Kalea McNeill is an actor/standup comedian from the Bay Area. She was named a JFL New Face in 2022, has appeared on Don’t Tell Comedy, Comedy Central, Netflix is a Joke Festival, the LMAOF Comedy Series, and has headlined around the country in addition to opening for Punkie Johnson, Jessimae Peluso, Gina Yashere, and George Wallace. Her Grammy-considered debut comedy special, Sma’am, is currently streaming on Amazon Prime.
As an actor, she is most known for her recurring character “Hanifa Downey” on CW’s Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, but has also been seen on The Prank Panel on ABC, S.W.A.T. on CBS, Baskets on FX, Criminal Minds on Paramount +, and Animal Kingdom on TNT.
