Robby Hoffman

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Robby Hoffman
Born (1989-12-02) December 2, 1989 (age 35)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupations
  • Comedian
  • writer
  • talk show host
Years active2017–present

Robby Hoffman is an American-Canadian writer, comedian, and talk show host. Born in Brooklyn, New York, she began her career as a writer and is known for her work on The Chris Gethard Show , Baroness Von Sketch Show, Workin' Moms , and Odd Squad , the latter of which won a Children's & Family Emmy Award for outstanding writing in 2019. Hoffman released her first stand-up special, I'm Nervous, in 2019. She was named one of Comedy Central's Up Next comedians in 2018, appeared on Conan O'Brien's Comics to Watch list, [1] as well as on Vulture's The Comedians You Should and Will Know in 2020. [2]

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Early life and education

Hoffman was born in Brooklyn, New York, the seventh of ten siblings in a Hasidic Jewish family. [3] [4] Hoffman jokingly described her parents, who initially practiced Reform Judaism and later began to practice Hasidic Judaism: "They're two people who joined a Hasidic cult and had ten kids, and I'm the product of it." [5] Her mother later became a Messianic Jew. [5] During her early childhood, Hoffman's parents divorced; she and her siblings were subsequently raised by their single mother in her native Montreal, Canada. [6] Hoffman has said her mother struggled financially to support their family, and that she lived in poverty. [7]

After high school, Hoffman enrolled at McGill University, where she studied accounting and communications; after graduation, she enrolled in the graduate CPA program at McGill, only to quit a few hours into her first day of the program to pursue a career in comedy. [4]

Career

Hoffman began her writing career and was soon garnering recognition for her work, while also writing and performing stand-up comedy. In 2018 she was a headlining act for the New York Comedy Festival. [8] In 2019, she recorded her first one-hour comedy special I'm Nervous at the Just For Laughs comedy festival in Toronto for Crave TV. [4]

Hoffman's first television writing job was for the PBS series Odd Squad ; she won a 2019 Daytime Emmy Award for her work on the series. [2] Hoffman was a staff writer for Workin' Moms and Baroness Von Sketch Show . [3] She was a staff writer on The Chris Gethard Show ; after its cancellation, Hoffman starred in episodes of The Chris Gethard Show with Robby Hoffman [9] on both MNN and Chris Gethard Presents, as well as taking the show live to the Montreal Just For Laughs festival. She hosted Robby Hoffman Consulting Group (formerly Dykevice), a live call-in advice show on Gethard's comedy network Planet Scum Live . [10]

In 2021 it was announced that Rivkah, an autobiographical comedy series created by and starring Hoffman, is in development with Showtime and A24. [11]

Personal life

Hoffman identifies as queer. [4] According to her, her family was supportive when she came out as a lesbian, and she is close with them. [12]

In August 2023, Hoffman announced that she is dating The Bachelorette alum Gabby Windey. [13]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2015–2018 Odd Squad WriterMultiple episodes; 2019 Emmy Award winner
2017 Dino Dana WriterEpisode – Dino Matchmaker: Lost and Sound
2017–2018 The Chris Gethard Show WriterMultiple episodes
2018 Workin' Moms Writer13 episodes
2018 Baroness Von Sketch Show Story editor10 episodes
2019I'm NervousHerselfStand-up comedy special
2019 Sherwood Writer2 episodes
2019Mind Fudge [14] WriterSeason 2
2019Chris Gethard PresentsHostEpisode: The Chris Gethard Show with Robby Hoffman
2020–2021Robby Hoffman Consulting GroupHostWeekly advice show, formerly known as Dykevice
2023 History of the World, Part II NataliaEpisode – "III"
2024 After Midnight HerselfSeason 2 Episode 46 [15]

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