Beth Stelling

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Beth Stelling (born April 9, 1986) is an American stand-up comedian, writer, and actress. [1] [2] She has performed in the Netflix series The Standups and served as a writer for the HBO television series Crashing . [3] [4] [5] Stelling has released two comedy albums, Sweet Beth and Simply the Beth, [6] [7] and two comedy specials, Girl Daddy and If You Didn't Want Me Then. [8] [9]

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Early life, family and education

Stelling was raised in Oakwood, Ohio, a suburb of Dayton, Ohio. [10] While in high school, she won the 2003 Ohio Speech and Debate Association championship in Humorous Interpretation. [11] In 2007, she graduated from nearby Miami University with a BA in theatre. [12]

Career

Stelling resided and worked in Chicago for five years until 2012, when she re-located to Los Angeles after releasing her first comedy album, Sweet Beth. [13] [14]

In 2014, she made her television debut on Conan , and in 2016, was named a "Comedian to Watch" by Out magazine. [15] [16] [17] That same year, she was featured in an episode of Outside Comedy, which premiered at the LA Film Festival. [18]

Stelling has performed on Jimmy Kimmel Live! , The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail , @midnight , Last Call with Carson Daly , The UCB Show , The Pete Holmes Show , and We Can Fix You. In 2015, she had a special released as part of the Comedy Central series The Half Hour . Her latest comedy album, Simply the Beth, was named one of the best comedy specials of 2015 by Vulture . She also starred in Showtime's special Comedy of SXSW .

Stelling tours stand-up comedy clubs, colleges and festivals; guest starred on the Amazon Prime Video series Red Oaks ; and wrote for Crashing , an HBO series from Judd Apatow starring Pete Holmes. [19]

On August 20, 2020, her one-hour special Girl Daddy premiered on HBO Max, and in 2021, she had a recurring role on the new Peacock sitcom Rutherford Falls . [20] It ran for two seasons.

Abuse

In 2015, Stelling revealed that she had suffered sexual and physical abuse from a former boyfriend. [21] She said that after the two broke up, he had asked her never to speak about the abuse in order for him to maintain his reputation. [22] [23] Stelling posted images of her bruised limbs on Instagram, stating that they were photographs taken when the abuse took place. [24] [25]

Works

Comedy

YearTitleType [26]
2012Sweet Bethalbum
2015Simply the Beth
2020Girl Daddyspecial
2023If You Didn't Want Me Thenspecial

Podcast

Year(s)TitleCo-host [27]
2020-21We Called Your MomDiane Stelling

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