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Dannah Phirman is an actress, writer and comedienne. She was a member of Respecto Montalban
, a long-running improv team at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre
in both New York City
and Los Angeles
.
(with Danielle Schneider
), which went to the 2002 U.S. Comedy Arts Festival
in Aspen, and Special Delivery
(with Paul Scheer
), a parody of a British children's show in which postal workers rummage through people's mail in search of heartwarming lessons and edibles. She and Scheer won a 2004 Nightlife Award for Automatic Vaudeville, called "the best variety show
in New York City
" by Time Out New York. Currently in Los Angeles, she's working on a two-woman show with Schneider titled Let's Get Awkward, as well as a five-woman improv show called Mother F#$@er.
’s MADtv
from 2000-2001, where she notably portrayed Angelina Jolie
, Liza Minnelli
, and Shirley Temple
. For three years, she hosted Movie Junky, a show (on the now-dissolved Burly Bear Network
) in which she would wear a costume when interviewing celebrities (e.g., a Star Fleet uniform when interviewing an actor from a Star Trek
movie or a cheerleader's outfit while covering a football movie).
She's been in several small films, including Terrorists and Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story, both released in 2004. Other TV credits include TALKSHOW with Spike Feresten
, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, The Upright Citizens Brigade
TV show, and VH1
's Best Week Ever
.
, as well as Penny, the side-kick to Amy Poehler
's Bessie Higgenbottom in Nickelodeon's The Mighty B!
. She also provided the voice of Zaria on Nickelodeon's Tak and the Power of Juju
, and was a contributing voice to Current TV
's SuperNews
show. She has recently provided voices for the video game Mass Effect
as well as White Knight Chronicles: International Edition.
with her partner Danielle Schneider. She is also currently working with Schneider on the script for the upcoming Boys Are Stupid, Throw Rocks at Them.
Respecto Montalban
Respecto Montalban was an improvisational and sketch comedy troupe associated with the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York City from 1998 until September 2005....
, a long-running improv team at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre
Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre
The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre or UCB Theatre is an improvisational theatre and associated UCB Training Center with locations in Chelsea, New York, the EEast Village, New York and Hollywood, California.....
in both New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
and Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
.
Biography
Phirman teaches sketch comedy writing and improv, and has performed in two-person shows like Eye CandyEye Candy
Eye Candy is the second album by the British R&B/UK garage trio Mis-Teeq, released in 2003. The album was the band's second and final studio album...
(with Danielle Schneider
Danielle Schneider
-Career:Schneider appeared regularly as a panelist on Best Week Ever and various other VH1 commentary programs. She has played a Paris Hilton-like debutante on Fox's My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss, she starred in Trio's The Pop Culture Round-Up: White Noise, Comedy Central's Contest Searchlight with...
), which went to the 2002 U.S. Comedy Arts Festival
U.S. Comedy Arts Festival
The Comedy Festival, formerly known as the US Comedy Arts Festival, is a comedy festival held each year in Las Vegas, Nevada. From its 1985 inception to 2007, it was held annually at the Wheeler Opera House in Aspen, Colorado...
in Aspen, and Special Delivery
Special Delivery
Special Delivery may refer to:*Special delivery , a postal service for urgent postal packets-Literature:*"Special Delivery" , a 1953 short story by Damon Knight*Special Delivery , a 1997 novel by Danielle Steel...
(with Paul Scheer
Paul Scheer
Paul Christian Scheer is an American comedian, actor, writer, and producer. He co-created and starred in MTV's sketch comedy series Human Giant and currently co-stars as Andre on the FX comedy The League. He also currently stars as Trent Hauser on the Adult Swim show NTSF:SD:SUV:: which he created...
), a parody of a British children's show in which postal workers rummage through people's mail in search of heartwarming lessons and edibles. She and Scheer won a 2004 Nightlife Award for Automatic Vaudeville, called "the best variety show
Variety show
A variety show, also known as variety arts or variety entertainment, is an entertainment made up of a variety of acts, especially musical performances and sketch comedy, and normally introduced by a compère or host. Other types of acts include magic, animal and circus acts, acrobatics, juggling...
in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
" by Time Out New York. Currently in Los Angeles, she's working on a two-woman show with Schneider titled Let's Get Awkward, as well as a five-woman improv show called Mother F#$@er.
Television and Film
Phirman was a cast member on FoxFox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...
’s MADtv
MADtv
MADtv is an American sketch comedy television series. It licensed the name and logo of Mad, but otherwise had no connection with the humor magazine outside the animated Spy vs. Spy and Don Martin cartoon shorts and images of Alfred E. Neuman that the show featured during the late 1990s. Its first...
from 2000-2001, where she notably portrayed Angelina Jolie
Angelina Jolie
Angelina Jolie is an American actress. She has received an Academy Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards, and was named Hollywood's highest-paid actress by Forbes in 2009 and 2011. Jolie is noted for promoting humanitarian causes as a Goodwill Ambassador for the...
, Liza Minnelli
Liza Minnelli
Liza May Minnelli is an American actress and singer. She is the daughter of singer and actress Judy Garland and film director Vincente Minnelli....
, and Shirley Temple
Shirley Temple
Shirley Temple Black , born Shirley Jane Temple, is an American film and television actress, singer, dancer, autobiographer, and former U.S. Ambassador to Ghana and Czechoslovakia...
. For three years, she hosted Movie Junky, a show (on the now-dissolved Burly Bear Network
Burly Bear Network
The Burly Bear Network was an American cable TV channel targeted at 18- to 24-year-old college students. Programming was offered on some university TV stations, including Arizona State University, Ball State University, Iowa State University, Northern Kentucky University, Purdue University, the...
) in which she would wear a costume when interviewing celebrities (e.g., a Star Fleet uniform when interviewing an actor from a Star Trek
Star Trek
Star Trek is an American science fiction entertainment franchise created by Gene Roddenberry. The core of Star Trek is its six television series: The Original Series, The Animated Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and Enterprise...
movie or a cheerleader's outfit while covering a football movie).
She's been in several small films, including Terrorists and Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story, both released in 2004. Other TV credits include TALKSHOW with Spike Feresten
Talkshow with Spike Feresten
Talkshow with Spike Feresten is an American late-night talk show television program on Fox starring Spike Feresten that aired from September 16, 2006 to May 16, 2009. It was the longest-running late night talk show in Fox's history, with three seasons...
, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, The Upright Citizens Brigade
Upright Citizens Brigade
The Upright Citizens Brigade is an improvisational comedy and sketch comedy group that emerged from Chicago's ImprovOlympic in 1990. The most recent incarnation consists of Matt Besser, Amy Poehler, Ian Roberts, and Matt Walsh...
TV show, and VH1
VH1
VH1 or Vh1 is an American cable television network based in New York City. Launched on January 1, 1985 in the old space of Turner Broadcasting's short-lived Cable Music Channel, the original purpose of the channel was to build on the success of MTV by playing music videos, but targeting a slightly...
's 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...
.
Voice Acting
Dannah voices the titular character well as her alter ego, Becky Botsford, in the PBS Kids series WordGirlWordGirl
WordGirl is an American children’s animated television series for children aged 6-12, produced by the Soup2Nuts animation unit of Scholastic Entertainment for PBS Kids...
, as well as Penny, the side-kick to Amy Poehler
Amy Poehler
Amy Meredith Poehler is an American comedian, actress and voice actress. She was a cast member on the NBC television entertainment show Saturday Night Live from 2001 to 2008. In 2004, she starred in the film Mean Girls with Tina Fey, with whom she worked again in Baby Mama in 2008. She is...
's Bessie Higgenbottom in Nickelodeon's The Mighty B!
The Mighty B!
The Mighty B! is an American animated television series co-created by Amy Poehler, Cynthia True and Erik Wiese for Nickelodeon. The series centers on Bessie Higgenbottom, an ambitious Honeybee girlscout that believes she will become a superhero called the Mighty B if she collects every Honeybee badge...
. She also provided the voice of Zaria on Nickelodeon's Tak and the Power of Juju
Tak and the Power of Juju (TV series)
Tak and the Power of Juju is an all CGI-based animated series that premiered on Nickelodeon on August 31, 2007 and on Nicktoons on September 1, 2007. It has been showing on Nicktoons in the United Kingdom since 5 July 2008. Based on the video game of the same name, the show consists of two eleven...
, and was a contributing voice to Current TV
Current TV
Current TV, or Current, is a media company led by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and businessman Joel Hyatt. Comcast owns a ten percent stake of Current's parent company, Current Media LLC....
's SuperNews
Supernews
Supernews may refer to:* SuperNews!, an animated television series* Supernews...
show. She has recently provided voices for the video game Mass Effect
Mass Effect
Mass Effect is an action role-playing game developed by BioWare for the Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows by Demiurge Studios. The Xbox 360 version was released worldwide in November 2007 published by Microsoft Game Studios...
as well as White Knight Chronicles: International Edition.
Writing Credits
Phirman has written episodes of The Mighty B and WordGirl, and the direct-to-video sequel to Beverly Hills ChihuahuaBeverly Hills Chihuahua
Beverly Hills Chihuahua is a 2008 family comedy film produced by Walt Disney Pictures. It is directed by Raja Gosnell and released on October 3, 2008...
with her partner Danielle Schneider. She is also currently working with Schneider on the script for the upcoming Boys Are Stupid, Throw Rocks at Them.