Melinda Hill
| Melinda Hill | |
|---|---|
 Hill in costume on the set of "Romantic Encounters with Melinda Hill," 2012 | |
| Born | December 22, 1972 |
| Medium | stand-up, television, film |
| Nationality | American |
| Website | http://www.melindahill.com/ |
Melinda Hill (born December 22, 1972) is an American comedian, actress, and screenwriter best known for her stand-up comedy work and appearances on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, The Bonnie Hunt Show, Comics Unleashed, and Who Wants to Date a Comedian?, and as a host on Comedy TV.
Stand-Up Comedy
With Maria Bamford and Natasha Leggero, she cofounded the critically acclaimed stand-up comedy show What's Up, Tiger Lily? at Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (UCB), which ran for 10 years and was known for frequent celebrity drop-ins.[1] Hill has performed for U.S. military troops in Hawaii, Guam, Singapore, Okinawa, Marshall Islands, Honduras, Bahamas, Guantanamo Bay, Curaçao and Greenland.
Television and Film
As an actress, Hill has appeared on television in Reno 911!, The Sarah Silverman Program, Glory Daze, and Nick Swardson's Pretend Time, produced by Adam Sandler. She is also in the film Bright Day opposite Bill Maher. As a voice actress, she can be heard in Adventure Time and in the Emmy Award-winning Citibank commercial "Outfit."
Hill created, wrote, and starred in the web series Romantic Encounters and hosted an interview series in an alley behind her comedy show called All Growz Up with Melinda Hill.[2][3] In 2014, with Bamford, she co-created, wrote, and starred in The Program (Funny or Die Productions),[4][5] which was named one of LA Weekly's "10 Best Web Series of 2014.”[6] Her script Ghosted was recognized as one of 2017's top TV pilot scripts by women on advocacy group WeForShe's WriteHer list.[7]
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