Kelsey Cook

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Kelsey Cook
BornSpokane, Washington, U.S.
Medium
  • Stand-up
  • television
  • film
Alma mater Washington State University
Years active2009–present
Genres
Website kelseycook.com

Kelsey Cook is an American comedian, actress, and writer. She is best-known for her stand-up comedy. Her second comedy special, Mark Your Territory, was aired on Hulu and YouTube in February 2025. [1]

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Career

Cook began performing stand-up comedy while in college. [2] 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. [3]

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. [1] The special covers themes of personal growth, heartbreak, and starting over after a divorce. [4] [5]

Cook made her late-night debut in March 2018 on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon , where she has since appeared multiple times as a featured stand-up comic. [6] She also appeared on Comedy Central's storytelling series This Is Not Happening , in an online-only bonus segment for Season Four's episode 10 ("Shame"). [7] Cook has performed at the Moontower Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in Austin—appearing at venues including The Hideout Theatre in April 2022 [8] —and appeared at the 2019 Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal. [9]

Personal life

Cook grew up in Spokane, Washington. [10] [11] Cook's mother, 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. [12]

Cook became engaged to comedian Kane Holloway in 2018; they married on July 11, 2019, and separated in 2020 amid the COVID‑19 pandemic. [13]

Cook has been in a relationship with comedian Chad Daniels since at least March 2023. [14]

Filmography

Stand-up specials

YearTitleNotes
2023The Hustler 800 Pound Gorilla Media specials [15]
2025Mark Your Territory

Web series

YearTitleNotes
2018-2020Wrists of FuryCreator, executive producer

References

  1. 1 2 Grobar, Matt (January 27, 2025). "Comedian Kelsey Cook Unveils 'Mark Your Territory,' Second Special For Hulu To Premiere In February". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved August 9, 2025.
  2. ↑ Holm, Rachel Webber (Fall 2018). "A formula for funny". Washington State Magazine. Vol. 17, no. 4. Pullman, Washington: Washington State University. p. 39. Retrieved August 16, 2025.
  3. ↑ Solomon, Matt (May 8, 2024). "The Comedy World of Kelsey Cook, According to Kelsey Cook". Cracked . Literally Media. Retrieved August 16, 2025.
  4. ↑ Greenough, Jason (February 21, 2025). "Kelsey Cook Just Wants To Keep Building and Grinding in Her New Era". Vanyaland. Boston, MA. Retrieved August 16, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Kelsey Cook talks 'Mark Your Territory'". ABC News Good Morning America . March 10, 2025. Retrieved August 9, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Kelsey Cook". The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. March 9, 2018. Retrieved July 21, 2025. Kelsey Cook is a comedian who made her late night debut on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon ...
  7. ↑ "Kelsey Cook | Bio". Punchup.live. Retrieved July 21, 2025.
  8. ↑ "Moontower Comedy Presents Kelsey Cook". CBS Austin. KEYE-TV. April 27, 2022. Retrieved July 21, 2025.
  9. ↑ "Kelsey Cook performer page". Just for Laughs. Retrieved July 21, 2025.[ dead link ]
  10. ↑ "Spokane-area comedian Kelsey Cook to make late night TV debut on 'The Tonight Show'". Spokesman.com. March 7, 2018. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
  11. ↑ "Love of performance runs in Spokane comic Kelsey Cook's family". Spokesman.com. April 8, 2021. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
  12. ↑ Press, Cheney Free. "Kelsey Cook reverses directions for comedy success". Cheney Free Press. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
  13. ↑ Harry. "Who Is Kelsey Cook's Husband? Who Is Her Husband and How They Tied the Knot?". Tilt Magazine. Retrieved July 21, 2025.
  14. ↑ Wanjala, Lilian. "Who Is Kelsey Cook's Boyfriend? Chad Daniels' Job & Relationship Timeline". Yahoo Entertainment. Retrieved July 21, 2025.
  15. ↑ Owens, Lilly (July 9, 2025). "EXCLUSIVE: Kelsey Cook Talks 'Mark Your Territory', Drunk Hecklers and Finding Laughter in Difficult Times". 800 Pound Gorilla - News. Retrieved August 9, 2025.
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