Jen Kirkman is a writer, actor, stand-up comedian, and New York Times bestselling author. Most recently, Jen was on an overall deal at Amazon, and was last seen as a producer and writer on the Amazon series Étoile.
Jen‘s comedy specials are streaming now on Netflix; “Just Keep Livin’” and “I’m Gonna Die Alone (And I Feel Fine.)” Her specials have been named in many yearly top ten lists by Time Out New York, New York Magazine, and the Atlantic.
Previously, she has worked on Julie Plec/Greg Berlanti Netflix series The Girls On The Bus as well as the Amazon reboot of the sketch show Kids In The Hall. Jen is a WGA award winner writer for her work on seasons 1 and 2 of The Amazon Prime series, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and a New York Times Bestselling author. Her two comedic essay memoirs, I Can Barely Take Care of Myself and I Know What I’m Doing and Other Lies I Tell Myself; (Dispatches From a Life Under Construction) are hilarious looks at her life without children, and living a not-so-conventional life after 40. Jen was a long time writer and round table guest on Chelsea Lately, and is also well known for being a five-time narrator of Central’s Drunk History.
