Adrianne Frost
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Adrianne Frost is an American
United States
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 comedian
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, author
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 and actress. She is best known for her work on Comedy Central
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's The Daily Show
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and VH1
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's Best Week Ever
Best Week Ever
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.


She was born in Lincoln, Nebraska
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. but grew up in Louisiana
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. She attended school at the University of Southwestern Louisiana.

In 2000, Frost married Asaf Ronen. In 2002, she became a correspondent on The Daily Show, but left the show later that year. In 2004, she became a panelist on Best Week Ever
Best Week Ever
Best Week Ever is a weekly television program on the United States cable/satellite network VH1. It started airing in 2004 and was put on hiatus in the summer of 2009...

, and stayed until 2007. In 2006, she published her first book I Hate Other People's Kids and also divorced Asaf Ronen. She was published in the "Signet Book of American Humor" in 2004 and in "[Rejected: Tales of The Failed Dumped and Canceled]http://www.amazon.com/dp/0345500962" in 2009. Her comic writing can be found on http://www.shebytches.com and http://www.askejean.com.

She has appeared on "Law and Order", "Law and Order: Criminal Intent" and "Law and Order: SVU"; "30 Rock" and "Late Night With Conan O'Brien". She recently wrapped shooting on "Ticking Clock" with Cuba Gooding, Jr. and Neil McDonough.

She is a 7 time champion of the Manhattan Monologue Slam.

Her second book,Ladystuff, will be published next year.

Her website is www.adriannefrost.com

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