Who is Jen Kirkman? Salary, Earning
Jen Kirkman is a stand-up comedian, screenwriter, podcaster, and actress. Jen Kirkman rose to prominence as a round-table panelist on Chelsea Lately for 70 episodes between 2008 and 2014.
Jen is also known for her appearances on the Funny or Die sketch series Drunk History and its Comedy Central continuation series.
Her debut book, I Can Barely Take Care of Myself: Tales From a Happy Life Without Kids, was a New York Times bestseller when it was released in April 2013. She appeared on @midnight as a guest.
Her father, Ron Kirkman, and mother raised her in Needham, Massachusetts. Jen is the third and youngest of three sisters. She is of German, Polish, French-Canadian, and English ancestry and holds American citizenship.
Jen attended Emerson College in Boston after graduating from high school, where she majored in acting.
Net Worth of Jen Kirkman? Salary, Earning
Jen Kirkman’s estimated net worth is $702,564.
Relationship, Married Life, Boyfriend/Girlfriend
Jen Kirkman married writer/director Neil Mahoney. On August 21, 2009, the couple married in a private ceremony at the Wayside Inn in Sudbury, Massachusetts.
She announced her divorce on the August 25, 2011, episode of Chelsea Lately.
Body Measurement- Height, Weight, Hair Color
Jen Kirkman is a woman of average height, standing at 5 ft 5 in (Approx. 1.65 m).
Jen Kirkman- Professional Career
On April 16, 2013, Jen’s first book, I Can Barely Take Care of Myself: Tales From a Happy Life Without Kids was released in hardcover. The book made The New York Times Nonfiction Best Seller list.
She signed a second book deal with Simon & Schuster in late 2013, following up on her best-selling debut.
In April 2016, the book I Know What I’m Doing and Other Lies I Tell Myself: Dispatches from a Life Under Construction was released.
Jen has also had several essays published, including ones in Rejected: Tales of the Failed, Dumped and Canceled and Bad Sex: We Did It So You Don’t Have To.
In Los Angeles, California, she performs stand-up comedy at the Hollywood Improv, The Laugh Factory, Largo, and The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre.
Jen was named one of the “Top 12 Rising Stars in Comedy” by Entertainment Weekly in 2009, and in May 2010, MSN and The Huffington Post named her one of the top comedians to follow on the social networking service Twitter.
AST Records released her debut comedy album, Self Help, in 2006. Her second album, Hail to the Freaks, was recorded live on December 11, 2010, at The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre.
It was released on May 17, 2011, and peaked at number 13 on the Billboard Top Comedy Albums chart.
She narrated two episodes of HBO’s Drunk History, which was produced by Funny or Die. The series won the jury prize for “Best Short Film” at the Sundance Film Festival in 2010.
Despite popular belief, she was inebriated during both episodes. She has appeared as a guest on a number of American talk shows, including Conan, The View, and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
Jen hosts her own weekly podcast, No Fun. It used to be called I Seem Fun and Having Funlessness. She has also appeared on the podcast The Crabfeast, which is hosted by comedians Jay Larson and Ryan Sickler.
Jen also appeared regularly on the monthly Pod F. Tompkast podcast with Paul F. Tompkins, on which he referred to her by the nickname ‘Southie’.
Jen released her stand-up special, I’m Gonna Die Alone, on Netflix in May 2015. (And I Feel Fine). Just Keep Livin’?, her second Netflix stand-up special, premiered on January 3, 2017.
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Social Media
Her Twitter handle is @JenKirkman.
Quick Facts of Jen Kirkman
- Jen is a stand-up comedian, screenwriter, podcaster, and actress from the United States.
- She rose to prominence as a round-table panelist on Chelsea Lately for 70 episodes between 2008 and 2014.
- Jen is also well-known for her appearances on the Drunk History sketch series Funny or Die.
- Her estimated net worth is $702,564.
- Kirkman stands at 5 ft 5 in (Approx. 1.65 m).
