Hannah Berner

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Hannah Berner
Hannah Berner on Stephen Settanni.jpg
Berner in 2021
Born
Hannah Lucy Berner

(1991-08-12) August 12, 1991 (age 34)
Brooklyn, New York
Alma mater University of Wisconsin (B.A.)
OccupationStand-up comedian
Spouse
(m. 2022)
Website hannahberner.com

Hannah Lucy Berner (born August 12, 1991) is an American comedian, [1] television personality, podcast host, and author. She is best known for her and Paige DeSorbo's podcast, Giggly Squad, and for being on Summer House

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Early life

Berner was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York (except for two years she spent in Florida in her teens, where she trained for a professional tennis career). [2] Her mother is Lenore DiLeo Berner, a jazz singer and a former principal at MS51 (William Alexander Middle School in Brooklyn). [3] Her father, Dan Berner, is a Lubin School of Business graduate. [3] She has a younger brother named Daniel. She is Jewish.

She attended the Beacon School [2] and then the University of Wisconsin, where she played tennis [4] and pursued a Bachelor's Degree in Communication Arts Rhetoric with a Certificate in Gender and Women's Studies. [3] [5]

Career

Early in Berner's career, she worked at the digital media company Betches. [6] Then, she appeared on seasons 3 through 5 of Summer House . She also has become very popular on TikTok and other social media sites for her comedy interview bits, like "Han on the Street." [4]

Berner's stand-up comedy Netflix special was released on July 9, 2024. [7] It premiered at #2 on the Netflix charts.

She also hosts two hit podcasts - one she hosts with Paige DeSorbo (another Summer House alum) named Giggly Squad and another she hosts with her husband, named Berner Phone with Des Bishop. They have garnered over 100 million combined downloads. [8]

She has also been a guest on several podcasts, like Two Hot Takes (hosted by Morgan Absher), [9] Cancelled (hosted by Tana Mongeau), [10] Call Her Daddy (hosted by Alexandra Cooper), [11] and Off the Vine with Kaitlyn Bristowe . [12] Berner served as a correspondent for the Vanity Fair Oscar Party 2025 with her Giggly Squad co-host, DeSorbo. [13]

A 2024 New York Times feature about Berner quoted Whitney Cummings, who described Berner as "funny without the darkness and without hurting anybody". [14]

Berner became one of Variety's "Top 10 Comics to Watch" in 2023. [15]

Personal life

In February 2021, Berner became engaged to Des Bishop, an Irish-American comedian. [16] They married at Bishop's home in The Hamptons in New York State on May 13, 2022. [17]

She has a cat named Butter. [18] [8] Compared to the competitive environment she experienced as a nationally ranked teen tennis player, Berner described the pressures of standup as "like being at after-school arts and crafts". [14]

Works

Standup specials

Podcasts

References

  1. "Hannah Berner – IMDb". IMDb .
  2. 1 2 Sulzberger, A. G. (June 1, 2009). "She Plays With Boys, and Rivals Don't Like It". The New York Times.
  3. 1 2 Brodsky, Rachel (May 8, 2024). "After leaving tennis to serve up comedy, Hannah Berner is getting plenty of love from TikTok". Los Angeles Times . Archived from the original on May 8, 2024. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
  4. Puckett-Pope, Lauren (July 10, 2024). "Hannah Berner Took the Funniest Possible Road to Fame". ELLE . Retrieved September 5, 2024.
  5. Puckett-Pope, Lauren (July 10, 2024). "Hannah Berner Took the Funniest Possible Road to Fame". ELLE . Retrieved September 5, 2024.
  6. Tinoco, Armando (June 18, 2024). "Hannah Berner's 'We Ride At Dawn' Comedy Special Gets Premiere Date On Netflix". Deadline . Retrieved September 5, 2024.
  7. 1 2 "Bio". Hannah Berner.
  8. "Drop a Pin.. Ft. Hannah Berner || Two Hot Takes Podcast || Reddit Readings". YouTube. September 4, 2024.
  9. "Hannah Berner on Ozempic, Dating Comedians, and Facetune - Ep. 33". YouTube. May 5, 2023.
  10. "89- "I F**ked the Mascot" (ft. Hannah Berner)". Spotify . July 22, 2020.
  11. "Hannah Berner: Comedy, Confidence, and Cults". YouTube. May 23, 2023.
  12. Busis, Hillary (March 3, 2025). "Exclusive Photos From Inside the 2025 Vanity Fair Oscar Party". Vanity Fair . Retrieved March 5, 2025.
  13. 1 2 Safronova, Valeriya (September 14, 2024). "She Was Fired From 'Summer House' but Now Gets the Last Laugh". The New York Times . Retrieved October 6, 2024.
  14. "Bio". Hannah Berner. Retrieved September 19, 2024.
  15. Guglielmi, Jodi (March 3, 2021). "Summer House's Hannah Berner Engaged to Boyfriend Des Bishop: 'When You Know, You Know'". People. Archived from the original on March 3, 2021. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  16. "Des Bishop weds in the US". RTÉ News and Current Affairs. May 14, 2022. Retrieved May 14, 2022.
  17. "Butter is becoming an internet micro celebrity #catsoftiktok". TikTok.