Robby Hoffman

Robby Hoffman is an American-Canadian writer, comedian, and talk show host. Born in Brooklyn, New York, she began her career as a writer and is known for her work on The Chris Gethard Show, Baroness Von Sketch Show, Workin' Moms, and Odd Squad, the latter of which won a Children's & Family Emmy Award for outstanding writing in 2019. Hoffman released her first stand-up special, I'm Nervous, in 2019. She was named one of Comedy Central's Up Next comedians in 2018, appeared on Conan O'Brien's Comics to Watch list, as well as on Vulture's The Comedians You Should and Will Know in 2020.

Early life and education

Hoffman was born in Brooklyn, New York, the seventh of ten siblings in a Hasidic Jewish family. Hoffman jokingly described her parents, who converted from Reform to Hasidic Judaism: "They're two people who joined a Hasidic cult and had ten kids, and I'm the product of it." Her mother later became a Messianic Jew. During her early childhood, Hoffman's parents divorced; she and her siblings were subsequently raised by their single mother in her native Montreal, Canada. Hoffman has said her mother struggled financially to support their family, and that she lived in poverty.

After high school, Hoffman enrolled at McGill University, where she studied accounting and communications; after graduation, she enrolled in the graduate CPA program at McGill, only to quit a few hours into her first day of the program to pursue a career in comedy.

Career

Hoffman began her writing career and was soon garnering recognition for her work, while also writing and performing stand-up comedy. In 2018 she was a headlining act for the New York Comedy Festival. In 2019, she recorded her first one-hour comedy special I'm Nervous at the Just For Laughs comedy festival in Toronto for Crave TV.

Hoffman's first television writing job was for the PBS series Odd Squad; she won a 2019 Daytime Emmy Award for her work on the series. Hoffman was a staff writer for Workin' Moms and Baroness Von Sketch Show. She was a staff writer on The Chris Gethard Show; after its cancellation, Hoffman starred in episodes of The Chris Gethard Show with Robby Hoffman on both MNN and Chris Gethard Presents, as well as taking the show live to the Montreal Just For Laughs festival. She hosted Robby Hoffman Consulting Group (formerly Dykevice), a live call-in advice show on Gethard's comedy network Planet Scum Live.

In 2021 it was announced that Rivkah, an autobiographical comedy series created by and starring Hoffman, is in development with Showtime and A24.

Personal life

Hoffman identifies as queer. According to her, her family was supportive when she came out as a lesbian, and she is close with them.

In August 2023, Hoffman announced that she is dating The Bachelorette alum Gabby Windey.

Filmography

References

External links

• Robby Hoffman at IMDb 
• Official website

1. Gabby Windey
2. List of Odd Squad episodes
3. After Midnight (TV series)
4. Odd Squad
5. List of A24 programs
6. List of Showtime original programming
7. Robbie
8. The Bachelorette (American TV series)
9. The Bachelorette (American TV series) season 19
10. Headgum
11. Work It Out Wombats!
12. List of Workin' Moms episodes
13. List of comedians
14. Sherwood (2019 TV series)
15. Interrupting Chicken (TV series)
16. McGill University
17. Workin' Moms season 2
18. List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people: H
19. Planet Scum Live
20. Robby Thompson