Claudia O'Doherty

O'Doherty has appeared several times on the podcast Comedy Bang! Bang!, usually playing an exaggerated version of a character also named Claudia O'Doherty. She appeared with "Weird Al" Yankovic,[4] Jimmy Pardo, Nick Kroll,[5] Stars,[6] and Peaches,[2] among others. She also acted on one episode of the Comedy Bang! Bang! TV series.

In 2012, her stand-up show The Telescope was nominated for Best Comedy Show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. O'Doherty has appeared on the television show Problems,[7] and in Judd Apatow's film Trainwreck, opposite Bill Hader and Amy Schumer.[8]

In 2014, O'Doherty appeared in The Inbetweeners 2 as an airline rep. In January 2015, she appeared on the British panel show QI alongside Jimmy Carr, Suggs, regular panelist Alan Davies and host Stephen Fry. O'Doherty was a writer for Inside Amy Schumer and also appeared in several episodes. Schumer learned of her when Bill Hader sent Schumer links to O'Doherty's webisode from Channel 4 in the UK.[9]

From 2016 to 2018, O'Doherty appeared in the Netflix series Love. She played the role of Bertie, the new roommate of Mickey, played by Gillian Jacobs.[10]

In 2018, O'Doherty appeared as Amy in The Festival directed by Iain Morris.

In 2022 O’Doherty appeared as Jillian G in the Dan Goor sitcom Killing It. In June 2022 it was announced the series would be renewed for a second season.[11]

O'Doherty is from Sydney, Australia, where she attended SCEGGS Darlinghurst and the University of Sydney.[12] At the University, she participated in the Arts Revue[12] and met Nick Coyle and Charlie Garber, with whom she began writing and performing under the name Pig Island.[13] She lives in Los Angeles.

O'Doherty's father is Mental As Anything band member and artist Reg Mombassa (born Chris O'Doherty).[14]

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• Claudia O'Doherty at IMDb