Rebecca Addelman

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Rebecca Addelman
Born1981 (age 42–43)
Nationality Canadian
Education
OccupationComedic writer

Rebecca Addelman (born 1981) is a Canadian comedian, writer, director and actress living in Los Angeles, California. [1] She was a contributing staff writer on Fox's sitcom New Girl and is the creator of Guilty Party (TV series).

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Background and education

Addelman is from Ottawa, Ontario. She was born in a Jewish family. She received a B.A. in literature at the University of Toronto (2004) and studied comedy writing and performance at Humber College (2005). [2] [3] [4] After several years working as a copy-editor and performing stand-up comedy, Addelman moved to Los Angeles in 2008. [2]

Career

While performing stand-up comedy in Canada, [2] Addelman was nominated for The Cream of Comedy [5] and wrote humor articles for The Walrus [6] and Toro Magazine, where she has a bi-monthly column. [7] Addelman performs with Toronto comedians Holly Prazoff and Inessa Frantowski as "HIR". She has also appeared as a panelist on the Much Music show Video on Trial.

Addelman has written for the CURRENT TV animated sketch-comedy show SuperNews!, as well as appearing in the HEEB 100 [8] (whose book, "Sex, Drugs, and Gefilte Fish", she also contributed to). In April and May 2010 she co-wrote and performed "The Holly and Rebecca Show: A Very Special episode" with Prazoff at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in Los Angeles. [9]

Addelman worked as a staff writer and story editor on Fox's sitcom New Girl beginning in the show's second season. [10]

Addelman wrote and directed the 2018 movie Paper Year , which is loosely based on her own failed marriage. [11] In 2021, she created the show Guilty Party (TV series).

Personal life

At age 23, Addelman married Will Weldon, who was 19 at the time. [11] The marriage lasted six years. [11] Addelman has one daughter, Hannah Beth Bissonnette, with partner Matthew Bissonnette.[ citation needed ]

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  2. 1 2 3 Josh Dehaas (27 August 2012). "Rebecca Addelman, 31, is a writer for New Girl". Maclean's. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  3. ↑ Arts, Faculty of Media & Creative. "Rebecca Addelman - Humber College". mediaarts.humber.ca. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  4. ↑ "Who are you calling a new girl? U of T alumna Rebecca Addelman on writing comedy in Hollywood". University of Toronto. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  5. ↑ "Cream of Comedy (2007)". IMDb. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  6. ↑ "The Walrus » Humour by Rebecca Addelman » It's About Time". Archived from the original on 14 January 2010. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
  7. ↑ "SEX | TORO MAGAZINE | What Men Need to Know about Sex, Style, Music, Sports, Drinks & Video". Toro Magazine. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  8. ↑ "Rebecca Addelman | Heeb". Heebmagazine.com. 5 April 2010. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  9. ↑ "UCB Theatre - Los Angeles - Shows - the Holly & Rebecca Show: A Very Special Episode". Archived from the original on 30 March 2010. Retrieved 25 May 2010.
  10. ↑ "Rebecca Addelman is Keeping Busy - Shalom Life". Archived from the original on 2 February 2013.
  11. 1 2 3 "665: Before Things Went to Hell". 12 January 2019.
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