Michelle Wolf

Michelle Wolf is an award-winning comedian, writer, podcaster and television host.

Known internationally, Michelle’s TV and writing credits span across the US, the UK and beyond. Her UK TV credits include The Last Leg, QI, The Russell Howard Hour, Live At The Apollo and 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown. Michelle created and served as the executive producer, writer, and host of the critically acclaimed variety sketch series The Break with Michelle Wolf on Netflix. She was also an on-air contributor and writer for Comedy Central’s The Daily Show with Trevor Noah and a writing supervisor and performer on Late Night with Seth Meyers where she also made her late-night television debut in July 2014. Michelle also wrote for the 88th Academy Awards hosted by Chris Rock.

Michelle has released three stand up specials to date, including most recently, Michelle Wolf: It’s Great to Be Here, a series of three 30-minute episodes on Netflix. The special premiered to rave reviews and rose to the Top 10 most watched TV on Netflix. Her previous special Michelle Wolf: Joke Show is also on the platform. In 2017, Wolf debuted her first hour-long stand-up special, Michelle Wolf: Nice Lady on HBO. The well-reviewed special garnered her a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Writing For A Variety Special.

In 2018, Michelle made international headlines as the much-buzzed-about headliner of the White House Correspondents Dinner.

Michelle headlines comedy clubs and colleges nationwide and has performed at several festivals, including Outside Lands, Moontower, Bonnaroo, Just For Laughs Montreal, JFL 42 and the Dublin Comedy Festival. In 2016, she completed an incredibly successful first appearance at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with a sold-out run of her debut hour-long stand-up show Michelle Wolf: So Brave. The critically acclaimed show, which earned her a nomination for the Best Newcomer Prize from the Edinburgh Comedy Awards. She plans to make her long-awaited Edinburgh return in 2025.

Awards

Nominee: Primetime Emmy Awards 2018 – Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special

Nominee: Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2016 – Best Newcomer

Nominee: Dave’s Best Jokes From Edinburgh Fringe 2016

Credits

TV

• The Last Leg (Guest, Channel 4, 2025)
• QI (Guest, BBC 2, 2024)
• The Daily Show (Guest & Guest Host, Comedy Central, 2016-2023)
• The Russell Howard Hour (Guest, Sky One, 2018 & 2022)
• Late Night Mash (Guest, U&Dave, 2022)
• Bill Burr Presents: Friends Who Kill (Guest, Netflix, 2022)
• Russell Howard’s Home Time (Guest, Sky One, 2020)
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! (Guest, ABC, 2018-2019)
• 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (Guest, Channel 4, 2017-2019)
• The Big Fat Quiz Of The Year (Guest, Channel 4, 2018)
• Bumping Mics With Jeff Ross & Dave Attell (Guest, Netflix, 2018)
• The Break with Michelle Wolf (Host, Netflix, 2018)
• The View (Guest, ABC, 2018)
• White House Correspondent’s Dinner (Host, 2018)
• All Girls Live At The Apollo Special (Performer, BBC 2, 2018)
• Hilarity For Charity (Performer, Netflix, 2018)
• The Daily Show’s The Yearly Show (Performer & Writer, Comedy Central, 2017)
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (Performer, CBS, 2017)
• Night Of Too Many Stars (Guest, HBO, 2017)
• 8 Out of 10 Cats (Guest, Channel 4, 2017)
• Live At The Apollo (Performer, BBC2, 2016)
• Frankie Boyle’s Autopsy (Guest, BBC iPlayer, 2016)
• Late Night with Seth Meyers (Performer, NBC, 2014-2016)
• @midnight (Guest, Comedy Central, 2015)
• Seth Rogan’s Hilarity For Charity (Guest, 2013)

Writing

• Saturday Night Live (1 Episode, Writer, 2021)
• The Daily Show (Writer, 2016-2018)
• Late Night with Seth Meyers (Writer & Writing Supervisor, 2014-2016)
• The Oscars (Special Material, 2016)
• 4th Annual NFL Honors (Special Material, 2015)
• The 66th Primetime Emmy Awards (Writer, 2014)

Radio & Podcasts

• Michelle Wolf’s Thought Box (Host, 2024-)
• Tea With Me With Shane Todd (Guest, 2024)
• Five Brilliant Things with Russell Howard (Guest, 2024)
• Late Night With Seth Meyers Podcast (Guest, 2018-2020)
• Life Is Short With Justin Long (Guest, 2019)
• The Joe Rogan Experience Podcast (Guest, 2019)
• Amy Schumer Presents 3 Girls, 1 Keith (Guest, 2019)
• The Museum of Curiosity (Guest, BBC Radio 4, 2017)

Specials

• It’s Great To Be Here (Netflix, 2023)
• Joke Show (Netflix, 2019)
• Michelle Wolf: Nice Lady (HBO, 2017)

Live

• Michelle Wolf: So Brave (Edinburgh Fringe, 2016)

Press

“Michelle Wolf pulls off the state-of-the-world stuff with aplomb. She riffs easily and lightly on vast and complex topics, from Trump to relationships to her own shrill voice and dress sense.”

★★★★ The Times

“…the sort of precision that means there is a smart idea or a good joke — usually both — lurking in pretty much every thrown-away comment. She’s easy company and a smart cookie. A Wolf in sheep’s clothing.”

★★★★ The Sunday Times

“…a tongue lashing-triumph”

★★★★ The Herald

“her punchy, unabashed delivery and keen self-ridicule – not to mention the free-flowing, hardboiled jokes – will likely win you over.”

★★★★ The Guardian

“her delivery is sharp, her attitude is refreshing, and she works wickedly intelligent one-liners better than most”

★★★★ The Skinny