelsey-c/ |access-date=2025-05-05 |website=Spokesman.com |language=en}} Cook's mother, [foosball](/source/foosball) champion Kathy Brainard, met her father, poet, trumpeter, and amateur foosball player Chris Cook, at a professional foosball competition. Cook graduated from [Cheney High School](/source/Cheney_High_School_(Washington)).{{Cite web |last=Press |first=Cheney Free |title=Kelsey Cook reverses directions for comedy success |url=https://www.cheneyfreepress.com/story/2013/06/13/news/kelsey-cook-reverses-directions-for-comedy-success/12114.html |access-date=2025-05-05 |website=Cheney Free Press |language=en}} Cook became engaged to comedian Kane Holloway in 2018; they married on July 11, 2019, and divorced in 2020 amid the COVID‑19 pandemic.{{Cite web |last=Harry |first= |title=Who Is Kelsey Cook’s Husband? Who Is Her Husband and How They Tied the Knot? |url=https://tilt.goombastomp.com/celebrity/who-is-kelsey-cook-husband/ |access-date=2025-07-21 |website=Tilt Magazine |language=en}} Cook has been in a relationship with comedian [Chad Daniels](/source/Chad_Daniels) since at least March 2023.{{Cite web |last=Wanjala |first=Lilian |title=Who Is Kelsey Cook's Boyfriend? Chad Daniels' Job & Relationship Timeline |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/articles/kelsey-cook-boyfriend-chad-daniels-095026261.html |access-date=2025-07-21 |website=Yahoo Entertainment |language=en}} They have been engaged as of February 2026.https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1DN5YLhUGS/ == Filmography == === Stand-up specials === {| class="wikitable" !Year !Title !Notes |- | 2023 | ''The Hustler'' | rowspan=2 | [800 Pound Gorilla Media](/source/800_Pound_Gorilla_Media) specials{{cite web |url= https://800poundgorillamedia.com/blogs/the-laugh-button/exclusive-kelsey-cook-talks-mark-your-territory-drunk-hecklers-and-finding-laughter-in-difficult-times |first=Lilly |last=Owens |date=July 9, 2025 |title=EXCLUSIVE: Kelsey Cook Talks 'Mark Your Territory', Drunk Hecklers and Finding Laughter in Difficult Times |website=800 Pound Gorilla - News |access-date=August 9, 2025}} |- | 2025 | ''Mark Your Territory'' |} === Web series === {| class="wikitable" !Year !Title !Notes |- | 2018-2020 | ''Wrists of Fury'' | Creator, executive producer |} == References == {{reflist|1}} ==External links== * {{Official website|https://www.kelseycook.com/}} * [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5138243/?ref_=fn_nme_nme_1 Kelsey Cook] at [IMDb](/source/IMDb) {{DEFAULTSORT:Cook, Kelsey}} Category:Living people Category:American stand-up comedians Category:American women comedians Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:YouTubers from Washington (state) Category:21st-century American comedians Category:Comedians from Washington (state) Category:Washington State University alumni Category:YouTubers from Seattle Category:Mass media people from Spokane, Washington --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Kelsey Cook](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelsey_Cook) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelsey_Cook?action=history)). 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