About
Jessie Jolles is a comedian, writer, director, actress, podcaster, and creator living in NYC.
She was chosen as 1 of 100 female creators from around the world for YouTube’s “Women in Comedy” Program. Jessie has been featured in TIME, The New Yorker, Bravo, MTV, HelloGiggles, Huffington Post, Cosmopolitan, Funny or Die, Betches, Just for Laughs, and more. Jessie has been in countless national commercials for Kohls, Direct TV and Stainmaster. She was a performer for over three years at the Upright Citizen’s Brigade and as a standup she has headlined at Caroline’s on Broadway and opened for comedian Hannah Berner on tour. Jessie hosts two podcasts, Happily Ever Heard Of It and Middle Children (co-hosted with Chris Burns). She is a weekly host on The Taylor Strecker Show on Patreon.
In 2021, Jessie wrote and starred in Forgotten Animals, a workplace comedy pilot about a group of misfit women who come together to help some of the least popular animals on earth.
PRESS
“In this indie pilot from Jessie Jolles and Sarah Smallwood Parsons, a group of women in charge of a struggling nonprofit devoted to the wellbeing of unpopular animals take it upon themselves to throw a luncheon for homeless raccoons, with disastrous results. Evoking the colorful tone and joke-a-minute pace of the best of the sitcoms that emerged in the wake of 30 Rock, Jolles, Parsons, and director Alec Cohen lead an impressively deep roster of characters that each get showcase moments. The only reason not to click it is to avoid your inevitable craving for a whole season.”
“Modern dating is hard. Fortunately, Jessie Jolles has a few tips to help you find that special someone as part of her series It’s A Date! with Just For Laughs.”
“Best cure for Broad City withdrawals.”
“Absolutely nailed the truth of what a NYE party consists of, from questioning whether watching Netflix every weekend was a good use of your year, to the inevitable moment you convince yourself you HAVE to snog someone (anyone) at midnight.”
“The stakes aren’t very high, but the overwhelming good attitude of the leads keeps the show consistently funny. The show’s obsessive compulsive analysis of the banal moves it closer to “Seinfeld” or “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Yet, these crazier character bits resolve in scenes where the two become more assertive in their own lives, earning real character-driven moments over the course of nine episodes, a rarity in online comedy.
For as funny as the show can be, it really comes alive in those final three episodes. Emily and Joey break free of their snappy dialog and express their fears, hopes, and concerns in plain, slow language. These moments are earned because of the slow build of the season. Within each episode, we learn a little bit more about the characters that build to a greater whole. We see their neurosis bubble to the surface, so when it spills over, the result is surprisingly gripping.”
And other press outlets including Just for Laughs, Betches, MTV, PBS, Comedy Central, The New Yorker, TIME, and Hello Giggles.